Talk:Karl Bélanger

This article was nominated for deletion on July 30, 2007. The result of the discussion was keep.

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Please discuss the issue here. Thanks. --- RockMFR 04:20, 17 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I think the article should be merged into

I tend to agree with

Sarcasticidealist 04:53, 17 August 2007 (UTC)[reply

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• Weak Keep While most of his media mentions I saw are simply being quoted, I could argue that his job as a "front man" for a major party leader is relatively significant. The person responsible for spinning the party message before the public is in papers and on TV a fair amount. Correct me if I am wrong.Montco 00:18, 31 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep -- Earl Andrew - talk 17:40, 31 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep as notable: press secretary for a national party. Bearian 16:30, 2 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

so Keep 24.201.157.82 02:31, 19 August 2007 (UTC) — 24.201.157.82 (talk) has made few or no other edits outside this topic. [reply]

• Keep 74.56.192.225 13:51, 19 August 2007 (UTC) — 74.56.192.225 (talk) has made few or no other edits outside this topic. [reply]
• Keep New here but that's what I think. 74.15.177.45 18:40, 19 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I don't think it's accurate to say that the discussion result was clearly keep, as was asserted in the edit summary restoring the article. There were only three people supporting keep directly on the talk page (and all of those were anonymous IPs that had made relatively few contributions outside of this page). Against these, there were two merge votes, both from editors who I don't think can be accused of

• I merged it because I had considered the move discussion above to be no consensus. I don't consider the opinions of anonymous IP's. The guy really isn't notable. That would be like having an article on
  Administrative Assistant. GreenJoe 00:28, 14 September 2007 (UTC)[reply
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