Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Alex Law (Politician)


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The result was delete. Davewild (talk) 07:24, 30 July 2015 (UTC)

Alex Law (Politician)

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WP:BLP, relying extremely heavily on unreliable or primary sources like social media profiles, his own website or Blogspot posts, of a person notable only as an as-yet-unelected candidate in a future party primary. As usual, this is not a claim of notability that gets a person into Wikipedia under WP:NPOL — if you cannot make a credible and properly sourced claim that he was already notable enough for an article before he became a candidate, then he does not become notable enough for an article until he wins the election (and by "the election", I mean the big enchilada in November 2016, and not just the party primary.) Further, by far the majority of the content here is just a list of his positions on the issues — making this a pure campaign brochure rather than an encyclopedia article. So he'll certainly qualify for an article if he wins the election next November, but he is not entitled to use Wikipedia to promote his candidacy in the meantime. (Also probable confirmed WP:COI — as these things almost always are — as the creator's username Googles straight to a person whose Facebook profile lists his current employer as "Alex Law for Congress".) Delete. Bearcat (talk) 00:22, 22 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. &mdash;&thinsp;JJMC89&thinsp; (T·E·C) 01:18, 22 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of New Jersey-related deletion discussions. &mdash;&thinsp;JJMC89&thinsp; (T·E·C) 01:18, 22 July 2015 (UTC)


 * Delete per nomination as an unelected politician who is not notable before becoming a candidate. &mdash;&thinsp;JJMC89&thinsp; (T·E·C) 01:24, 22 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom. He's a 24-year-old ex-IBM employee (who decided it was a good idea to quit to run for office). Revoke this Law. Clarityfiend (talk) 02:34, 22 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Delete This comes off as a promotional campaign website written by a campaign staffer. It lacks the sources needed to demonstrate notability for the candidate as an individual. Alansohn (talk) 13:52, 22 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Delete Even candidates who win a party nomination for the US house are not notable. Candidates who have declared they will run in a primary, but could just as easily back out before the primary actually occurs, are very far from notable.John Pack Lambert (talk) 07:00, 25 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Delete If this 24 year old candidate unseats an incumbent, that would be very notable. But right now, he is unelected politician which doesn't warrant an article on Wikipedia. Liz  Read! Talk! 00:18, 28 July 2015 (UTC)


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