Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Robert V. Somers


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The result was   delete.  Sandstein  08:02, 28 August 2008 (UTC)

Robert V. Somers

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PROD contested, but sources provided do not address the core concerns. The subject of this article does not meet the notability requirements of WP:POLITICIAN: "Just being an elected local official, or an unelected candidate for political office, does not guarantee notability [... unless] they meet the primary notability criterion of "significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject". None of the sources indicate that he has met the primary notability criterion. The sources do, indeed, verify the information in the article, but they do nothing to provide the non-trivial coverage required of any biography. A couple of brief mentions in articles about the elections themselves cannot provide the type of material required to write a neutral article about this individual or, really, anything more than "he won a primary but lost an election." I admit that, since I can only read summaries of the articles, there may be a few more details than that, but not enough to write something balanced and substantial. At best, a redirect/merge might be appropriate if a suitable target can be found. Cheers, CP 00:40, 21 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions.   -- • Gene93k (talk) 02:40, 21 August 2008 (UTC)
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 * Delete as per nom, or merge into a list if there is a suitable one. Non-notable failed political candidate. RayAYang (talk) 04:15, 21 August 2008 (UTC)


 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of North Carolina-related deletion discussions.   —Dravecky (talk) 07:46, 21 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete - or Listify to wherever appropriate - politician never elected or held office means not notable. Exit2DOS2000   •T•C•  11:51, 21 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete: It's material that is covered/included in other places (something like U.S. Senators from South Carolina).  This one factoid isn't really sufficient to carry a biography, which is what it's supposed to be.  All this says, of a long life, is "He got nominated and got clobbered."  That's not a life.  That's a fact.  Utgard Loki (talk) 17:20, 21 August 2008 (UTC)


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