Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Albert Whytall


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The result was delete. Killiondude (talk) 05:49, 5 January 2018 (UTC)

Albert Whytall

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Biography of a politician whose only claim of notability is as a non-winning candidate for office. As always, this is not a claim of notability that passes WP:NPOL -- a person has to win the election and thereby hold a notable office to get a Wikipedia article because of politics per se, and otherwise he has to have preexisting notability for some other reason. But the only other potential notability claim here is that he was the chairman of the horticultural committee for a smalltown Rotary Club, which is in no sense whatsoever a reason why somebody would qualify for an encyclopedia article either -- and the only sources here are a census transcript on a genealogy site, and a glancing namecheck of his existence as chairman of the horticultural committee in a 75th anniversary overview of the entire Rotary chapter. None of this, neither the substance nor the sourcing, offers an actual reason why he would warrant an encyclopedia article. Bearcat (talk) 05:06, 29 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Ontario-related deletion discussions. Bearcat (talk) 05:09, 29 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. Bearcat (talk) 05:09, 29 December 2017 (UTC)


 * Delete An unelected candidate who fails our notability guideline for politicians. As Bearcat correctly notes, no other plausible claim of notability is made. Cullen328  Let's discuss it  05:35, 29 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Delte failed candidates for public office are almost never notable.John Pack Lambert (talk) 14:39, 29 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete, nomination says it all.. PK T (alk)  23:44, 1 January 2018 (UTC)


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