Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Lawrence Gaughan


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review).  No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was redirect to 2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia. As WP:ATD. &spades;PMC&spades; (talk) 05:24, 13 May 2022 (UTC)

Lawrence Gaughan

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There's nothing here that adds up to notability. Unsuccessful Congressional candidates don't meet WP:NPOL, and the available sourcing falls short of what WP:BASIC/the GNG require: a few brief sentences in the press do not amount to significant coverage. His acting career is sourced only to IMDb and consists only of very minor roles, meaning that the relevant notability guideline is not met. Finally, there are no reliable sources that discuss his musical endeavors or otherwise indicate a WP:NMUSIC pass. Not notable, as best I can tell. Extraordinary Writ (talk) 04:13, 6 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Actors and filmmakers, Bands and musicians, Politicians,  and Virginia. Extraordinary Writ (talk) 04:13, 6 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Delete. Unsuccessful candidates do not get articles just for being candidates per se, but this offers no evidence whatsoever that he's notable for other reasons independently of an unsuccessful candidacy. Bearcat (talk) 04:46, 6 May 2022 (UTC)


 * Greetings. As the founder of the nationally recognized former voter engagement foundation, GOV360, and a credited actor, and musician, this article should be about someone noteworthy enough that, combined with the congressional run should not qualify this page for deletion.
 * But, the page needs some help form an editor. First of all, Source number 3 (in the source list at the bottom) should be an active link to the Wikipedia page on the 2014 VA 5th District election against Robert tHurt. For some reason, that link is not active. If an editor could help activate that link, I believe that would satisfy some of the sourcing issues. As to other sources, here are a few links to more articles involving GOV360 or Gaughan for Congress, that could be included. Also, the campaign was not a failed Congressional campaign, in the sense that I did win a contested nomination in that district, and went on to run in the general election. With an editor's help and expertise, this article could be saved from deletion and the notoriety will most likely increase in the future. As a teacher, many of students appreciate the page and thus, this is drawing viewers to Wikipedia. It is a win win to keep this active.
 * https://www.huffpost.com/entry/robert-hurt-midterm-election-results_n_5953666
 * https://dailyprogress.com/news/local/gaughan-throws-hat-in-the-ring-for-5th-district/article_a6ddb984-030a-11e8-bee9-a3f67a868dfa.html
 * https://lgbtvadem.org/blog/candidate-spotlight-lawrence-gaughan-5th-congressional-district/
 * https://www.liberty.edu/champion/2014/10/lawrence-gaughan-5th-district/ LawrenceofVA (talk) 05:48, 6 May 2022 (UTC)
 * So, In the reference section of this article, Number 3 needs to be linked to the actual Wikipedia page about the 2014 election against Robert Hurt. the name W. Lawrence Gaughan is on that page, but for some reason the link is not active. If that can be fixed and item number 5 in the Reference section could be replaced with any or all of the links to other articles provided here, that should solve any issues that might make this up for debate. Thank you for all you do, and to see if we could fix those two issues in the Reference section of the Lawrence Gaughan article. LawrenceofVA (talk) 06:00, 6 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Just having credits as an actor and musician does not automatically get a person into Wikipedia, and being the founder of an organization does not automatically get a person into Wikipedia either. For the purposes of qualifying to have a Wikipedia article, notability hinges far less on what you did and far more on how much media coverage you did or didn't get for doing what you did. People don't get articles just for existing; they get articles when their work has been externally validated as significant by people other than themselves in ways that can be supported by media sources writing about it journalistically: Oscar or Emmy or Grammy award voters deeming it to be one of the five best performances of the year, professional film or music critics analyzing its significance in film or television or music reviews, and on and so forth. Nothing that anybody can do makes them notable until media think it's significant enough to do third party journalism about it. And also, no, you can't cite Wikipedia articles as "references" in other Wikipedia articles, either: all footnotes have to be to external media sources, not to other Wikipedia articles. Bearcat (talk) 11:25, 6 May 2022 (UTC)


 * Redirect to 2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia. Worth preserving the page's history. KidAd  •  SPEAK  08:30, 6 May 2022 (UTC)
 * That's fine by me. Extraordinary Writ (talk) 16:48, 6 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Redirect to 2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia. A standalone article is unwarranted, as the subject fails WP:NPOL and WP:GNG. A redirect is justified, however, as the subject was his party's nominee in the aforementioned election and appeared on the ballot.Sal2100 (talk) 15:36, 6 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Redirect to 2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia. Best, GPL93 (talk) 19:47, 11 May 2022 (UTC)
 * One other thing to add to this debate is the fact that Lawrence Gaughan as a candidate and as the director of GOV360 was covered almost weekly by the Charlottesville NBC and CBS network affiliates that have since dumped their servers and those links are not active. But, this should be taken into consideration, because there was a lot of MEDIA coverage that may no longer be available to view online, which should not weigh in favor of deleting this article. A call to the NBC affiliate (434) 220-2900 confirmed this. LawrenceofVA (talk) 00:01, 12 May 2022 (UTC)


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