Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Paul Bauer (politician)


 * 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. WP:POLITICIAN makes no reference to local municipalities' size being a criterion, but instead requires that the article of a subject of this nature pass WP:GNG for inclusion. Wherein that has not been satisfied during this debate, this article's subject is found to not be notable. &mdash; Coffee //  have a cup  //  beans  // 00:50, 4 March 2015 (UTC)

Paul Bauer (politician)

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Per my comments in this AFD, as this article is pretty much the same deal. Unlike that article (nominated for deletion thirteen minutes after it was created), I can only conclude that this article has lasted as long as it has because deletionism was nowhere near as rampant then as it is now. Like Amy Demboski, Bauer's political career more or less amounts to serving on the Anchorage Assembly and being a candidate for Anchorage mayor in the current election, which numerous editors contend is no indication of notability (just as an aside, I don't know where got her information from, but according to this, there are twelve candidates for mayor, not nine). This article also has issues with WP:BLP1E (Bauer received a blip of non-local media coverage once upon a time, which should be expected given that he latched onto the hot-button political issue of immigration) and WP:AUTOBIO, WP:COI and possibly WP:SOCK. See, see also , and  and the edit warring and similar editing activity which occurred between those accounts, all with redlinks for user pages. RadioKAOS / Talk to me, Billy / Transmissions 12:48, 17 February 2015 (UTC)


 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Alaska-related deletion discussions.  RadioKAOS / Talk to me, Billy / Transmissions  12:48, 17 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions.  RadioKAOS / Talk to me, Billy / Transmissions  12:48, 17 February 2015 (UTC)


 * Delete Fails WP:GNG and WP:POLITICIAN. Another one-term member of the Anchorage city council, now running for mayor in a crowded field. (BTW I got my information from this reference, dated January 13; apparently a few more candidates have signed up since then.) There is no election article to redirect to, so this should be deleted. --MelanieN (talk) 13:03, 17 February 2015 (UTC)
 * For information's sake, only partially relevant to this AFD: after clicking on the link provided by MelanieN above, the reference to "letter of intent" and the date of the story prompted me to dig a little further. Anchorage Municipal Code 28.30.030 (C) states "Time of filing. Declarations of candidacy shall be filed with the municipal clerk no earlier than 67 days and no later than 53 days before a regular election, and no earlier than 35 days and no later than 28 days before a special election."  The "letter of intent" refers to filing conflict of interest/financial disclosure paperwork with the Alaska Public Offices Commission to be considered a candidate under state law.  That is different from filing a declaration of candidacy with the municipal clerk, which falls under municipal law.  These two shouldn't be confused, though I've noticed that the Wikipedia community does anyway rather frequently, often on account of taking a certain view of what is and isn't a candidate (in most cases, by accepting the media's definition without digging any further).  In one case several years ago, a regular editor rather disingenuously blew off this difference as being no different than the difference between appearing on a primary election ballot and advancing to the general election.  There are no primary elections for municipal offices in Alaska, as those offices are all nonpartisan.  The 14-day filing window referenced above is typical for municipal elections, and in this case, closed this past Friday afternoon. RadioKAOS / Talk to me, Billy / Transmissions  05:37, 18 February 2015 (UTC)

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

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, N ORTH A MERICA 1000 17:07, 24 February 2015 (UTC)  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.
 * Keep as an elected member of the Anchorage City Council, this constitutes a pass of WP:POLITICIAN, in my estimation — Anchorage being the largest city in Alaska, with a population of 300,000+. Your mileage may vary. Carrite (talk) 15:02, 2 March 2015 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, N ORTH A MERICA 1000 00:20, 4 March 2015 (UTC)
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