Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kenn Gividen (2nd nomination)


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The result was delete. –  Juliancolton  &#124; Talk 01:42, 12 August 2015 (UTC)

Kenn Gividen
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Fails WP:GNG &WP:POLITICIAN. The only coverage (and sparse at that) he seems to have received is for being the 2016 presidential nominee of the American Freedom Party, a very small but notable U.S. political party. However, he cannot claim notability for this as he has relinquished that mantle, having withdrawn his candidacy well over a year before the election. This means he won't appear on any state ballots in the general election, and effectively it's as if he was never the nominee. His article was previously deleted for lack of notability, and there is no apparent justification for its recreation based on Wikipedia's inclusion standards. JayJasper (talk) 21:25, 4 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. &mdash;&thinsp;JJMC89&thinsp; (T·E·C) 01:58, 5 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of United States of America-related deletion discussions. &mdash;&thinsp;JJMC89&thinsp; (T·E·C) 01:58, 5 August 2015 (UTC)


 * Delete per nomination. Non-notable political figure. Redirecting to Indiana gubernatorial election, 2004 might be considered, however.--Ddcm8991 (talk) 03:13, 5 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Delete unelected (in 2008) and now already withdrawn 2016 candidate, fails WP:NPOL, web searches turn up routine coverage of his failed campaigns. Kraxler (talk) 17:15, 5 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Being an unelected candidate for office is not an automatic inclusion freebie on Wikipedia. A minor party candidate for President of the United States can still be notable if he's had enough coverage to satisfy WP:GNG, but that hasn't been shown here — the article cites just three sources, two of which are to an unreliable blog that fails WP:BLOGS — and it's not a claim of notability that entitles a person to an article in the absence of enough sourcing to satisfy GNG. The best solution here, to me, would be a redirect to American Freedom Party. Bearcat (talk) 21:04, 8 August 2015 (UTC)
 * That would not be quite appropriate. The subject ran on the Libertarian Party ticket in 2004 for Governor of Indiana. He was nominated briefly for President by the Freedom Party, but dropped already out, a year and a half before the election. He's not involved in any way with the party leadership. Kraxler (talk) 02:52, 9 August 2015 (UTC)


 * Delete This article fails WP:GNG by a mile. -- Eat me, I'm a red bean (take a huge bite)i've made a huge mess 04:10, 11 August 2015 (UTC)


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