Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Robert Gaffner


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The result was delete. Geschichte (talk) 09:54, 8 November 2021 (UTC)

Robert Gaffner

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Does not appear to pass WP:GNG. 2 or less Google News hits for "Robert Gaffner", "Bob Gaffner", "Robert H. Gaffner". OurCampaigns.com is not a reliable source per 2 RFCs. Was never elected to federal office so does not pass WP:NPOL. – Novem Linguae (talk) 08:48, 1 November 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. – Novem Linguae  (talk) 08:48, 1 November 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Missouri-related deletion discussions. – Novem Linguae  (talk) 08:48, 1 November 2021 (UTC)
 * Delete. People do not get articles for running as candidates in elections they did not win; the notability test at WP:NPOL is holding a notable political office, not just running for one and losing. But there's no credible claim here that he has preexisting notability for other reasons independently of unsuccessful candidacies ("Chief Accounts Analyst-Special Assignments" is not an inherently notable job), and the referencing is not establishing a reason to deem his candidacy as more special than everybody else's candidacies: the footnotes are 9/10 raw tables of election results that aren't support for the notability of unsuccessful candidates at all, and 1/10 a local obituary on the website of a radio station in his hometown, which isn't enough coverage to get him over the bar all by itself if it's the only journalistic source that can be found. Bearcat (talk) 14:28, 2 November 2021 (UTC)
 * Delete: Fails NPOLITICIAN having never been elected to office, neither does it pass GNG JW 1961 Talk 23:12, 2 November 2021 (UTC)
 * Delete. Perennial candidate fails WP:NPOL. KidAd  •  SPEAK  04:17, 6 November 2021 (UTC)


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