Talk:Allen West (retired U.S. Army colonel)

Speedy deletion?
Hey, many wikipedia articles have no references at all. I chose Fox out of several to cite specifically, 'tho originally too lengthily. However, I contend that the infobox and lede sentence about this notable person certainly would not qualify for speedy deletion according to guidelines. Justmeherenow (talk) 02:18, 12 February 2008 (UTC)
 * I'm sorry to disagree, although I'm not deleting this just yet -- something that does make this individual marginally notable is contained in the Fox story, about the less-than-fully-honourable way this individual was released from the armed forces. However, I would recommend that the article contain this information; I believe reference sections should be used to reference facts that are contained in articles.  (I suggest that Wikipedia is where one goes for information, not as a point at which to find clues to hunt down information.)  My disagreement would be with the idea that the information in the infobox and lede are sufficient to assert notability -- I find his status as a "hero/anti-hero in the blogosphere" less than compelling (and considerably less than reliable sources), and to the best of my knowledge, candidates for political office aren't notable unless/until they win.  I'd look forward to seeing the "several" other articles cited, with specific mention of their contents, in the body of this article.  By the way, "many Wikipedia articles have no references at all" is NOT a compelling argument; see WP:WAX.  Accounting4Taste: talk 02:30, 12 February 2008 (UTC)