Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mike Maguire (Canadian politician) (2nd nomination)


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The result was   speedied as blatant campaign brochure. Bearcat (talk) 17:19, 30 August 2014 (UTC)

Mike Maguire (Canadian politician)
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Political candidate claiming to be notable solely because he is a candidate. This is of course incorrect, especially when the office is 'mayor'. Mr. Guye (talk) 16:32, 30 August 2014 (UTC)
 * This version is even more blatantly a campaign brochure than the first one was — in fact, it appears to have been copied and pasted wholesale from his own campaign website, with only minor stylistic adjustments for Wikipedia formatting. But he still doesn't qualify for an article on Wikipedia just for being a candidate for office, and this still doesn't actually demonstrate any preexisting notability (or source it anywhere but his own website, an invalid primary source even if the article wasn't just a straight copy-paste of its content.) No prejudice against the creation of a properly sourced new article in October if he wins election to the mayoralty — but he's not entitled to keep a campaign brochure on Wikipedia in the meantime, and even if he does win he still won't be entitled to just restore and keep this without a massive content and referencing revision. I'm speedying this as a blatant advertisement. Bearcat (talk) 17:19, 30 August 2014 (UTC)
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