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The result was Withdrawn by nominator. ... discospinster _talk 02:42, 30 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Richard William Briginshaw (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) (delete) – (View log)No sources; the creator himself says this comes from personal knowledge which creates a conflict of interest and problems with original research which is all of what this article is. Notability by Wikipedian standards seems unlikely. -WarthogDemon 01:37, 30 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Withdrawing nomination. I made this because I wasn't sure, asked an admin and they weren't sure either. Seems notable so I'm withdrawing. -WarthogDemon 02:39, 30 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep If the article is accurate and he really was a life peer, then he's notable. Meachly (talk) 01:41, 30 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
• Weak keep. I don't know much about peerages, but it seems that someone who was made a baron must have done something right. Perhaps the article would be improved if someone added the reason for his distinction? ... discospinster _talk 01:44, 30 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep Real and notable; see, for example Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Ma^t_chups 01:46, 30 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep - for now, needs WP:RS. Being a trade union leader and life peer makes him notable per WP:N, but we need 3p sources, personal knowledge is not enough. See [1] and plenty of other Ghits. – ukexpat (talk) 01:57, 30 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep (I am the primary author). Reason for adding this article was that I noticed that the name was linked to from the List of Life Peerages in wikipedia and from the page showing the leaders of the trade union NATSOPA. A life peer serves in the UK House of Lords which is analagous to the US Senate (analagous, being the upper house of parliament, but much less powerful). The subject would seem to meet prima facie at least one notability guideline from Wikipedia:Notability (people), "Any biography - The person has received a notable award or honor" (Life peer). Also as a politician, "Politicians - Politicians who have held international, national or sub-national (statewide/provincewide) office" (A life peerage conveys membership of the House of Lords, which is a national legislative body). I felt it best to be honest about who I am (subject's grandson), and to put down only simple statements of fact about the posts held. See ukexpat's link for 3rd party confirmation of the peerage and [2] for third party confirmation of the subject as a leader of NATSOPA. --Briginsh (talk) 02:23, 30 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep He has a long entry in ODNB, which is more than adequate both to establish notability, and base a decent article on. Iain99^{Balderdash and piffle} 02:26, 30 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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