Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/John Wolfe, Jr.


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The result was   redirect to  Democratic Party presidential primaries, 2012. (non-admin closure) ItsZippy (talk • contributions) 19:21, 31 January 2012 (UTC)

John Wolfe, Jr.

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Non-notable candidate. Does not meet WP:BIO, WP:GNG or WP:POLITICIAN. Seemingly no coverage outside of local news media   (and very scant at that) and blogs. JayJasper (talk) 20:38, 23 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Comment: Please note the "John Wolfe, Jr." that appears in many of the items found in the Google searches is not the same person as the subject of this article.--JayJasper (talk) 20:55, 23 January 2012 (UTC)


 * Automated comment: This AfD was not correctly transcluded to the log (step 3). I have transcluded it to Articles for deletion/Log/2012 January 23. Snotbot   t &bull; c &raquo;  20:58, 23 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Delete & Redirect- Has not yet met WP:Politician. Infrequently listed at United States presidential election, 2012 (not currently listed due to edit warring, or maybe, finally consensus, or I'd say there). United States House of Representatives elections in Tennessee, 2010, perhaps, but Tennessee's 3rd congressional district actually has a reference (currently #7) that provides the best context. Dru of Id (talk) 21:31, 23 January 2012 (UTC)
 * The only reason I had to give the guy an article is that he's on the ballot in three primary states, and because he doesn't have one, he's thrown off the listings in the Democratic candidate list in the 2012 presidential primaries. He's more notable than some of the other people listed (Vermin Supreme) and if they had let me just give him a mention there, I'd have left it at thatEricl (talk) 22:58, 23 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of United States of America-related deletion discussions.  • Gene93k (talk) 02:05, 24 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions.  • Gene93k (talk) 02:06, 24 January 2012 (UTC)


 * The article's subject does not meet the notability criteria for politicians or any other criteria. In response to Eric1, Vermin Supreme meets WP:CREATIVE.  Blue Rasberry    (talk)   13:23, 28 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Redirect The fact that the subject is a candidate in some of this year's Democratic primaries doesn't automatically make him notable enough for a separate article, but it does mean that he gets listed on each of the pages for those primaries (and rightly so - Wikipedia should definitely not be tampering with official candidate lists or election results just because we deem some of the candidates non-notable). And his candidacy does make his name a plausible search term for some readers. Ideally, Democratic Party presidential candidates, 2012 would list all candidates taking part in one or more primaries, and the primaries each is taking part in - this article could then redirect to the relevant section. Unfortunately, current policy on that page seems to be to list all and any Wikipedia-notable people who have at any time speculated (or denied speculating) about standing in this year's primaries but exclude any candidate who does not meet our notability criteria, no matter for however many primaries they are on the ballot. Under these circumstances, as Democratic Party presidential primaries, 2012 does seem willing to list all Democratic primary candidates, I suggest redirecting there. PWilkinson (talk) 20:48, 28 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Redirect to an appropriate list. Stifle (talk) 10:20, 31 January 2012 (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.