Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kasey Wells


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The result was delete. Eddie891 Talk Work 15:19, 21 November 2020 (UTC)

Kasey Wells

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WP:BLP of a person notable only as a fringe write-in candidate for president. As always, people do not get Wikipedia articles just for running as candidates in elections they did not win -- to qualify for an article on this basis, he would need to either (a) show that he already had preexisting notability for other reasons that would already have gotten him into Wikipedia anyway, or (b) show credible evidence that his candidacy would somehow pass the ten year test as a topic of enduring significance. But this is referenced literally 15/22 to raw primary source tables of election results from state and county election offices, which are not support for notability -- and while the remaining seven sources are real media, the mere existence of a small handful of campaign coverage still isn't an automatic notability freebie for a candidate in the absence of a reason why he would pass the ten year test. Bearcat (talk) 13:02, 14 November 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. Bearcat (talk) 13:02, 14 November 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Illinois-related deletion discussions. Bearcat (talk) 13:02, 14 November 2020 (UTC)


 * Delete. I'm just not seeing enough coverage of this person to pass WP:NPOL or WP:GNG. Of the current 22 sources in the article 15 are primary listings that confirm he stood as a write in candidate, 2 are state/citywide news coverage of a 'elephant as a running mate' publicity stunt and 5 are super local newspapers (consisting of 2 more mentions of the publicity stunt and 3 pieces on how a local is running for president). The article appears to have been written as a promotional biography to support his run for president, one of the two major contributors is a single purpose account that has written about nothing else and claims the selfie used in the article as 'own work'. The current article consists almost entirely of quotes from the subject. Searching online turned up social media, user generated content and primary sources, but nothing that would demonstrate notability. 192.76.8.81 (talk) 14:08, 14 November 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete. Easy call. Not WP:NOTEWORTHY. Go4thProsper (talk) 19:20, 14 November 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom - fails WP:NPOL, WP:GNG. SportingFlyer  T · C  13:42, 16 November 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete an extremely minor candidate with no significant coverage or impact.John Pack Lambert (talk) 16:46, 16 November 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete per WP:MILL. In a Presidential election, or for that matter, any election, there will be write-ins. For example, there were 711 write-ins for over 500 candidates in the 2019 New York City Public Advocate special election. Short of a winning write-in candidacy, I don't recall ever having an article on any such candidate. Ping me if I'm wrong. Bearian (talk) 22:05, 17 November 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete fails WP:NPOL and article reads like campaign literature. Bkissin (talk) 17:59, 19 November 2020 (UTC)
 * delete fails NPOL and looks like a weird manifesto. Praxidicae (talk) 15:44, 20 November 2020 (UTC)


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