Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Christian Meister


 * 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 NN. ≈ jossi ≈ (talk) 02:25, 22 October 2008 (UTC)

Christian Meister

 * ( [ delete] ) – (View AfD) (View log)

Reason: Delete Total lack of notability. Subject has never held any political office and his sole political achievement to date has been being one of a thousand candidates in the 2003 California governors election, where he got a total of 2 votes (not a typo). Meister has not received significant press coverage. The main coverage in the local paper has been to say Meister is 'is utterly unqualified to be sheriff.' According to notability guidelines for politicians (wp:politician) he isn't notable enough for an article. And most of his vague information that can be found is from his own campaign site. Nothing from NPOV sites. Niteshift36 (talk) 17:37, 17 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete Wow, talk about a nonnotable person: if every candidate for little local offices were notable, our biographical notability guidelines would be turned on their heads. Nyttend (talk) 20:53, 17 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Do Not Delete This person is a legitimate and legal candidate (his name is on the official Lee County ballot for the upcoming election). Those who are seeking the deletion of the article about him are doing so because they are aligned with his political opponent.  His political qualifications have no bearing on whether or not he is notable.  The fact that he is an official candidate on the ballot makes him sufficiently notable.  In addition, the fact that he is running against a politician (Sheriff Mike Scott) who is currently the center of a national brouhaha over his use of Barack Obama's middle name (Hussein) during a political rally for Sarah Palin, makes Mr. Meister nationally notable as the sole challenger against this incumbent. This is no longer a "little local election" matter.  Mr. Meister is now part of a national news story.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.136.31.226 (talk) 04:24, 18 October 2008 (UTC)


 * If you look at the notability standards for politicians, you will see that being a candidate is NOT one of the standards. Actually being an officeholder IS. Meister has never been elected to any office. And Meister is not getting any notability on his own. His notability, which is not national (only local papers), is based on someone else, not on his accomplishments.


 * Delete I don't claim to an expert on WP:NOTABILITY, but if this guy's notable then so am I. Badmintonhist (talk) 00:02, 19 October 2008 (UTC)


 * Delete - Unsourced, fails WP:N, probably COI material as well. / /Blaxthos ( t / c ) 00:26, 19 October 2008 (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.