Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Alfonso Faustino (2nd nomination)


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The result was   delete. The SPA's no withstanding, the consensus is to delete --  Phantom Steve / talk &#124; contribs \ 22:54, 30 August 2010 (UTC)

Alfonso Faustino
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According to WP:POLITICIAN, political candidates are not inherently notable. This article has four sources: one from his campaign site, one from the SF GOP, one from IMDb (with no major films or TV roles) and one that doesn't even list his name. The only sources I see from a news search just say he's a candidate, including an SF Chronicle article published today that calls him a longshot. Muboshgu (talk) 16:22, 23 August 2010 (UTC)
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 * Delete He is an unelected candidate without significant news coverage; in fact I found only one article about the campaign, and absolutely nothing about him aside from the campaign. --MelanieN (talk) 01:20, 25 August 2010 (UTC)
 * KEEP - Alfonso is the best shot Republicans have had in San Francisco Bay Area in years to get a state seat in Sacramento. As a resident here, I have seen him in the community, not to mention his face on the "superman" ad campaign for a Hepatitis awareness campaign which his opponent sponsored (a bit of irony in an election). He has drummed up quite a bit of support from Democrats and will give Fiona Ma a run for her money (think Scott Brown). He has has also been making friends with top Democratic State Senators.  See pictures here  Tom43082 (talk) 05:56, 25 August 2010 (UTC)Tom43082 (talk) 05:47, 25 August 2010 (UTC)Thomas Moyer (tom43082) — Tom43082 (talk&#32;• contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic.
 * KEEP - This guy is a legitimate politican running in good faith. Anyone who runs in San Francisco is going to be called a long shot.  Alfonso has been getting more press than most people.  He has more than a chance to win.  I believe the page should continue to stay up. Thank You Jleisf (talk) 17:14, 25 August 2010 (UTC)jleisf — jleisf (talk&#32;• contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic.
 * KEEP - Alfonso Faustino is a notable figure in San Francisco politics. Ralph Nader is considered a longshot Presidential candidate, but his Wikipedia entry remains. Alfonso has not written a book like Nader, but he has appeared as a model and advocate in several public relations campaigns for Hepetitis vaccinations locally. He is also active on an international level, appearing in advertisements in Hong Kong. It would be inappropriate to delete this Wikipedia article. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.170.161.42 (talk) 17:56, 25 August 2010 (UTC)  (Note:This is the first and only Wikipedia edit made by this user.)
 * Comment Just to respond to some of the above, (1) Nader may be a "longshot presidential candidate" but that's not the only thing he's famous for. He has plenty of outside news coverage. (2) Appearing as a model, advocate, or in Hong Kong advertisements could add to the biography, but there's no sourcing on anything like that, nor indication that it would make him notable. (3) Sources added to the article (except for the SF Chronicle) are all self-published and therefore not helpful in establishing notability. (4) The Chronicle article is not enough to establish the criteria of "significant news coverage". --Muboshgu (talk) 20:47, 25 August 2010 (UTC)
 * KEEP - I created Mr. Faustino's Wikipedia page. His candidacy is significant, given that San Francisco has not had a credible Republican nominee for Assembly in a generation . And the fact that the San Francisco Chronicle wrote an article on him (not just SF GOP candidates), but him directly is worthy of a brief Wikipedia page. Let's put our cards on the table, so to speak. Usually the Republican Party in SF puts up a placeholder to run against Fiona Ma. This is no ordinary election cycle, and Mr. Faustino is not a placeholder. Other articles referring to Mr. Faustino (IMDB, SFGOP) are not exactly "self-published" in that he probably did not create them himself, but were created for him by a third party during his various employment capacities. Towens1776 (talk) 19:58, 27 August 2010 (UTC)towens1776
 * Comment Still another Special purpose account comes here to argue for keep, but none of them have provided any significant sources or documentation to meet the requirements of WP:POLITICIAN. I'm not sure what Towens is referring to when he says "the San Francisco Chronicle wrote an article on him (not just SF GOP candidates), but him directly". The only SF Chronicle piece cited in the article is about three Republican candidates in SF, and gives Mr. Faustino only a few sentences. --MelanieN (talk) 17:37, 29 August 2010 (UTC)


 * Delete there are strong signs of sockpuppetry or meatpuppetry above. Regardless of that, none of the SPAs have made any compelling policy based case why this article should remain. The personal opinion of someone that "he has a chance of winning" is not a reason for keeping an article, nor is "I live here and saw him once buying potatoes in the local supermarket." The article clearly fails WP:POLITICIAN and also WP:GNG. All the sources listed are blogs, twitter accounts, his company website and his party's website. The only one that comes remotely close is the San Fransisco Chronicle one and even then, that's not even about him it's the type of routine news story about election candidates that gets run every time. Valenciano (talk) 18:19, 29 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Comment - I really don't like the way that the article creator, an IP account, and a couple others are voting in ALL CAPS unison. Quack quack. Carrite (talk) 16:41, 30 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Weak Keep - Although mine is admittedly a minority view, I contend that the provision of a neutral venue for the placement of biographical information by active politicians represents one of Wikipedia's important public services. These are public figures and Wikipedia users do come here looking for this information. Carrite (talk) 16:44, 30 August 2010 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.