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The result was keep. Ritchie333 ^{(talk) (cont)} 09:32, 29 September 2017 (UTC) reply

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doesn't meet WP:NPOLITICIAN as has never been elected, came in third in a single election. CelenaSkaggs ( talk) 17:19, 14 September 2017 (UTC) reply

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal ( talk) 18:15, 14 September 2017 (UTC) reply

Note: This debate has been included in the list of New Zealand-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal ( talk) 18:15, 14 September 2017 (UTC) reply

• Keep I would argue Geoff Simmons has received significant coverage, [1] [2] and after the election, he is about to become leader of The Opportunities Party, a highly controversial minor NZ party. Nexus000 ( talk) 3:33, 15 September 2017 (UTC)
• Keep Was going to go neutral seeing as it is an election year and gng gets a bit skewed with all the media coverage of minor politicians, who then fade into obscurity after the election. However, I did a google news search from 2016 and earlier and was somewhat surprised to see a number of hits. [3] I think he is notable enough for an article here no matter what happens to TOP. AIRcorn  (talk) 09:57, 15 September 2017 (UTC) reply

• Delete Has gained a bit of media attention recently due to candidacy, needs to be over more of a sustained period. A lot of citations are not secondary sources either just party press statements and a LinkedIn profile. If the person is notable the article doesn't seem to prove it. Kiwichris ( talk) 08:30, 24 September 2017 (UTC) reply
• Keep Kiwichris says he has gained media attention recently because of candidacy, but as AIRcorn pointed out above, he has received a surprising amount of articles about him dating back to 2016. Without TOP, he has still received notable attention. Kiwichris also says the articles are not secondary sources, but 7/9 of the articles are not secondary sources - such as from Electoral Commission, to Newshub, to the World Obesity Federation. Nexus00
• Comment If this is deleted, it should become a redirect to Jeff Simmons. Boleyn ( talk) 20:37, 24 September 2017 (UTC) reply
• Keep. Two cited articles in independent sources that are specifically about him – the articles in Salient and The Big Idea – plus sundry non-independent and minor independent sources. Not merely a losing Parliamentary candidate, but deputy leader (with the real prospect of the leader stepping down and making him leader) of what is currently the fifth highest polling political party in the country. Nurg ( talk) 09:26, 25 September 2017 (UTC) reply
• Comment The article photo should definitely be deleted as it has been taken from this website and uploaded by Nexus000 as "own work". Kiwichris ( talk) 10:22, 25 September 2017 (UTC) reply

• Comment. See Commons:Deletion requests/File:Geoff Simmons.jpg. + m t 21:13, 25 September 2017 (UTC) reply

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