Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bill Shearer


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The result was redirect to American Independent Party. Liz Read! Talk! 21:50, 9 August 2022 (UTC)

Bill Shearer

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Fails WP:NPOL and WP:GNG. Being a co-founder of a minor (aside from its singular results in the 1968 presidential election) political party is not a criterion for presumed notability, nor is being an unelected candidate for a major office. National political party chairs are also not considered inherently notable. After combing through multiple search engines, I found only passing references and trivial mentions of the subject, routine campaign coverage, and WP:PRIMARY sources. There appears to be no WP:RS-based significant coverage to be found. Sal2100 (talk) 20:54, 2 August 2022 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Conservatism, Politics, Politicians,  and California. Sal2100 (talk) 20:54, 2 August 2022 (UTC)
 * Redirect: to American Independent Party. A search through newspapers.com for both Bill Shearer and William Shearer does not seem to return any sources providing WP:SIGCOV, only passing mentions and routine election coverage. n.b. Calling a party which the following year received 9 million votes and won 5 states a minor party feels intellectually dishonest. Curbon7 (talk) 21:54, 2 August 2022 (UTC)
 * I am OK with the redirect as an ATD. As for your n.b. comment: point taken. I have added a qualifier to my original comment which hopefully provides clarification. Sal2100 (talk) 20:59, 3 August 2022 (UTC)
 * Redirect: to American Independent Party per . -- Otr500 (talk) 12:41, 6 August 2022 (UTC)


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