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The result was delete. Without prejudice to a redirect j⚛e decker talk 17:16, 3 September 2014 (UTC)
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Murdie appeared on one BBC Scotland program, and later ran for the Edinburgh City Council. Neither of these things are enough to make him notable. John Pack Lambert ( talk) 20:16, 24 August 2014 (UTC)
- The BBC Scotland programme was about the Edinburgh Statutory Repairs scandal: Gordon Murdie was one of the key witnesses and appears still to be actively involved in promoting investigation and prosecution of the complex fraud. The Statutory Repairs fraud in Edinburgh is a long complex issue which is not over yet. There's a lack of encyclopedic documentation - my knowledge of Gordon Murdie's involvement is from a current Facebook group for victims of the Statutory Repairs fraud - because the legal aspects of this are still up in the air and newspapers etc are tending not to commit themselves about it. But I think that once the legal case is resolved there'll be a lot more material, and it's likely Gordon Murdie's page will be expanded. SeraphinaWinsham ( talk) 23:56, 25 August 2014 (UTC)
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- Note: This debate has been included in the list of Scotland-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k ( talk) 14:36, 26 August 2014 (UTC)
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- The comment above sounds like a crystal-ball phrasing claim that there will be reliable sources while admitting we lack them at present. John Pack Lambert ( talk) 01:03, 27 August 2014 (UTC)
- An article about the Statutory Repairs Scandal is certainly legitimate — but that doesn't mean we need a poorly sourced separate standalone WP:BLP of every single individual person involved in it, especially if all that article does is state that he was a witness, and doesn't actually say anything substantive about him as an individual. Delete, or redirect to Statutory Repairs, Edinburgh. Bearcat ( talk) 02:11, 30 August 2014 (UTC)
- Delete. Non-notable individual. FoCuSandLeArN ( talk) 18:13, 31 August 2014 (UTC)
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