Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Blake Farenthold


 * 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   delete. &mdash; Spaceman  Spiff  12:30, 16 August 2010 (UTC)

Blake Farenthold

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Article about an election candidate. Twice speedily deleted already; deletion of the article was declined this time around on the basis that the subject is an election candidate, but WP:POLITICIAN makes it clear that this is not an indication of notablility. Wikipedia is not a place to promote political candidates. I42 (talk) 12:27, 9 August 2010 (UTC)


 * Delete per WP:POLITICIAN, although I stand by my decision to decline speedy deletion&mdash;A7 is not about notability. Rje (talk) 14:26, 9 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete - only claim is an election candidate, notability is not established.  GB fan  talk 14:59, 9 August 2010 (UTC)


 * KeepThe 2010 national elections in the United States are quite notable and the interest in them spans the globe. A simple claim of being an election candidate is not worthy of encyclopedic inclusion, however reference material on the candidates who will be on the November ballot certainly must be.  Wikipedia includes extensive and excellent reference resources on the House of Representatives, its districts and its members. An election to determine a new congress generates tremendous demand for information resources.  Don't the winners of the national party primaries in these races rise to the level of notability?

Thank you for your patience. frisbeetx —Preceding undated comment added 15:43, 9 August 2010 (UTC).
 * Delete The elections may well be notable - but don't kid yourself about the worldwide interest in them. I for one couldn't really care less. "however reference material on the candidates who will be on the November ballot certainly must be." - No. This isn't free webspace. It's not a place for soapboxing. If a candidate is already notable in his/her own right, OK. If not, they have to wait until they win. We'd be loaded down with failed candidate articles otherwise. Peridon (talk) 17:03, 9 August 2010 (UTC)
 * My comment was regarding the global media coverage which is happening now, and the research queries it can generate from an encyclopedic point of view. I would not make a case for inclusion of a failed candidate, and when they are defeated that would be a definite confirmation of a lack of notability.  Candidates for high office who have qualified to be on a ballot in a United States congressional election though are not failed candidates.... not yet anyway.  That is distinctly different perspective from a free web space or soapboxing.  frisbeetx   (talk) 19:27, 9 August 2010 (UTC)


 * Keep - Politicians for high national office are inherently notable. It is a great public service for Wikipedia to provide neutral biographical information on active politicians. Carrite (talk) 17:40, 9 August 2010 (UTC)
 * "Just being an elected local official, or an unelected candidate for political office, does not guarantee notability, although such people can still be notable if they meet the primary notability criterion of "significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject of the article."" - from WP:POLITICIAN This one is a candidate, not a politician in high office. Peridon (talk) 17:51, 9 August 2010 (UTC)


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 * Delete or redirect to an appropriate election or constituency page. WP:POLITICIAN says that is the general rule for candidates. Nothing about this candidate stands out. Re Carrite's hope for neutral biographies of all political candidates, I think that hope is forlorn in general, and certainly here ("In addition to his business career, Mr. Farenthold is known for his community and civic activities including serving as a referee for youth basketball games and teaching senior citizens how to use computers.")--Mkativerata (talk) 02:38, 16 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.