Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/René Berthiaume


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The result was   delete. -- Cirt (talk) 14:39, 17 May 2010 (UTC)

René Berthiaume

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Minimally sourced bio of a businessman and political figure of strictly local notability. This was originally prodded in February, but the creator came back after the original deletion to contest; article was restored and the creator was given guidance as to how to improve the article to make a better case for notability, but he hasn't really done so. The only non-trivial source here is a county history book which is being cited, WP:COATRACK style, for information about a family ancestor of Mr. Berthiaume's; the only sources that are actually specific to him are his company's own web page (failing independence) and a generic election results table (failing significance). No evidence that he meets WP:POLITICIAN or even WP:GNG, and the article hasn't been touched except by me and Cydebot since March. Delete. Bearcat (talk) 05:40, 8 May 2010 (UTC)  Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, JForget  01:49, 15 May 2010 (UTC)
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 * Delete Non-notable as a businessperson or as a politician. He has never held office. His business is strictly local. BTW a good example of Melanie's Law: "Articles which refer to the subject by first name instead of last name almost always turn out to be non-notable." --MelanieN (talk) 15:09, 10 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.


 * Delete Unfortunately, I must agree that since very few, if any, articles link to this one, it is not notable. Sorry :(WaxonWaxov (talk) 04:51, 16 May 2010 (UTC)
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