Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kimball Cariou


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The result was delete. 78.26 (spin me / revolutions) 03:51, 28 February 2021 (UTC)

Kimball Cariou

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WP:BLP of a person whose primary notability claim is being the leader of a fringe political party without legislative representation. As always, this is not an automatic notability freebie under WP:NPOL that would exempt a person from actually having to clear WP:GNG on his sourceability, but the sources here aren't getting him over GNG -- eight of the thirteen footnotes are just raw election results from his unsuccessful candidacies in federal and provincial elections, one is his "our leader" profile on the self-published website of his own party, two are his "our contributors" profiles on the self-published websites of media outlets he's written for, and one is from a non-notable blog -- which means 12 of the 13 footnotes are doing absolutely nothing at all to establish his notability. And the only source that actually represents real media coverage isn't about him, but just briefly namechecks him as a giver of soundbite in an article whose core subject is the general phenomenon of minor parties -- which means it isn't substantive enough to get him over GNG all by itself if it's the only real source in play, because it isn't about him. As always, the notability test in a situation like this is not the ability to use election results tables and staff profiles from his own employers as technical verification that he exists -- it's the ability to use substantive and detailed media coverage about his work in the role as verification that he and his work have been independently deemed as significant. Bearcat (talk) 15:42, 19 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. Bearcat (talk) 15:42, 19 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of British Columbia-related deletion discussions. Bearcat (talk) 15:42, 19 February 2021 (UTC)


 * Delete. Per nominator, a failed political candidate with seemingly no in-depth coverage. I did find this news segment, but that is still not enough to pass WP:GNG. - Tristan Surtel (talk) 16:09, 19 February 2021 (UTC)


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