Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/John Burkhalter


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The result was redirect to 2014 Arkansas elections. Daniel (talk) 13:33, 4 March 2021 (UTC)

John Burkhalter

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Non-notable businessman. No independent sources. SailingInABathTub (talk) 17:47, 25 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Businesspeople-related deletion discussions. SailingInABathTub (talk) 17:47, 25 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 18:16, 25 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Arkansas-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 18:16, 25 February 2021 (UTC)


 * Keep He is notable as a businessman, real estate developer and less so as a highway commissioner and failed Lt. Governor candidate. There are more sources about him and his business dealings than I can shake a stick at. arktimes.com has 6 pages tagged with his name and here's a quick sample of other articles that mention him and his business dealings   .  Oh, and he used to be a stripper. — Preceding unsigned comment added by ScottishFinnishRadish (talk • contribs) 19:57, 25 February 2021 (UTC)
 * The coverage related to his business dealings is trivial, the failed Lt. Governor candidacy fails WP:NPOL. SailingInABathTub (talk) 20:28, 25 February 2021 (UTC)


 * Redirect to 2014 Arkansas elections. The only real WP:SIGCOV appears to stem from his campaign for Lt. Gov. Best, GPL93 (talk) 20:53, 25 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Comment - I would also support this redirection. SailingInABathTub (talk) 20:25, 2 March 2021 (UTC)


 * Keep I think he is notable and can add to this page. Unless this is part of an intermittent crusade in which case I won't bother. There are much less notable people with pages than this gent, but so many editors seem to think Arkansas people are irrelevant just because they've never heard of them that its hardly worth discussing.  Brandonrush Woo pig sooie!  00:56, 27 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Do you have any proof to support that nominated this article out of anti-Arkansas bias? Per WP:POLOUTCOMES, candidates are generally not considered to be notable unless they receive and inordinate amount of coverage (ex: Christine O'Donnell) and WP:OTHERSTUFFEXISTS is not an argument that proves notability for the subject. You can assume intentions all you want, but deletion/merging/redirecting is the most common outcome for unelected political candidates regardless of what state or nation they are from. Best, GPL93 (talk) 15:39, 27 February 2021 (UTC)
 * For transparency, I reviewed and nominated this article because its notability was questioned by another editor in this AfD discussion. SailingInABathTub (talk) 17:03, 27 February 2021 (UTC)


 * Delete having reviewed the sources, I agree the sigcov of him is as a failed candidate, which generally aren't notable under WP:NPOL - don't really see that in the real estate articles, which simply mention that he owns stuff. No problem with a redirect if consensus comes down to that. SportingFlyer  T · C  20:16, 2 March 2021 (UTC)
 * Delete a non-notable local level businessman. Failed candidates for lieutenant governor are almost never notable, so his politician actions almost assure us deletion on those grounds.John Pack Lambert (talk) 21:06, 2 March 2021 (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.