Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Darcy G. Richardson


 * 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    Keep. The consensus below is that the coverage of his various activities, including but not limited to his current quixotic presidential run, is sufficient to establish notability under the WP:GNG. Eluchil404 (talk) 03:50, 10 November 2011 (UTC)

Darcy G. Richardson

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A U.S. presidential candidate who filed to run on October 21, 2011. He is also an author, blogger and perennial candidate for political offices. He founded and writes for blog sites BattlegroundBlog and Uncovered Politics. Writes sports articles for Jacksonville Observer Blog/News site. He has run for Lt. Governor of Florida in 2010 (Independent). Duval County, Florida supervisor in 2004 (Independent), US President in 1992 (Independent), US Senator in 1988 for Pennsylvania (Consumer) and Pennsylvania auditor (Consumer). Was also a alternate delegate to the Consumer Party national convention in 1980.

I'm unable to find any reliable, independent sources about him. There are a ton of stuff from blog sites, especially his own sites. There are some short blurbs of him running in elections, but none go into detail about him. At the moment, he fails WP:GNG. Bgwhite (talk) 06:45, 26 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Authors-related deletion discussions. Bgwhite (talk) 06:47, 26 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. Bgwhite (talk) 06:47, 26 October 2011 (UTC)

Attempt to delete this article is clearly politically motivated. Subject has had 5 books published on political history, several of which are actively used as textbooks by various universities. Suspect user is an Obama supporter. Complains of no information available, yet see there was a rather large profile of Richardson that ran in the Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, Baltimore Sun and Boston Herald. Candidate has also been covered by television stations and the Boston Globe.

http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-pn-new-hampshire-candidates-20111028,0,7479283.story http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/la-pn-new-hampshire-candidates-20111028,0,5282020.story — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.224.33.150 (talk) 04:36, 30 October 2011 (UTC) — 98.224.33.150 (talk) has made few or no other edits outside this topic. 
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Davewild (talk) 18:29, 2 November 2011 (UTC)




 * Weak keep. Here's the Boston Globe article which mentions Richardson along with many other of the little-known nominees who filed in New Hampshire. Along with the Memoli article, I'd say that meets notability criteria. That said, I'd be more enthusiastic about my "keep" if there were an article from a major news source about him whose message was more substantial than basically "look how easy it is to get on the ballot for the presidential primary in New Hampsire." And to the anonymous respondent, please remember to assume good faith regarding your fellow editors. Chuck (talk) 19:57, 2 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep, the fact that he was the senior adviser for one of Eugene McCarthy's campaigns, a Montgomery County precinct committeeman, and author of several books, pushes him close to the notability threshold. The fact that he is now running for president and has been covered in additional reliable sources pushes him beyond the threshold of notability.--William S. Saturn (talk) 21:48, 2 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep per Chuck & William S. Saturn. Just enough coverage to meet the notability threshold.--JayJasper (talk) 22:19, 3 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep I agree with the others, this guy has made a few papers, his article is worth while. Riversandstreams (talk) 17:22, 4 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep Notability is pretty obvious. Difluoroethene (talk) 20:21, 5 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Comment It should be noted that several sources were added to the article after the afd nomination was made.--JayJasper (talk) 04:36, 6 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep Those wanting to delete are probably part of the campaign of the likely nominee. Stopde (talk), 6 November 2011 (UTC)
 * @98.224.33.150 & Stopde: Please follow Wikipedia's policy of assuming good faith on the part of fellow users in discussions such as these. Also, please base your arguments on WP's inclusion guidelines & standards (in particular WP:N, WP:GNG & WP:POLITICIAN, rather than making unfounded speculations about the motives of the nominator (or those who express disagreement with your position). Arguments that are not policy-based are generally disregarded by the closing administrator. Thank you. --JayJasper (talk) 22:35, 6 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete fails WP:POLITICIAN, WP:AUTHOR and the available sources treat him as a novelty. There is no substantial coverage, so he fails WP:GNG. Hekerui (talk) 22:38, 6 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep, enough coverage given the fact that he's in the running as a potential presidential candidate, as well as some above reasons (history books, etc). dalahäst (talk) 07:08, 7 November 2011 (UTC)
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