Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Aswar Rahman


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The result was delete. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 19:26, 10 June 2019 (UTC)

Aswar Rahman

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It cites three substantive articles about his abortive long-shot run for mayor of Minneapolis. WP:GNG says, "Significant coverage in reliable sources creates an assumption, not a guarantee, that a subject merits its own article. A more in-depth discussion might conclude that the topic actually should not have a stand-alone article."

It has been tagged for notability for two years, and when an IP tried to remove the tag, a third editor restored it with the summary, "needs significant secondary coverage outside mayoral race to establish notability, see WP:NPOL." That guideline, perhaps recognizing that many local candidates receive some degree of attention in the press, sets the bar for them at "major local political figure". In practice, losing municipal candidates are usually considered not notable (see WP:POLOUTCOMES), but each should be discussed on their own merits.

He is also a filmmaker, but has made no notable films. The only coverage is an interview, him talking about his work and his organization, Cineapolis. After the mayor's race he received a light dusting of coverage for acting in the 4-episode cable reality series Welcome to Waverly.

DiderotTerra17 took several days to create this article. Some editors are loathe to delete another's hard work, but it should be noted that their original user name was Aswar314, suggesting that this is either an autobiography or ghost written by his campaign staff, so their effort may not have had Wikipedia's best interests at heart. I don't see what he has accomplished that would be encyclopedia worthy. Worldbruce (talk) 18:40, 3 June 2019 (UTC)
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 * Delete. People do not get Wikipedia articles just for being candidates in elections they did not win — notability as a politician comes from holding office, not running for it and losing or withdrawing. Some degree of local coverage of mayoral elections is simply expected to always exist, further, so such coverage does not automatically make a candidate special on "just because media coverage exists" grounds — if that were how it worked, then every candidate in every election would always be special, and NPOL would mean absolutely nothing anymore. Rather, to qualify for an article it would be necessary to properly demonstrate his preexisting notability as a filmmaker — but that's not what this does, as his work as a filmmaker is referenced entirely to primary sources rather than notability-supporting reliable sources. Bearcat (talk) 12:38, 4 June 2019 (UTC)
 * Delete a non-notable mayoral candidate.John Pack Lambert (talk) 03:38, 5 June 2019 (UTC)
 * DeleteDoes not meet WP:NPOL, lack enough coverage to pass an stand alone article. Shringhringshring 📞 16:00, 9 June 2019 (UTC)
 * Delete Fail passes WP:NPOL --MA Javadi (talk) 18:34, 9 June 2019 (UTC)


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