Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Dean Greco


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The result was   delete. Stifle (talk) 08:50, 16 October 2008 (UTC)

Dean Greco

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Non-notable, and non-serious, political candidate. Per WP:POLITICIAN, just being an unelected candidate for political office does not confer notability; and no notability apart from his candidature is demonstrated. Wikipedia is not a hustings. Delete. JohnCD (talk) 15:04, 11 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Comment Non-serious shouldn't be a criterion for exclusion. The UK's Screaming Lord Sutch was never a 'serious' political candidate, but I'd consider him more notable than most of the actual MPs in any given parliament, for example. Now, whether this guy has SLS levels of media coverage is another issue .... MadScot (talk) 19:26, 11 October 2008 (UTC)
 * You're right, up to a point, but Screaming Lord Sutch was an exception. Generally, a frivolous candidate with no chance of getting in must have less notability than a serious one who might be elected. But the point here is the principle that candidates aren't notable until elected unless they have some independent claim. JohnCD (talk) 20:17, 11 October 2008 (UTC)

Keep. Regardless of whether or not his platform can be considered "serious," he is completely legitimate in the sense that he is listed on the New Jersey ballot. He is just as much a candidate as the others (Lance, Stender) who do have Wikipedia entries. Political candidates shouldn't be omitted from encyclopedia entries just because their stance is either controversial or non-traditional. This should remain a service for people doing research, and should apply to voters wanting to make an informed decision.Hdingfield (talk) 04:20, 12 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of New Jersey-related deletion discussions.   --  Fabrictramp  |  talk to me  22:55, 11 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions.   --  Fabrictramp  |  talk to me  22:56, 11 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete NN candidate. --Philosopher Let us reason together. 23:59, 11 October 2008 (UTC)

Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Dean_Greco" —Preceding unsigned comment added by Hdingfield (talk • contribs) 04:21, 12 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Just because he's on the ballot doesn't mean he's notable, which is the primary concern here. Perhaps you haven't read WP:POLITICIAN or WP:BIO?  If you haven't, please do so before replying - the article has to meet at least one of those criteria.  As for your concern about controversial candidates, Wikipedia may actually have a bias in favor of controversial candidates, as they are more likely to have been discussed by reliable sources than similarly situated non-controversial candidates.  --Philosopher Let us reason together. 05:43, 12 October 2008 (UTC)


 * delete. Unelected political wanabees are not notable, whether serious or not. If he wins, then recreate.Yobmod (talk) 11:05, 13 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.