Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Michael Mostyn (2nd nomination)


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The result was DELETE. postdlf (talk) 04:57, 12 April 2011 (UTC)

Michael Mostyn
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Well, here's a nice little change-up: it's yet another unelected Canadian political candidate — but this one's for the Ontario provincial election in October rather than the federal one that's underway right now. It's still poorly sourced, relying mainly on his own website and on cursory mentions in coverage of other topics, and still fails to demonstrate that he's actually notable for anything other than being a candidate. As usual, he's certainly entitled to come back if he wins, but not to use Wikipedia as a campaign tool in the meantime. Delete. Bearcat (talk) 19:38, 4 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete as he fails WP:POLITICIAN as an unelected candidate, and I do not believe that his legal career and community activism rise to notability. Cullen328 (talk) 20:13, 4 April 2011 (UTC)
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 * Delete Has never held provincial or other significant office. I see that the previous AfD resulted in a "redirect" to 2006 Canadian federal election. Last month an WP:SPA undid the redirect and developed a full article (as well as expanding Mostyn's information at the federal election page). This time let's just delete it, without a redirect, as it wouldn't be clear which election to redirect it to.--MelanieN (talk) 20:29, 10 April 2011 (UTC)

P.S. I found the following note on the article creator's talk page and I am posting it here as their !vote for Keep. --MelanieN (talk) 20:29, 10 April 2011 (UTC) Hello, I am new to Wikipedia so please excuse any stylistic issues. This article I have been working on for the past few hours is indeed an upgrade from the past one posted and does not contain any promotional material. Rather, I have based it off of articles already made such as that of Rocco Rossi and would greatly appreciate it if it was not deleted. Thank you.
 * Rocco Rossi has actually been the subject of media coverage in reliable sources in his own right. This guy hasn't. Bearcat (talk) 01:56, 12 April 2011 (UTC)
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