Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Rick Stokes


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The result was delete. Sarahj2107 (talk) 10:46, 12 October 2016 (UTC)

Rick Stokes

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Delete. Poorly sourced article about a person whose primary claim of notability is that he unsuccessfully ran for political office in 1977 against Harvey Milk, and thus appeared as a minor supporting character in the film Milk. Neither of these constitutes an automatic notability pass in and of itself, but the only sources here are the film's IMDb page confirming that his name appears in the character list, and an interview with him on a podcast. This is not the kind of reliable source coverage it takes to satisfy WP:GNG in the absence of any subject-specific notability claim. And even in EBSCO's "LGBT Life" database, where I'd expect a noteworthy gay activist to be sourceable out the yin-yang, I still can't find any real coverage of him besides glancing namechecks of his existence in coverage of Milk. Bearcat (talk) 19:18, 26 September 2016 (UTC)
 * Delete failed candidates at this level are not notable.John Pack Lambert (talk) 04:15, 27 September 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. Coolabahapple (talk) 15:50, 29 September 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Sexuality and gender-related deletion discussions. Coolabahapple (talk) 15:50, 29 September 2016 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America1000 09:14, 4 October 2016 (UTC)


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