Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Robert Blair, Minister
I am extremely confused by this and a couple similar comments at the AfD for the other minister I nominated.  Since when is the rule "if it verifiably exists, it's in??"  A huge proportion of the deletions at AfD are non-notable bands, vanity pages, etc - these people/bands do verifiably exist, but they are so obscure that there's no real benefit to having them.  Do you support keeping such articles?  Would you support keeping an article about me, a humble and insignificant student, were I to create and source it?  I realize  is not official policy, but the idea of having no notability standards whatsoever is pretty bewildering
— User:Elmer, 20:24, 9 October 2006 (UTC)
Stance: comment
Cited policy: WP:NOTABILITY (Wikipedia:Notability)