Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Daniel T. Lewis


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The result was delete. Malcolmxl5 (talk) 08:15, 11 June 2020 (UTC)

Daniel T. Lewis

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Might not pass wp:POLITICIAN. His major claims to fame include unsuccessfully running for state house and US senate, which are not yardsticks for notability. Bneu2013 (talk) 03:03, 4 June 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions.  ☾Loriendrew☽   ☏(ring-ring)  03:34, 4 June 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Tennessee-related deletion discussions.  ☾Loriendrew☽   ☏(ring-ring)  03:34, 4 June 2020 (UTC)


 * Delete He did run for governor as well, but you're right to say that failed political candidates are not inherently notable. The only significant coverage I can find if from local news: 1, 2, which are of questionable reliability and in any event not much more than local coverage. Fails WP:POLITICIAN and WP:GNG -- Dps04 (talk) 05:01, 4 June 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete. Unsuccessful candidates are not notable just for being candidates per se, so the tests he would have to pass to qualify for an article are that either (a) he already had preexisting notability for other reasons that would already have gotten him an article regardless of his candidacy, or (b) he can be referenced to a depth and range and volume of reliable source coverage that marks his candidacy out as much more special than everybody else's candidacies. But neither of those are in evidence here: being chairman of a political party's local chapter in one city is not a meaningful notability claim, and the referencing is almost entirely to primary sources with no evidence whatsoever that he passes the coverage test. Also, the article was created by a user named "Lewisdt2", so there was a clear WP:COI here. Bearcat (talk) 13:27, 4 June 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete county level party chairs for any party are not notable, let alone for a party with no political power. Trounced 3rd party candidates for office are also not notable.John Pack Lambert (talk) 18:17, 4 June 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete per nomination.--Mpen320 (talk) 07:03, 6 June 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete Nothing more than an local politician and unsuccessful 3rd party candidate. Lefcentreright  Discuss   13:00, 6 June 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete appears to be an autobiography as well as failing GNG and NPOL. Best, GPL93 (talk) 15:39, 9 June 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete failed candidate does not meet WP:NPOL. Bkissin (talk) 17:28, 9 June 2020 (UTC)


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