Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Eric Minamyer

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The result of the debate was no consensus. Fernando Rizo T/C 19:38, 21 August 2005 (UTC)

Eric Minamyer
Overlong bio of a guy who ran in the Republican primary for a seat in Congress, losing badly. He also was on some town board or something somewhere, but it's hardly noteworthy. Members of Congress are notable, but random people who make poor attempts to reach that office are a dime a dozen. I'd say your average grade school teacher has a greater impact on the world. -R. fiend 18:05, 11 August 2005 (UTC)


 * Delete, though let's not bash the NNs. Deleting them, I think, is sufficient. JDoorjam 19:40, 11 August 2005 (UTC)

Strong keep. I think that NPOV articles about minor politicians are fine. He might not be the most successful politician around, but Wikipedia should have as much political coverage as possible and this is a well-written, interesting article. Academic Challenger 05:36, 16 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. He was a school board member and on the board of trustees of one of the most populous townships in Ohio.  And the nasty ad hominem attack is really unnecesary.  PedanticallySpeaking 16:27, August 16, 2005 (UTC)
 * What ad hominem attack? I'm perfectly serious when I say a grade school teacher has a greater impact on the world than a guy who kind of ran for a pretty high office, or a member of the board of trustees for a township. Teachers directly impact thousands of people, often pretty substantially, over the course of their careers. Town board members maybe cast a vote on whether to raise the sales tax a quarter percent and such. Most people can't name a single one, but I bet everyone remembers who their fourth grade teacher is. That's my point. If he actaully got the nomination we might have something, but he didn't even come close. -R. fiend 16:38, 16 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Oh, and since when does wikipedia have articles on school board members? -R. fiend 16:44, 16 August 2005 (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 an undeletion request). No further edits should be made to this page.