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The result was delete. Redirect can be created at editorial discretion. TonyBallioni ( talk) 01:53, 6 August 2018 (UTC) reply

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Not seeing any notability for a fringe party leader. At best merge. Slatersteven ( talk) 16:25, 29 July 2018 (UTC) reply

• Do not delete Merging is highly *not* recommended. Nor is deletion. No longer a fringe party, but major interest to Albertans due to Liberal Trudeau federal government, and recent news at July 2018 about equalization not being renegotiated for Alberta. This is of major interest to Albertans at this time, Also applicable due to July 2018 merger with Freedom_Conservative_Party_of_Alberta and the rise of Derek_Fildebrandt in the Alberta legislature and as leader of this new party. Deleting Bart Hampton would remove a substantial link of explanatory history that would bridge the history from the Separation Party of Alberta to the Freedom_Conservative_Party_of_Alberta. Kermit7 29 July 2018 (UTC)

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Manitoba-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU ^(T) 17:06, 29 July 2018 (UTC) reply

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU ^(T) 17:06, 29 July 2018 (UTC) reply

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Alberta-related deletion discussions. Eastmain ( talk • contribs) 17:52, 29 July 2018 (UTC) reply

• Delete. For a former party leader, he has a very low profile. I can find references to confirm that he was the party leader such as [1], but I can't find an interview with him or any background such as where he lives and what his educational and work background is. A politician who has never been elected can still be notable under WP:GNG, but I don't think he is. Eastmain ( talk • contribs) 18:43, 29 July 2018 (UTC) reply
• Delete I'm not sure if anything can be merged into the party's article, but he appears to fail WP:GNG. SportingFlyer talk 22:42, 29 July 2018 (UTC) reply
• Delete, former leader of a provincial fringe party (one that has yet to win a seat), and I see nothing to prove that he meets WP:GNG. PK T(alk) 13:42, 30 July 2018 (UTC) reply
• Delete and then recreate a redirect to Separation Party of Alberta. Minor political party leaders are not handed an automatic notability freebie as a standalone topic just because they exist — if you have to rely on primary sources, blogs and glancing namechecks of his existence to write anything more than "he exists", because there's no reliable source coverage that is substantively about him for the purposes of getting him over WP:GNG, then he just gets a redirect to the party and not a standalone biography. Fildebrandt is actually an MLA and actually has reliable source coverage about him, so he's in a completely different notability league — but the fact that he has an article does not reify into an inclusion freebie for his predecessor, if his predecessor doesn't actually meet the required tests of serving in the legislature and/or having real reliable source media coverage about him to support an article. Bearcat ( talk) 15:06, 3 August 2018 (UTC) reply

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