Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Carlos Cortiglia


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The result was   merge to London mayoral election, 2012. &mdash; The Earwig   (talk)  02:19, 12 May 2012 (UTC)

Carlos Cortiglia

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Non-notable politician: fails WP:POLITICIAN as unsuccessful candidate, never elected. All but one source pertain to his candidacy in the 2012 Mayoral election. Bondegezou (talk) 13:12, 4 May 2012 (UTC)


 * Merge to London mayoral election, 2012; I can see there's an argument to keep the article, since beyond the routine coverage, there was quite a lot of media interest in him as a prominent BNP member of non-British origin, but he's certainly best known in association with his candidacy. --Colapeninsula (talk) 14:26, 4 May 2012 (UTC)


 * Merge (to London mayoral election, 2012) &mdash; The subject clearly fails to meet WP:POLITICIAN. The subject has had some recent coverage, but not over long enough of a period to warrant notability in its own right. — Fly by Night  ( talk )  21:17, 4 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of England-related deletion discussions.  • Gene93k (talk) 16:57, 5 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions.  • Gene93k (talk) 16:57, 5 May 2012 (UTC)


 * Keep The subject is notable by virtue of the coverage in numerous reliable and independent sources and notability does not expire. Our editing policy tells us to keep such well-sourced information. Warden (talk) 17:17, 5 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Comment Could Colonel Warden provide links to these sources? There is a related AfD for another of the losing candidates at Articles for deletion/Siobhan Benita. What I said there seems relevant here: there were some profiles of all the candidates in the London mayoral election, as there are often profiles of losing candidates in various elections around the world. These pertain purely to the candidates' roles in the campaign for that election. Thus, any useful content can be merged to London mayoral election, 2012. WP:POLITICIAN is a brief statement, so let me go through the underlying rationale. WP:GNG includes this note: "Editors may reach a consensus that although a topic meets this criterion, it is not appropriate for a stand-alone article. For example, such an article may violate what Wikipedia is not". OK, so let us consider WP:NOT, in particular WP:NOTNEWS is useful guidance here: I quote, "Wikipedia considers the enduring notability of persons and events. While news coverage can be useful source material for encyclopedic topics, most newsworthy events do not qualify for inclusion." I see no enduring notability for in either this or the Siobhan Benita case. There's also, critically, "Who's who. Even when an event is notable, individuals involved in it may not be. Unless news coverage of an individual goes beyond the context of a single event, our coverage of that individual should be limited to the article about that event, in proportion to their importance to the overall topic." The news coverage of Mr Cortiglia is within the context of a single event, the London mayoral election, 2012, ergo our coverage should "be limited to the article about that event". Bondegezou (talk) 07:02, 6 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Delete I agree that this person has no notability as per policy. doktorb wordsdeeds 07:17, 6 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Merge to London mayoral election, 2012 per WP:ONEEVENT and long standing convention that simply being an unsuccessful candidate is not sufficient for notability. Timrollpickering (talk) 09:42, 6 May 2012 (UTC)
 * 'Merge as argued above, unless someone can find sources showing this person is known for anything other than this one event? DreamGuy (talk)
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