Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ed Potosnak (2nd nomination)


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The result was   redirect to United States House of Representatives elections in New Jersey, 2010. (non-admin closure) LlamaAl (talk) 00:06, 24 February 2013 (UTC)

Ed Potosnak
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Article that makes no real claim of notability besides having been an unsuccessful candidate in an election (failing WP:POLITICIAN.) Article was kept the first time because of that old classic fallacy that Wikipedia somehow accords a greater degree of notability to unelected candidates in pending elections than we do to unelected candidates in past elections — except for one thing: we don't — and at any rate, he's now an unelected candidate in a past election, and there's still been no particularly strong evidence of additional notability since. Delete. Bearcat (talk) 04:11, 10 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Delete Fails WP:POLITICIAN, his only claim to notability.  Cullen 328  Let's discuss it  05:31, 10 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Delete as per nom and Bearcat. I had this article on my watchlist as a potential AFD candidate, since he is one of about a dozen unsuccessful candidates who have no notability outside their runs for office.  Horologium  (talk) 15:50, 10 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Keep, I think he satisfies the general notability guideline, though admittedly without a lot of room to spare. In addition to being a candidate, he is director of the New Jersey chapter of a notable agency, the League of Conservation Voters, and there has been some coverage of him in this role, though it doesn't currently appear to be in the article.  Neutron (talk) 22:04, 13 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Please see WP:ORG, the subject of this article is not primarily notable for being a member of the organization, and said organization would normally be redirected to its parent organization article if not independently notable. Moreover, as not having a significant national leadership position of the parent organization, the subject isn't notable in that regard IMHO.--RightCowLeftCoast (talk) 17:05, 17 February 2013 (UTC)


 * Keep Article provides multiple reliable and verifiable sources about the individuals, covering his career in education and politics. Not our greatest article, but notability is established. Alansohn (talk) 16:06, 15 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of New Jersey-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 02:47, 16 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 02:47, 16 February 2013 (UTC)


 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Michaelzeng7 (talk) 02:05, 17 February 2013 (UTC)


 * Redirect to United States House of Representatives elections in New Jersey, 2010; although the subject has received significant coverage from multiple reliable sources, the majority of that coverage is related to an event, that being the election of 2010, therefore the subject falls under WP:BLP1E. Furthermore, the subject is not notable per WP:POLITICIAN; as such the appropriate thing to do is to redirect the article to the election which is the event which the subject is primarily notable for. If the subject becomes notable for things outside of those related to the event, the article deletion can be reviewed, and if approved, redirected.--RightCowLeftCoast (talk) 17:02, 17 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Delete or Redirect to United States House of Representatives elections in New Jersey, 2010. RightCow has it right, misses WP:POLITICIAN and his significant coverage is all related to one event.  EricSerge (talk) 18:44, 20 February 2013 (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.