Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Blake Moore (Utah businessman)


 * 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. While there is some sentiment towards keeping this article the consensus, when weighting all comments, suggests there is support to delete as not-notable. Barkeep49 (talk) 02:50, 21 May 2020 (UTC)

Blake Moore (Utah businessman)

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Resume of candidate standing for political office. It may be intended to support his campaign, but there is nothing in it that meets notability requirements. Mccapra (talk) 10:25, 5 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Businesspeople-related deletion discussions. Mccapra (talk) 10:25, 5 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. Mccapra (talk) 10:25, 5 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Utah-related deletion discussions. Mccapra (talk) 10:25, 5 May 2020 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Keep but move to Blake Moore (Utah politician). I think it just scrapes WP:GNG as there are plural news sources, at least a couple of which are significant coverage. I've cleaned up a lot of the article to reflect this and to make the tone a lot more NPOV than it was. However, the content of the article is for the most part nothing to do with him being a businessman, and about his politics, so it should go there. If consensus is to keep, Blake Moore also ought to be disambig'd. Naypta ☺ &#124; ✉ talk page &#124; 11:19, 5 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom, I agree that this exists to help his campaign. Caro7200 (talk) 12:58, 5 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Keep for now, but this should be cleaned up to sound less like a campaign advert. WesSirius (talk) 13:29, 5 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Comment As an unelected politician he doesn’t pass WP:NPOL so we’re left with WP:ANYBIO. A few mentions in his local press don’t demonstrate notability. Mccapra (talk) 13:36, 5 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete. People do not get Wikipedia articles just for standing as candidates in elections they have not won — the notability test at WP:NPOL is holding a notable political office, not just running for one, and people are not exempted from having to pass NPOL just because a small handful of local campaign coverage happens to exist. Some local campaign coverage always exists for every candidate in every election everywhere, so our entire concept of maintaining notability standards for politicians at all would be meaningless if every candidate could always exempt themselves from it. Rather, to be deemed a special case who warrants a Wikipedia article, the candidate has to clear one of two particular tests: either (a) he already has other claims of preexisting notability for other reasons that would already have gotten him an article anyway (i.e. Cynthia Nixon), or (b) he can be credibly claimed as much more special than everybody else's candidacies in some way that would pass the ten-year test for enduring significance, by virtue of his candidacy getting nationalized media attention that has already made him nationally famous (i.e. Christine O'Donnell). But neither of those things is being shown here at all, so he's not entitled to an article just for being a candidate. Obviously no prejudice against recreation in November if he wins the seat, since his notability claim will thus have changed from "candidate" to "officeholder", but nothing here is enough to already earn him a Wikipedia article today. Bearcat (talk) 17:52, 5 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete Not at all notable. He has done nothing yet of note. He will not be notable unless he wins the general election in November. He has not even won the primary election yet.John Pack Lambert (talk) 16:25, 6 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete or alternatively redirect to 2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Utah. The subject is more interesting than most political candidates because of the High School Heisman award he won in 1997. However, winning the award is not notable in itself. It appears the rest of the coverage is campaign related and as Bearcat mentions, routine coverage of congressional campaigns does not meet WP:NPOL. As an alternative to deletion, it is acceptable to create a redirect to the 2020 House election page (for Utah). No prejudice against recreation if the subject wins election. --Enos733 (talk) 04:08, 11 May 2020 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks,  Sandstein   19:05, 12 May 2020 (UTC)


 * Keep per Naypta's comments above. The article looks more professional since this AfD was listed. (See this diff for Naypta's clean up.) The article is about the right size (small) given the relative obscurity of the subject, but a quick stroll through Random Articles shows that there are plenty of examples of articles on topics of moderate notability. –Trevdna (talk) 17:11, 19 May 2020 (UTC)
 * can anyone !voting ‘keep’ please explain with reference to Wikipedia policy how the subject of this article meets our notability standards? Yes the article looks better now and yes it’s less promotional. That doesn’t make the subject notable. If he’s elected he’ll be notable, no question. Until then I can’t see a single policy-based reason to consider keeping this. Mccapra (talk) 17:49, 19 May 2020 (UTC)


 * Delete or redirect to 2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Utah. Not notable outside of his current campaign, which itself is not of an abnormal amount of coverage. Promotional or not it doesn't meet the standard necessary for politicians or the heightened WP:GNG standard in terms of coverage. Best, GPL93 (talk) 22:36, 19 May 2020 (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.