Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Luther Strange


 * 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   delete. JohnCD (talk) 17:43, 3 December 2009 (UTC)

Luther Strange

 * – (View AfD) (View log)

Delete - The article does not meet the criteria for notability under WP:POLITICIAN. A current Google News search of the individual’s name fails to produce any significant legitimate news references. The search results appear to be comprised mostly of material from campaign press releases or minor comments on opinion blogs. Losing an election or being unusually tall might be newsworthy, but it's not notable. Although there may have been numerous news references (of various quality) related to the campaign 3 years ago, the fact is he was not elected and thus derives no notability from that activity. Notability is also not speculative - so any notability derived from the current election would be determined only if the individual is actually elected to office (he's not even demonstrated that he could win the primary at this point). Refer to WP:NTEMP (notability is not temporary). Phenry09 (talk) 21:18, 25 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete politician who has never held public office. I reject the "news sources" because they are all provided by the subject's campaign web site. That invalidates them in my eyes. An active campaign will generate a lot of news stories in the area holding the election. That coverage does not (or at least should not) make a subject automatically notable. DarkAudit (talk) 04:55, 26 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete. WP:BIO does not allow articles on unsuccessful candidates unless they've achieved prominence apart from their running. I just don't see that in the Google News search. The article itself has multiple issues and probably should be stubbed. --JohnnyB256 (talk) 16:47, 26 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete per WP:POLITICIAN Crafty (talk) 20:19, 26 November 2009 (UTC)


 * Delete per WP:POLITICIAN never held office. LoudHowie (talk) 21:02, 26 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete I can't see much claim to notability by Wikipedia's criteria. (Politicians and wannabe politicians doubtless have their own definitions. Likewise lawyers.) 'Has been' a candidate for 2010? Isn't he still? Even so, candidature doesn't confer notability (unless you're not a Democrat or Republican and still manage to come second in a race of three....). Peridon (talk) 21:17, 26 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Alabama-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 22:49, 26 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete per WP:POLITICIAN  Altairisfar talk  02:49, 27 November 2009 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. 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.