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The original AFD debate at Misplaced Pages:Articles for deletion/Alan Shefman has been shut down due to politically partisan crosstalk which irreparably distracted from the basic issue of whether Alan Shefman does or does not merit a Misplaced Pages article. The article has been resubmitted for a new AFD debate on procedural grounds. Bearcat 09:24, 5 November 2005 (UTC)

This article was nominated for deletion on November 5, 2005. The result of the discussion was keep.

— JIP | Talk 06:56, 11 November 2005 (UTC)

wikified pm_shef 06:29, 17 November 2005 (UTC)

The last post seemed like self-promotion to me. No need for that on Misplaced Pages.--69.156.148.124 21:36, 10 February 2006 (UTC)

You guys have been blanking others for the above reason like deputy Mayor Mario Ferri. This article should infact be deleted. --69.156.151.42 04:00, 13 February 2006 (UTC)

How can you justify this interim councillor stay when you are taking down other "Full-Time" city councillors, the deputy mayor and the mayor. This article is nothing more than a self promotion posted by Shefman's son and updated by himself. Please explain to me why you think the lowest position on council deserves an article but the "full-time" councillors, regional councillors, deputy mayor and mayor are being blanked?--69.156.151.42 06:31, 13 February 2006 (UTC)

The Ferri article was not blanked because he doesn't deserve an article, it seems to have been blanked because it was poorly written, unformatted, and overly gushing. Ferri certainly deserves an article, but a good one. - SimonP 14:59, 13 February 2006 (UTC)

Please stop blanking articles, it is considered vandalism and can get you blocked from editing Misplaced Pages. - SimonP 16:13, 13 February 2006 (UTC)

Basicly you are saying this article of a "interim" councillor deserves to have the self promotion content but all other more senior positions "full-time councillors, regional councillors, Deputy Mayor and Mayor don't deserve this as you guys keep blanking there article. Also, why do you keep taking the "interim" portion out of this article to give the false impression that he is a full term councillor? If you insist that this article stays as is then revert all the other more senior articles. --69.156.151.42 16:52, 13 February 2006 (UTC)

Added correct title, removed PoV per other members of council. --Eyeonvaughan 17:07, 13 February 2006 (UTC)

Content is not POV, blanking articles is considered vandalism. You have been warned and blocked from editing. - SimonP 17:40, 13 February 2006 (UTC)

I deleted a few sentences at the end. Nobody is interested in irrelevent facts on Shefman's life. This is something that is best left to his Campaign flyers. above unsigned by user 70.29.239.249

• The unsigned comment above is quite PoV. If we continue to keep Vaughan Councillor pages, which I don't think we should (see my suggestion for one big vaughan city council page), then they should be accurate. serving on the BoG of a University is not NN and doesn't warrant deletion, especially with some of the stuff being kept on Simon Strelchik. pm_shef 01:24, 2 March 2006 (UTC)

• user:70.29.239.249 you have been warned repeatedly, you cannot blank pages. pm_shef 01:48, 2 March 2006 (UTC)

Dah well

above unsigned by user 70.29.239.249

Interim Discussion

• He is not an interim councillor. Interim implies that it is temporary. According to Dictionary.com; "Belonging to, serving during, or taking place during an intermediate interval of time; temporary" There is no reason for it to be there, he is of equal rank to all other local councillors. We've already had this discussion in the VfD, we all agreed that DiBiase and Ferri should have their own articles, as should hte other local councillors, I don't see why this should be such a problem. pm_shef 00:21, 14 February 2006 (UTC)
  • Thank you for correcting that. - SimonP 00:26, 14 February 2006 (UTC)

Please explain why "interim" councillor was removed. Wasn't he elected to this position in a by-election half through the term? If he was elected in a by-election then he is the interim councillor as he would be the councillor NOT elected in the general election but filling in until the next general election. Interim is commonly used in these situations, websters dictionary defines interm as "in the meantime".--67.70.148.49 20:47, 14 February 2006 (UTC)

• No, interim is defined as "temporary". Interim implies exactly what you say, "in the meantime" as if he's just holding it for someone else. He won an election, if you want to distinguish that it was in a by-election rather than a general election, you can specify that with simply (elected in By-Election). To say 'interim' though is patently false. pm_shef 21:24, 14 February 2006 (UTC)