Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Dr. Sean Salazar U.S. Senate Candidate 2010, Washington State


 * 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. Jayjg (talk) 02:25, 22 December 2009 (UTC)

Dr. Sean Salazar U.S. Senate Candidate 2010, Washington State

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Notability is not established. Óðinn ☭☆ talk 23:42, 15 December 2009 (UTC)


 * Comment: The article was created by a person with a COI, as they added images which they claim to own copyright to. In addition, every single reference is a campaign reference, there are zero independent sources.  I have added a blpsources tag to the article.  Woogee (talk) 23:45, 15 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete unless some reliable sources can be added. Google searches yield very little--you'd never know he was running. 99.155.206.57 (talk) 23:50, 15 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions.  -- ( X!  ·  talk )  · @036  · 23:51, 15 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete per WP:GNG as failing general notability, as well as for failing verifiability, as a politician, as spam, as a fringe candidate, and as a soapbox. Wikipedia does not publish original material, and is not a webhost. There have been literally ZERO news articles about this person, and a search online reveals no real reliable sources about this person or his campaign. Bearian (talk) 01:18, 16 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete Yikes, this should not have survived in the mainspace for three weeks. This is pure WP:ARTSPAM – that is, it is promotional in nature but disguised as a legitimate article. The article was created by someone with a conflict of interest, seeking to promote their preferred candidate in a Senate race, and so fails WP:NOT, particularly WP:SOAP. A Stop at Willoughby (talk) 05:15, 16 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete, no evidence of notability; only recreate if he gets significant coverage or wins the race. Just curious, though — how is this guy a fringe candidate?  Major party candidates aren't what we generally call fringe.  Nyttend (talk) 05:20, 16 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Well, you'd be surprised how many fringe-type candidates run in major-party primaries. I don't know much about Dr. Salazar's politics, but he's clearly one of many candidates in the GOP primary, most of which don't have a prayer of winning. A Stop at Willoughby (talk) 05:33, 16 December 2009 (UTC)

It seems to me that some clever and successful "hacking" is taking place to the benefit of Senator Murray, and to the ultimate damage of Wikipedia's reputation as a reliable information source. All of the references to Senator Murry's potential opposition seem to be effectively disabled or besmirched. I have found nothing equivalent when reviewing Democratic opponents to Republican incumbents. Is it Wikipedia's goal to allow 'contributors' or commenters to drive away half of the US population from its pages by permitting such drivel? These are postings of information about 'political' candidates, yet the commenters complain that articles are 'promoting' the candidate? Do they expect a candidate to post articles demeaning themselves or besmirching their own character. Of course not. This is a cheap way to deprive the public of information, which seems contrary to the very essence of Wikipedia.
 * Delete -- what Willoughby said. --Glenfarclas (talk) 20:47, 16 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete I tried searching for Sean Salazar, without the honorific, to see if I would get more hits. I did, but (scanning) none seem to be this person. Perhaps later there will be notable coverage, but at the moment, nothing.-- SPhilbrick  T  22:23, 18 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete - manifold issues with this article, as others have pointed out. Where to begin?  First, it doesn't read (to me) as WP:NPOV.  Next, as stated before, are WP:SOAP concerns.  If, somehow, this candidate wins, or becomes the focus of significant coverage, then by all means, recreate.  However, as this is not currently the case, I must move for deletion.   Cocytus   [»talk«]  00:21, 21 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete, unfortunately not seeing secondary source coverage. Cirt (talk) 13:57, 21 December 2009 (UTC)

The elimination of all bias destroys all information. The hiding of bias "in the name of fairness" is the worst form of deception. — Alkem7 (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic.
 * Delete I'm not an American (and am non-political) so I could care less who wins a Senate or Congress seat. Non-notable. Candidacy does not confer notability. Just out of curiosity, not that it will affect my !vote, what is he a 'Dr' of or in? And who is the Rev. Perryman? Notable? If so, it still doesn't transfer. All in all, looks like a normal politician's hand-out. Peridon (talk)
 * Comment to 'Dr Salazar' Articles on Wikipedia are supposed to be 'about' not 'by'. It is not a place for you or any other candidate - or established politician - to promote your case. This is an encyclopaedia which has its own rules. If you don't like them, either start your own, or use aboutus, linkedin or similar sites where promotional material is the norm. Peridon (talk) 22:10, 21 December 2009 (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.