Talk:Tony Page

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When I created this article (in January 2025), I had not realised that there had been a previous iteration, deleted some 14 years previously, so I created it without any prior reference. I have now read the discussion (Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Tony Page), but I honestly think it doesn't really apply any more.

Fourteen years is an awfully long time, and things have moved on in that time. I don't know if Tony Page was insufficiently notable back then, but I think it is quite clear that he is sufficiently notable now, based on his unusually long time in office and (for better or worse) his influence on the way Reading has developed in that time. There was a longish period when it would be almost inconceivable to see a press report on local politics that didn't include the words Tony Page. I hope I have selected a reasonable selection of these to justify the article but, as they say, there are many more where that came from. To be clear, I think he meets the criteria in WP:GNG and the Major local political figures who have received significant press coverage element of WP:NPOL.

I have not read the previous article, as it is no longer available. But it is clear from the discussion that it must have been heavily based on (a) his candidature in the 2005 election and (b) his homosexuality. The first is now long past, is only a very small bit of the story the article tells, and no great part of the claim for notability. As for the second, well we are in 2025 now, and who cares. I did not even think it significant enough to merit a mention in the article. -- chris_j_wood (talk) 12:59, 28 January 2025 (UTC)Reply