Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Richard Mahoney


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The result was delete.  MBisanz  talk 01:46, 6 June 2016 (UTC)

Richard Mahoney

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WP:BLP, based entirely on primary sources and dead links of media coverage whose content it's impossible to verify, of a lawyer and political strategist. While a backroom strategist can get into Wikipedia if the article is sourced well enough to pass WP:GNG, it's not an automatic "no sourcing required" inclusion freebie that entitles a person to an article just because he exists -- and the only other substantive thing here is that he ran, and lost, as a federal election candidate (which is also not an WP:NPOL pass.) And on a ProQuest Canadian Newsstand Major Dailies search, I'm finding a lot of glancing namechecks of his existence in coverage of other things or people he was connected to, but I'm not finding a lot of coverage that's substantively about him in the manner necessary to satisfy GNG. Plus the article has been tagged advert since 2010, with only modest attempts to tone it down over the six years hence. Delete. Bearcat (talk) 15:58, 15 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. Bearcat (talk) 16:38, 19 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Canada-related deletion discussions. Bearcat (talk) 16:38, 19 May 2016 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America1000 01:16, 22 May 2016 (UTC)  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, st170e talk 03:16, 29 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Delete The only mention of Mahoney outside his failed runs as candidate or in any significant fashion I could find was this book, which describes his role as president of the Ontario Liberals, which isn't enough to push him over WP:GNG (even the current president of the federal Liberals doesn't have their own article!) Patar knight - chat/contributions 18:23, 1 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Delete as there's still, as despite detailed and sourced this is, still nothing convicing for the applicable notability and there being nothing including minimally convincing to suggest better otherwise. SwisterTwister   talk  07:27, 5 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Delete nothing here to indicate notability.  InsertCleverPhraseHere  08:00, 5 June 2016 (UTC)


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