Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bill Johnson (Kentucky politician)


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. 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.

The result was Redirect to Kentucky Secretary of State election, 2011. Nobody argued keep, and there have been strong arguments that redirecting is better than deleting.--Ymblanter (talk) 11:59, 26 March 2013 (UTC)

Bill Johnson (Kentucky politician)

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Non-notable candidate and random teacher. KYBrad53 (talk) 01:34, 18 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Kentucky-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 02:27, 18 March 2013 (UTC)
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 * Redirect to Kentucky Secretary of State election, 2011. Subject has received significant coverage from multiple non-primary reliable sources; that being said the significant weight of that coverage is about a single event which is the subject of the article Kentucky Secretary of State election, 2011. Therefore the subject, although passing WP:GNG, falls under WP:BLP1E, therefore a redirect is in order. Furthermore, the subject fails WP:POLITICIAN, and the common outcome for such a subject is to redirect the article to the article about the campaign. If the subject receives significant coverage for other campaigns, or outside the political realm, the article can always be recreated from the history that will be found in the redirect.--RightCowLeftCoast (talk) 18:08, 18 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Delete Anything relevant can be moved to the article about the 2010 Kentucky Senate race or the 2011 KY Sec. of State election. After re-reading this article over carefully, it's simply not worthy of ever having been made. Con Rev Null (talk) 17:50, 19 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Delete. Non-notable, unelected candidate. This is an article full of puffery.  Any significant material can go in Kentucky Secretary of State election, 2011.  Gamaliel (talk) 22:01, 19 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Although a large part of the article is subject to WP:BURDEN, upgrading the article to our standards is an issue that can be resolved and has no impact on whether the subject of the article is notable. Furthermore, the subject has received significant coverage, but also falls under WP:BLP1E as I stated above. Therefore, outright deletion would be inappropriate IMHO.--RightCowLeftCoast (talk) 20:20, 20 March 2013 (UTC)


 * Redirect to Kentucky Secretary of State election, 2011. The subject's most notable campaign was for the Secretary of State. WP:BLAR is the most appropriate outcome when the subject may become notable in the future. Enos733 (talk) 20:18, 20 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Delete Why's this here? Intact Molls (talk) 19:14, 21 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Redirect to Kentucky Secretary of State election, 2011 per RightCowLeftCoast's analysis above. I'm new to political AfDs, but I think RightCow's logic is sound.  Subject does not satisfy WP:POLITICIAN, marginally satisfies the generally notability guidelines per WP:GNG, but is subject to the WP:BLP1E exception.  Redirect per WP:POLOUTCOMES.  Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 18:22, 22 March 2013 (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.