Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/L. J. Bryant


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The result was   delete. Courcelles 06:56, 13 January 2011 (UTC)

L. J. Bryant

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Arkansas political candidate, well sourced to local news, which have mostly covered him for his youth. PROD contested by IP, so I'm referring this to the community for discussion: do these sources establish notability? I'm remaining Neutral. Jclemens (talk) 17:51, 30 December 2010 (UTC)  Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ron Ritzman (talk) 23:58, 5 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions.  -- Jclemens-public (talk) 00:21, 31 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Arkansas-related deletion discussions.  -- Jclemens-public (talk) 00:21, 31 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete: Nope. Fails WP:POLITICIAN, and any coverage of him is strictly local and is a WP:ONEEVENT deal.  Article created by a SPA with no other edits save for inserting Bryant in the hometown article, and I suspect COI violation given the cheerleading tone of the article.   Ravenswing  19:27, 31 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Article shouldnt be deleted. One of seven statewide offices is a major story. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.194.8.111 (talk) 17:24, 6 January 2011 (UTC) — 74.194.8.111 (talk) has made few or no other edits outside this topic.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:POLITICIANS#Politicians point 2 refers to a major amount of press coverage which did occur because of this candidate's age and ideas. Also, because he won an uphill battle against a veteran legislator. The notability also isn't temporary. The candidate will always be a reference point in future stories about young candidates. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.103.11.109 (talk) 13:09, 10 January 2011 (UTC) — 108.103.11.109 (talk) has made few or no other edits outside this topic.


 * Delete Failed candidates for statewide office are not automatically notable, and the coverage found is strictly about the election - not about him. Incidentally, the SPAs have added his name to half a dozen other articles; if he is found to be non-notable, somebody might want to clean those out. --MelanieN (talk) 02:42, 12 January 2011 (UTC)
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