Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/John Arrington


 * 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   delete. Skomorokh 23:58, 8 September 2009 (UTC)

John Arrington

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Individual senate candidates don't need articles. This may be recreated after the election, if Mr. Arrington wins. Irbisgreif (talk) 21:48, 27 August 2009 (UTC)


 * Speedy Delete - Don't see any established notability here. Sorry... ttonyb1  (talk) 22:16, 27 August 2009 (UTC)


 * Speedy Keep - What exactly constitutes individual senate candidates not needing articles? Since when could they not? I see that Mark Kirk, Andy Martin, and Dr. Eric Wallace each have articles. I know it isn't the best formed article yet, but I am literally working on it as we speak. Thanks. Coreywalters06 (talk) 22:29, 27 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment – Mark Kirk has been a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives since 2001.  Andy Martin has established notability through other means.  Eric Wallace has (maybe) established notability through other means.   ttonyb1  (talk) 22:37, 27 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment - He is notable in the respect that he is a former city Alderman, worked side by side with Barack Obama as a community organizer in the Chicago area, and has previous been a candidate for United States Senate in 2004.Coreywalters06 (talk) 22:45, 27 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment – "Real world" notability is different from Wikipedia notability. Please see WP:BIO.   ttonyb1  (talk) 22:47, 27 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment I believe that this article meets Wikipedia standards because he is a politician, and has been covered by the media, specifically in the Chicago area, by the National Federation of Republican Assemblies, Huffington Post, Chicago Daily Herald, Chicago Tribune, and Dekalb Daily Chronicle Coreywalters06 (talk) 22:57, 27 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete - Non-notable. Maybe if he wins the election, a page will be appropriate.  Ron h jones (Talk) 22:33, 27 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment - If he wins the election, he's almost certainly notable. It's the senate, after all. Irbisgreif (talk) 22:47, 27 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete, non-notable individual who fails WP:POLITICIAN. Simply being a candidate isn't enough. Ironholds (talk) 00:21, 28 August 2009 (UTC)


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