Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bob Olson (MInnesota Political Figure)


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The result was   delete. Keeper |  76  01:34, 5 July 2009 (UTC)

Bob Olson (MInnesota Political Figure)

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Contested prod without improvement. Unsuccessful candidates for minor political office are not within notability guidelines unless they are notable for other reasons. This reads as promotional rather than third party and there are no reliable independent sources. It is like;y that the main author is closely related to the subjectPorturology (talk) 08:43, 28 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete. Fails WP:POLITICIAN Niteshift36 (talk) 08:54, 28 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions.  -- TexasAndroid (talk) 14:02, 28 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Weak Delete No indication that he has even held an office, although he was the Democratic candidate in the 1994 election for a seat in Congress against a very popular incumbent. "Weak" delete because there is some merit in being the lone person who chooses to represent the party when everyone else is reluctant to do so.  I know of at least one other person who is in Wikipedia for that reason, and whom I will not rat out because it would be a certain nomination and deletion.  This appears more to be a repository for quotes from the candidate.  My suggestion to the author would be to try to write an article about the American Sustainable Energy Council, and include a small paragraph therein about your kinsman.  Mandsford (talk) 15:14, 28 June 2009 (UTC)

I think it would be good to have this information accessible if he ever runs again. He has run 4 campaigns. Leave the page up. There is plenty of media coverage on him and those citations could be fixed up by someone googling around to find the links. —Preceding unsigned comment added by BlakeOlson (talk • contribs) 17:41, 28 June 2009 (UTC)
 * I'm sorry, but we don't keep articles on that basis. All information that stays on Wikipedia is presumed to be accessible elsewhere.  I'm assuming that Mr. Olson is your father.  I consider my late father to have been one of many important persons in LBJ's War on Poverty, although I don't think that he would pass Wikipedia's notability standards.  That notwithstanding, a Wikipedia article in "the encyclopedia that anyone can edit" is the least of honors that one can receive. Mandsford (talk) 20:06, 28 June 2009 (UTC)


 * Weak Delete Fails WP:POLITICIAN, and there's no substantial outside coverage for this to pass the general notability guideline; the article's unsourced, and there doesn't seem to be major news coverage of him or his campaigns. While there are a few news articles out there such as this one and this one, hence the "weak", it's not at the level to convey notability for a political candidate; if somebody can find more and better sources than what I found, I may change my vote. TheCatalyst31 Reaction•Creation 23:31, 28 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete Unless I have it wrong he has never rwon an election or done anything else notable. DGG (talk) 01:46, 29 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete Doesn't show notability. Simply running for Congress doesn't meet the requirements of WP:POLITICIAN and there's nothing to suggest that he meets WP:N generally. --Philosopher Let us reason together. 05:01, 29 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Living people-related deletion discussions. --Erwin85Bot (talk) 00:00, 30 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete Repeated failure to win election does not meet WP:POLITICIAN and a list of quotations (smells of self-publicity here) does not meet WP:BIO--AssegaiAli (talk) 09:42, 4 July 2009 (UTC)
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