Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Edward James III


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The result was delete. JohnCD (talk) 20:00, 29 June 2015 (UTC)

Edward James III

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WP:BLP of a political figure whose only substantive claims of notability are as an internal campaign organizer, and an as-yet-unelected candidate in a future election. These are not claims that satisfy WP:NPOL — a person must win the election and thereby hold office, not merely have their name on a ballot, to claim NPOL on that basis, and we do not extend notability freebies to campaign staff. All of the sourcing here, further, is of either the routine or blogspotty varieties, with not enough substantive referencing to claim a WP:GNG pass on the basis of the coverage itself. Delete, without prejudice against recreation if and when he wins his seat. Bearcat (talk) 16:38, 22 June 2015 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. Bearcat (talk) 17:59, 22 June 2015 (UTC)


 * Delete with WP:USUAL caveats if he wins a notable office. Currently fails WP:GNG, WP:ANYBIO and WP:NPOL. Coverage seems to be, at best, 'local guy makes good' type of coverage which does not make him notable by Wikipedia standards. J bh  Talk  21:03, 22 June 2015 (UTC)
 * Delete, without prejudice, although I disagree with the nominator that all coverage is of a purely routine nature; a couple articles appear to be full-blown profiles, rather than matter-of-course announcements. However, a smattering of local media coverage does not (or should not) qualify as enough to pass GNG. This should obviously be revisited if he goes on to more notable things.  The Blue Canoe  01:30, 23 June 2015 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Florida-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 19:28, 23 June 2015 (UTC)


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