Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Benjamin lawless


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The result was   delete. JohnCD (talk) 11:31, 23 January 2010 (UTC)

Benjamin lawless

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non notable primary candidate Wuh  Wuz  Dat  07:19, 16 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete: he could have an article, but not now. It's too early. Let's wait for the campaign period to begin. Alexius08 (talk) 07:39, 16 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Maryland-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 12:43, 16 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 12:43, 16 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete. This isn't one of those tricky candidate AfDs. There is absolutely no independent coverage of this guy that I can find. As he's running in a 70:30 Democratic disctrict, that's hardly surprising. Fails WP:POLITICIAN and WP:GNG. --Mkativerata (talk) 19:28, 16 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete, biospam. Running for a candidacy does not magically make you notable. This could be speedied. Hairhorn (talk) 19:41, 16 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Strong Keep, This candidate is running an unopposed primary campaign, in a contested district. It is the people's right to have information on this guy. Sagewoodrufff (talk) 19:58, 16 January 2010 (UTC) — Sagewoodrufff (talk&#32;• contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic.
 * There's a difference between "running unopposed" and "no one else has announced their candidacy yet". Even if he wins the candidacy, notability would still be debatable, this an encyclopedia, not a newspaper. Hairhorn (talk) 20:15, 16 January 2010 (UTC)


 * Delete clear spam for a candidate with no notability in reliable sources. Valenciano (talk) 22:37, 16 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete Yet another candidate... Probably very worthy (but as I distrust the utterances majority of political figures, I also distrust most candidates). Notable? Not by Wikipedia's criteria. Please note that it is Wikipedia's criteria that apply. (It's our ball and our field - guess by whose rules the game is played?) Free space can be found at aboutus, LinkedIn and various others like MySpace. Quote: "It is the people's right to have information on this guy." It's up to him to give it out - but this is not a free hosting site. It is an encyclopaedia. When/if he is elected, he will probably merit an article. Not before. Peridon (talk) 00:00, 17 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete as above. Freikorp (talk) 07:17, 20 January 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.