Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ian Orenstein


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The result was   delete. Tawker (talk) 07:12, 21 April 2014 (UTC)

Ian Orenstein

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When this article was created in 2004, Wikipedia's consensus allowed for articles on candidates for the leadership of registered political parties. However, due to the change and evolution in Wikipedia's inclusion rules, that's no longer a sufficient claim of notability in and of itself, if the person does not also have a more substantive claim of notability (e.g. actually holding an elected office, etc.) alongside it. While the comic book stuff might get him past WP:GNG if it could be referenced properly, the article cites no reliable sources at all, and is thus an entirely unsourced WP:BLP in its current state. As always, I'm willing to withdraw this if a more substantive claim of notability, referenced to an improved array of sources, can be added — but in its current form it should be deleted. (I would suggest redirection to an article about the leadership race itself if we had one, but all we have is an omnibus list at Ontario CCF/NDP leadership elections whose content about the 1986 race consists only of a voting results table, so a redirect wouldn't actually serve any substantive purpose here.) Bearcat (talk) 19:45, 13 April 2014 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. Bearcat (talk) 19:45, 13 April 2014 (UTC)
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 * Delete Does not pass our current notability requirements for politicians.John Pack Lambert (talk) 17:57, 19 April 2014 (UTC)
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