Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/John G. Brunner (2nd nomination)


 * 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. Consensus has always been clear that mere candidate in a primary election for a position such as governor is not notable.  DGG ( talk ) 03:12, 3 June 2016 (UTC)

John G. Brunner

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It is clear that this page does not meet the requirements of Wikipedia's Notability Requirements for a Politician. Specifically, Wiki states "Just being an elected local official, or an unelected candidate for political office, does not guarantee notability, although such people can still be notable if they meet the primary notability criterion of 'significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject of the article.'" Mr. Brunner is currently an unelected candidate running in the Republican primary for the 2016 Missouri Governor's Race. He is not currently a part of the general election for the position. But more importantly, the majority of his coverage is based upon his unsuccessful run for the Senatorial nomination in Missouri in 2012. This coverage is brief and it is not significant. Moreover, it would seem to fall under Wikipedia's Notability Requirements that "trivial coverage of a subject by secondary sources may not be sufficient to establish notability."" As it stands, Brunner does not have enough notability as a politician to warrant a stand-alone page.

In addition, Brunner has already been removed from the site once before as a non-notable CEO. His past history as a CEO was considered by the community as insufficient in meeting Wikipedia's Notability requirements and therefore that history cannot be used to establish his current notability. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rozmoff (talk • contribs) 22:43, 26 May 2016 (UTC)


 * Automated comment: This AfD was not correctly transcluded to the log (step 3). I have transcluded it to Articles for deletion/Log/2016 May 26.  —cyberbot I   Talk to my owner :Online 23:23, 26 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Delete. Not notable. Shelbystripes (talk) 21:40, 27 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Businesspeople-related deletion discussions. North America1000 21:56, 27 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. North America1000 21:56, 27 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Missouri-related deletion discussions. North America1000 21:56, 27 May 2016 (UTC)


 * While US state gubernatorial elections are covered widely enough that the actual candidate on the general election ballot has a chance of satisfying WP:GNG regardless of whether they win or lose on election day, as of today Brunner is not the general election candidate but is merely one of four declared candidates in the Republican Party primary contest. That, however, is not a claim of notability that gets a person into Wikipedia — and nothing else here gives him enough preexisting notability to pass another inclusion rule. Delete, without prejudice against recreation in the fall if he wins the primary and the coverage of him improves accordingly. Bearcat (talk) 18:17, 28 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Delete As failing WP:NPOL and WP:GNG. In-depth coverage lacking. AusLondonder (talk) 22:46, 29 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Delete - Unelected politician. While I personally don't care much for the standard and favor greater inclusion of legitimate candidates for high office, consensus on AfD on this matter is clear and I respect that. Carrite (talk) 15:43, 2 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Comment - A Great deal of this material could be legitimately merged to Missouri gubernatorial election, 2016. Carrite (talk) 15:45, 2 June 2016 (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.