Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Joseph L. Kennedy


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The result was   delete. -- Cirt (talk) 04:58, 14 May 2011 (UTC)

Joseph L. Kennedy

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Minor party candidate for US Senate special election, receiving 1% of the vote. WP:ONEEVENT WP:BLP1E applies, and this biography fails WP:POLITICIAN. Should delete or merge to United States Senate special election in Massachusetts, 2010. ScottyBerg (talk) 13:32, 6 May 2011 (UTC)


 * Comment - I think Wikipedia is weaker for merging away and deleting biographical material about active politicians, but I realize mine is a minority view. Still: it is better to have this biography than to lose this biography. Carrite (talk) 14:24, 6 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Smerge (Selective merge) Per WP:POLITICIAN. Minor party candidates do not get automatic notability for a stand-alone article. So far he has gotten news coverage for this stunt candidacy, using the Kennedy name in Massachusetts and still with 1% of the vote, so fails notability per WP:BLP1E even if there was a bit of news coverage. Edison (talk) 14:57, 6 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Massachusetts-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 19:37, 6 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 19:37, 6 May 2011 (UTC)


 * Delete: Fails WP:POLITICIAN, no evidence that the fellow meets any element of WP:BIO or passes WP:BLP1E. When WP:NOT is rewritten to allow indiscriminate gathering of information, then it would indeed be acceptable to include every possible biography of everyone verifiable on Earth ... but that's not the way Wikipedia works.   Ravenswing  23:50, 6 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete Per WP:POLITICIAN and WP:BIO. SOXROX (talk) 17:18, 11 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete - Routine election coverage plus a slight extra for the famous though unconnected last name. Unless they did something exceptional to garner sustained coverage in reliable sources, failed political candidates generally do not get Wikipedia articles.  As a one-percenter, not even worth a redirect to any race/district article. Tarc (talk) 15:08, 13 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete At this point the only coverage I could find was for one unsuccessful run, so I guess this is BLP1E. No prejudice toward re-creation if he does something else to get in the news. Qrsdogg (talk) 15:20, 13 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Redirect to United States Senate special election in Massachusetts, 2010.--TM 15:48, 13 May 2011 (UTC)
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