Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mohammad "Obama" Arif


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The result was   delete.   A rbitrarily 0   ( talk ) 02:52, 22 November 2011 (UTC)

Mohammad "Obama" Arif

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Subject does not meet criteria of WP:BIO or WP:POLITICIAN. He was a candidate for governor of California, but (obviously) did not win. Most of the references given are either unreliable or simply list him as a candidate. There is one article from the local newspaper reporting that he's running for election, and an article from BBC Urdu reporting that he is Pakistani. (Also the nickname "Obama" doesn't appear in the article or any of the sources, so I don't know why it's in the title.) ... disco spinster  talk  04:50, 6 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of California-related deletion discussions.  • Gene93k (talk) 17:38, 6 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions.  • Gene93k (talk) 17:38, 6 November 2011 (UTC)


 * Redirect to California gubernatorial election, 2010 as the only event for which he's remotely in the press. I fully agree with the nomination. While some sources, especially the BBC one (so far as I can translate it), mention him, there is not "significant coverage" sufficient to sustain a biography. WP:POLITICIAN says that redirecting a candidate's page to the election page is the appropriate outcome. --Mkativerata (talk) 20:57, 6 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete without a redirect. He was not a serious candidate. His participation in the election was trivial and his impact nonexistent. He was one of three candidates in the primary, running for the nomination of the Peace and Freedom Party, one of California's four officially recognized minor parties. Any nobody can run in a primary - all it takes is a filing fee - so dozens and dozens of non-notable people typically register for any California primary. Arif was not the ultimate nominee for PFP; in fact, he placed third out of three would-be candidates, getting only 613 votes statewide . That kind of showing does not deserve an article or even a redirect. --MelanieN (talk) 16:36, 7 November 2011 (UTC)
 * P.S. I agree with the comment above that the nickname "Obama" is unverified and should be removed from the title if the article is kept or redirected. --MelanieN (talk) 16:42, 7 November 2011 (UTC)


 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, → Σ  τ  c . 00:33, 14 November 2011 (UTC)


 * Delete a losing candidate in a primary even for a major party is not at all likely to be notable, much less for a minor party in the US. I agree with Melanie that even a redirect is not appropriate.   DGG ( talk ) 02:42, 21 November 2011 (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.