Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/J. Richard Chema


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. 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.  

The result was Keep or Merge to Ohio's 3rd congressional district. Whether this article is kept or merged is a debate that can be resolved outside of AfD. Deathphoenix ʕ 18:14, 13 October 2006 (UTC)

J. Richard Chema
Yet another political candidate. Nehwyn 17:55, 5 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete. Fails WP:C&E in its current form. Until and unless someone creates and fills U.S. House of Representatives election, Ohio 3rd district, 2006, this article shouldn't exist. --Aaron 18:06, 5 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete - agree that election page should be created instead, or wait until person is elected. --plange 18:44, 5 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Merge to Ohio's 3rd congressional district, where there is a section on the upcoming election. Is there a wiki-project on US congressional elections/districts that could co-ordinate these articles?Catchpole 08:32, 6 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep - major party candidate to US House; former JAG corps; won 75% of the primary vote; etc. WP:C&E, which is not binding, says that lack of an election article is not a reason to delete a candidate's articlce. -- Sholom 15:34, 10 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Merge per Catchpole,  Tewfik Talk 16:21, 10 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep. I've improved the article a bit; sounds like an interesting guy.   John Broughton  |  Talk 18:53, 12 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Merge per above. Doesn't meet WP:BIO or proposed WP:C&E. -David Schaich Talk/Cont 21:48, 12 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep. There is no harm is keeping this around.  If he wins the election, you'll have to create it anyway.  If he loses, delete it then. Peyna 21:59, 12 October 2006 (UTC)
 * The person he replaced on the ballot, Stephanie Studebaker has an article. Peyna 22:02, 12 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Said persons has non-political reasons to have an article, though. (Notability of a family incident as a way to end a political career.) --Nehwyn 22:08, 12 October 2006 (UTC)

Comment: I should also bring up the cases of Articles_for_deletion/Jeff_Thomas and Articles for deletion/Steve Kagen for relevant considerations on evaluating candidate articles. --Nehwyn 22:11, 12 October 2006 (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.