Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/David Popescu (politician)


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The result was delete. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 19:39, 23 August 2017 (UTC)

David Popescu (politician)

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WP:BLP of a perennial fringe candidate, whose coverage is entirely local to a single city except for one brief blip of wider coverage in 2008. However, since candidates in local elections always garner coverage in those elections' local media, local coverage isn't enough in and of itself to build a WP:GNG claim -- and the brief blip of wider coverage just makes him a WP:BLP1E. In a nutshell, this is nothing more than another case where we confused temporary newsiness with permanent notability -- it's now almost ten years later, and he's clearly failed the ten-year test for sustained or enduring significance. Bearcat (talk) 21:59, 16 August 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Ontario-related deletion discussions. Bearcat (talk) 21:59, 16 August 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. Bearcat (talk) 21:59, 16 August 2017 (UTC)


 * Delete Fails WP:POLITICIAN as is. Possibly some other refs out there, I am not convinced that there isn't so this might be a case for cleanup, but I don't think the odds are high enough to make me completely confident that notability can be fully established. South Nashua (talk) 22:35, 16 August 2017 (UTC)
 * Comment I'm not going to stand in the way of the article being deleted, but this isn't really a case of WP:BLP1E – there have been several instances where Popescu has received coverage for incidents involving hate speech, and his prior conviction (for assault) attracted both non-routine attention in the local media and some attention in the national press. One can argue that this still doesn't add up to enough to keep the article in place, but I don't think that the terms of WP:BLP1E obligate us to delete it. CJCurrie (talk) 00:06, 17 August 2017 (UTC)
 * Comment Agreed on BLP1E and the article's deletion. South Nashua (talk) 03:40, 18 August 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete - Fails the SNG high bar for politicians. Unelected politician, not a party leader, fringe candidate. Carrite (talk) 02:19, 18 August 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete - one of many local candidates, by precedent, not notable. Bearian (talk) 15:42, 22 August 2017 (UTC)


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