Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Desmond McGrath
It's ''possible'' that he could get over our notability criteria as a trade unionist, but nothing here "inherently" clinches it in the absence of much better sourcing than this — on a ProQuest search I get a ''lot'' more glancing namechecks of his existence than I was expecting (specifically in the context of his unsuccessful run for political office, which isn't a notability-maker), but ''not'' a lot of notability-making coverage ''about'' him. To be fair, however, part of the problem is that in the database I have access to, the Newfoundland newspapers where he might have had the strongest and most -compatible coverage are included only post-2000, and only in abstract rather than full-text form — which means that if the article can be salvaged, I'm not the guy who can do it, and neither the substance nor the sourcing here are solid enough to extend him the benefit of the doubt in the meantime. So no prejudice against recreation in the future if somebody who ''can'' access Newfoundland newspapers better than I can is able to write and source something much better than this, but nothing stated or sourced here is enough to exempt him from having to show more
— User:Bearcat, 15:47, 24 December 2020 (UTC)
Stance: delete
Cited policy: WP:GNG (Wikipedia:Notability)