Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Gary Smith (political candidate)


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The result was soft delete‎__EXPECTED_UNCONNECTED_PAGE__. Based on minimal participation, this uncontroversial nomination is treated as an expired PROD (a.k.a. "soft deletion"). Editors can request the article's undeletion. Liz Read! Talk! 00:18, 19 April 2024 (UTC)

Gary Smith (political candidate)

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The article states that Gary Smith is a congressional candidate. It also mentions his conviction for stalking. Congressional candidates are neither notable or not notable under WP:POLITICIAN. However, nothing is so distinct about his candidacy that he himself warrants an article. It is otherwise run of the mill coverage of candidacies that do not rise to the level of candidates like Christine O'Donnell, Lar Daly or Pro-Life (born Marvin Thomas Richardson). The other is his conviction. Notability as it relates to crime and criminals states that "a person who is known only in connection with a criminal event or trial should not normally be the subject of a separate Wikipedia article if there is an existing article that could incorporate the available encyclopedic material relating to that person." The information on his conviction can be merged into the article about the 2012 election. Mpen320 (talk) 19:58, 9 April 2024 (UTC) Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Liz Read! Talk! 22:31, 16 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of New Mexico-related deletion discussions. Mpen320 (talk) 20:18, 9 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. Mpen320 (talk) 20:18, 9 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Crime-related deletion discussions. Mpen320 (talk) 20:20, 9 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Conservatism-related deletion discussions. Mpen320 (talk) 21:27, 10 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Comment - BLP doesn't apply, but WP:POLOUTCOMES does, as does WP:GNG. He's supposedly dead, was a defeated candidate, although his crime did get national attention. All those are considerations. Bearian (talk) 19:35, 11 April 2024 (UTC)
 *  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.


 * Delete: Did some not so nice stuff after his political run, which was also somewhat troublesome. I don't see criminal notability, nor do I see political notability. Could be seen as an attempt to shame the individual, which is not what wiki is for. Oaktree b (talk) 23:21, 16 April 2024 (UTC)


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