Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Josh Romney (2nd nomination)


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The result was   delete. -- DQ  (t)   (e)  22:22, 20 June 2011 (UTC)

Josh Romney
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Like Tagg, another WP:NOTINHERITED case and a bit of WP:BLP1E. This son did get slightly more press for his role in Mitt's campaign, plus the "will he or won't he?" speculation that invariably pops up with people hint they may run for office. As with Tagg, absent the famous family, this person would be just another thought-about-it-but didn't office contender, and an campaign aide, nothing more. Tarc (talk) 14:20, 12 June 2011 (UTC)


 * Delete Doesn't appear to have done anything notable. Per WP:POLITICIAN, "Just being an elected local official, or an unelected candidate for political office, does not guarantee notability". It looks 4 of Sarah Palin's 5 children are redirects, so we seem to have some precedent for judging that just getting media coverage as the family member of a candidate for political office doesn't make one notable. r ʨ anaɢ (talk) 14:49, 12 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Redirect to Mitt Romney, where he is already mentioned. This should be a straight redirect, with no deletion and no merge needed. If Josh becomes notable in his own right beyond WP:NOTINHERITED, or if Mitt becomes president and Josh does inherit notability that way, the redirect can be turned back into a proper article. --Metropolitan90 (talk) 15:12, 12 June 2011 (UTC)
 * I agree with this solution. To the closing admin: my "delete" vote above doesn't preclude redirecting, I don't really care how the article is deleted, I just think it shouldn't be an article; redirecting seems like a fine way to handle it. r ʨ anaɢ (talk) 17:01, 12 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete per WP:NOTINHERITED and WP:BLP1E. --John (talk) 16:45, 12 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Businesspeople-related deletion discussions.  —  Meph talk 16:48, 12 June 2011 (UTC)


 * Delete most of the coverage is in relation to Mitt Romney's campaign, and the rest was mere unfulfilled speculation about a run for public office, and not significant coverage of the subject. Fails WP:GNG and WP:POLITICIAN. Hekerui (talk) 20:42, 19 June 2011 (UTC)
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