Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/James Mejia


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The result was delete. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 09:11, 5 February 2020 (UTC)

James Mejia

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Résumé-like WP:BLP of a person notable only as a non-winning candidate for mayor of a city a decade ago, not adequately sourced as clearing the sustained notability bar. As always, unsuccessful candidates do not get Wikipedia articles just for being candidates -- to be notable enough for inclusion in Wikipedia, he would need to either show preexisting notability for other reasons, or be able to show a depth, range and/or volume of reliable source coverage that expanded well beyond the norm and gave his candidacy a credible basis to be considered a special case of considerably greater notability than most other candidates. But this shows neither of those things; the other attempted claim of notability here is that he was formerly CEO of a local organization, which is not an automatic notability freebie in the absence of much more sourcing than this either, and the sources are a mix of primary sourcing that isn't support for notability at all (e.g. the self-published press release of the organization he was CEO for) and purely local media coverage that isn't even slightly out of the ordinary compared to what every unsuccessful mayoral candidate in every city could always show. This is not enough to make somebody permanently notable just for running for mayor and losing. Bearcat (talk) 04:47, 29 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. Bearcat (talk) 04:47, 29 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Colorado-related deletion discussions. Bearcat (talk) 04:47, 29 January 2020 (UTC)


 * Delete - at least based on my WP:BEFORE this guy appears to be an almost-but-not-quite pass for WP:BASIC. There's articles in reliable sources over a number of ears giving coverage to him (e.g., 1 2 3 4) but they seem to all be either interviews (and thus not independent) or pieces related to stories which it is hard to say confers notability (e.g., changes in the leadership of the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce for Metro Denver). Maybe there's more out there that could make me change my mind but this one doesn't appear to be a keeper right now. FOARP (talk) 08:37, 29 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete. Per WP:ONEEVENT. The article is written like a résumé. Mejia is a local politician who in 2011 unsuccessfully ran for mayor. He did not even make the second round. Non-notable mayoral candidates/local politicians are usually not included on Wikipedia. Lefcentreright  Talk  (plz ping) 16:14, 29 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete this is a relic of the days when Wikipedia rules allowed us to be a place to post candidate bios. Well, at least I hope those days are past, but I am not sure all the unneeded candidate bios I created even have been removed.John Pack Lambert (talk) 14:19, 30 January 2020 (UTC)


 * Delete Non-notable mayor. Angus1986 (talk) 02:25, 1 February 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete. Fails NPOL given he was just a candidate, not officeholder. And coverage is completely routine for such a candidate. None since, nor for any other event, etc. Therefore non-notable. PK650 (talk) 23:31, 2 February 2020 (UTC)


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