Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mark Harris (Pennsylvania politician) (2nd nomination)


 * 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. Mark Arsten (talk) 18:46, 19 September 2012 (UTC)

Mark Harris (Pennsylvania politician)
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This stub was deleted in 2006. The individual is no more notable now than then, despite the inclusion of two footnotes. While the two references in the stub do support the matter suggested, neither article is about Harris, and both barely mention him. All the reasons on the Articles_for_deletion/Mark_Harris_(Pennsylvania_politician) page are still applicable, and the stub should be deleted pursuant to the reasons there as well as the following:


 * Non-notable individual.


 * Lack of significant coverage in references.


 * WP:NOTDIR


 * WP:NOTWHOSWHO


 * WP:NOTIINFO 150.212.46.23 (talk) 18:16, 12 September 2012 (UTC)


 * Note I copied the above nominating statement from User talk:Snowysusan . I refactored it slightly to remove the salutation, but it is otherwise unedited. As the IP has made a good faith effort to nominate the article I will complete the nominating process on behalf the IP. Monty  845  18:20, 12 September 2012 (UTC)
 * I have swapped the nominating statement to the text from Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mark Harris (Pennsylvania politician) (2nd nomination) as that is the more recent version. Monty  845  18:28, 12 September 2012 (UTC)


 * Delete - Not an elected politician, nor an unelected politician of sufficient notoriety or notability to justify an encyclopedic biography. The Mother Jones piece does carry more clout than normal local newspaper coverage, but still not enough, in my estimation. Carrite (talk) 18:29, 12 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Pennsylvania-related deletion discussions.  • Gene93k (talk) 13:48, 13 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions.  • Gene93k (talk) 13:48, 13 September 2012 (UTC)


 * Delete per WP:POLITICIAN. I might normally recommend merge and redirect to Pennsylvania House of Representatives elections, 2006, however, he was a candidate for one of 203 similar positions within the state (not US Congress) and the article title makes it an unlikely search term. In line with WP:NOT#NEWS, I agree that the Mother Jones article isn't sufficient to establish notability. Location (talk) 15:43, 13 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Delete per all of the above, and due to past outcomes: we have almost always deleted closing candidates, absent notability beyond that campaign. Bearian (talk) 20:35, 17 September 2012 (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.