Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/James Broadwater


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The result was   delete. Consensus is clear that this does not meet either GNG or POLITICIAN JohnCD (talk) 17:57, 7 April 2011 (UTC)

James Broadwater

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Non-notable minor political candidate who has never been elected to anything. Does not meet WP:GNG and WP:POLITICIAN. Lincolnite (talk) 13:42, 22 March 2011 (UTC)
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 Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:59, 29 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete - 9 news hits mention in passing as part of the pack, nothing unique except that he was the target of a satirical TV show on HBO. If becomes more notable I would have no objection to recreating the article.  Sea photo Talk  21:12, 22 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep as I have significantly overhauled the article, added references to reliable third-party sources, and found a number of articles that cover the person in-depth, including a recent Associated Press story and the sustained national coverage following his 2004 interview with Borat. While his notability as a perennial candidate is tenuous, per point 3 of WP:POLITICIAN it should be just sufficient. - Dravecky (talk) 07:29, 26 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Addendum: It's sources like this that convinced me the article was worth the effort to rescue. - Dravecky (talk) 01:42, 29 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Strong Keep - meets WP:GNG and WP:POLITICIAN.--BabbaQ (talk) 10:13, 3 April 2011 (UTC)
 * could you please explain how it meets these guidelines? LibStar (talk) 11:40, 5 April 2011 (UTC)


 * Delete The article begins "James Broadwater is an American author, small business owner, ordained Southern Baptist minister, and statesman from Mississippi.". Author? He has written one self-published book. Statesman??? Gimme a break! He is basically a fringe politician, one of five candidates in a current primary election; he has never even won a primary in his previous campaigns. He gets a couple of references but they are mostly not about him; they are about how he got fooled by Borat. Only  this item from New England Cable News is about him - and his competitors - in the upcoming election. He fails WP:POLITICIAN because he has never held a significant office AND he does not have sufficient coverage to qualify under WP:GNG. --MelanieN (talk) 14:37, 4 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete as MelanieN says, no way he meets WP:POLITICIAN and not enough to indepth coverage to satisfy WP:BIO. LibStar (talk) 11:40, 5 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom. -- Alan Liefting (talk) - 05:38, 7 April 2011 (UTC)
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