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The result was Keep per unanimous vote except the nom. Non-admin closure.--JForget 15:02, 3 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Monia Mazigh (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View log)

Failed candidate. Fails WP:BIO. Delete GreenJoe 20:56, 30 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

• Monia Mazigh is notable for reasons beyond her candidacy for the NDP; in particular, it was her repeated insistence on government action that led to the Maher Arar scandal. Keep. DS 21:43, 30 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Weak Keep as borderline notable. Finsihing third is seldom notable unless you are Ralph Nader but the affair with her husband's detention and her fight to have him release may push her over the top. I just wish there were more references about the case. Montco 23:58, 30 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • That makes her husband notable, not her. She in herself isn't notable. GreenJoe 00:00, 31 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    • I will respectfully disagree with you. While her husband was incarcerated, she was the one in Canada going on TV, doing interviews pushing for his release. As a result, she was the one profiled in various news outlets and commentary pieces. Her notability may have originally derived from her husband's case. But she seems to have staked out her own niche and the totality of her background satisfies me.Montco 00:49, 31 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
      • This doesn't seem more notable then her despite the record of failed candidacies--JForget 00:52, 31 July 2007 (UTC).[reply]
• Weak Keep or + Merge and redirect (but certainly not delete) to the Maher Arar article. She may not be quite notable enough for an individual,

It meets just enough the notability criteria, if not kept it certainly certainly merits a large mention must be mentioned in her husband's article due to reasons explained below.--JForget 00:42, 31 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

• • Comment I've mentionned about the Afd at Wikipedia:WikiProject Ottawa considering she has the People from Ottawa category despite not having the Ottawa Wikiproject tag on the talk page.--JForget 00:49, 31 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep - I think her prominent role in the Arar affair is sufficient to warrant an article (albeit brief), even without the subsequent candidacy. -Joshuapaquin 01:51, 31 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep. Notable because of the Maher Arar matter. And even if she weren't, Canadian electoral candidates are never deleted from Wikipedia. If they're not deemed notable enough for their own articles, then they get merged into a list such as New Democratic Party candidates, 2004 Canadian federal election. Bearcat 04:22, 31 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep. The Arar scandal was one of the most major news stories in Canada throughout 2005, and Monia Mazigh played an important role in the case. Being a federal Liberal NDP candidate doesn't hurt, either. --Gpollock 04:27, 31 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • She wasn't a Liberal. GreenJoe 04:28, 31 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    • Wow you're fast! I just came back to fix that. --Gpollock 04:33, 31 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep. Her NDP candidacy was very significant. That the NDP would put forward someone with such conservative views (e.g. on gay rights) suggests a tendency within the party to compromise on long-held principles in order to take up the mantle of "anti-Islamophobia", etc. - Mcasey666 06:28, 31 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Read up on WP:NOR. Mazigh quite clearly stated during the campaign that she would respect and vote according to party policy when it conflicted with her own personal views, so there wasn't any compromise necessary. Bearcat 07:11, 1 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep. More than just a failed candidate. -- Earl Andrew - talk 17:37, 31 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep The Arar case was a huge human rights case in Canada and her campaign, albeit unsucessful, was big news in the 2004 Election NDP Johnny 03:49, 1 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep More than meets notability requirements for her key and highly prominent role in the Mahar Arar affair.--Slp1 00:41, 2 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.