Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mohammad Arif


 * 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. -- Cirt (talk) 01:19, 22 April 2010 (UTC)

Mohammad Arif

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This is a recreation of Mohammad Arif for Governor as far as I can tell this candidate has never held office at the sub-national level. The article is a thinly disguised election manifesto. 1 prod and 3 CSDs have been removed by the single purpose editor. Porturology (talk) 01:42, 15 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Speedy Deletion as this is blatantly a promotion for this person. Also put a speedy deletion request to make this go by faster.   The creator of this article (most likely the same person who this article is about) also removed deletion/notability tags from this page in the past.    Heavydata (talk) 07:23, 15 April 2010 (UTC)


 * Speedy delete As blatant a piece of promotion as I have ever seen on Wikipedia. It is also a copyright violation of http://www.peaceandfreedom.org/home/about-us/platform/summary-platform. JamesBWatson (talk) 09:47, 15 April 2010 (UTC) (


 * Comment: It doesn't qualify for G11 speedy deletion (and I've declined the request), because the article was easily revertable to a non-advertising version, not to far back in the history. I have no opinion on whether to delete it under any other criteria, but CSD:G11 doesn't apply. ⇦REDVERS⇨ Say NO to Commons bullying 11:50, 15 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of California-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 15:31, 15 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 15:31, 15 April 2010 (UTC)


 * I agree with Redvers that, following his/her changes, the current version is not speedy-deletable under G11, but it should still be deleted, and I think it could well qualify for speedy deletion under A7. We are discussing someone who was once a candidate and got 0.02% of the vote, and on another occasion got 8 write-in votes. Where is the assertion of significance? The article does not come within a thousand miles of satisfying WP:POLITICIAN, which says, amongst other things "Just being ... an unelected candidate for political office, does not guarantee notability". Nor is there any evidence of satisfying the general notability guideline: the only reference is unfortunately a dead link, but it would be of little value anyway. It is supposed to be a link to a list of candidates, and merely confirming that he once submitted himself as a candidate would not indicate notability. Clearly delete without a doubt, and could well be a speedy delete.JamesBWatson (talk) 08:29, 16 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete - per nom. Fails WP:POLITICIAN. --Ronbo76 (talk) 12:19, 16 April 2010 (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.