Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sam Townend


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The result was delete.  Kurykh  01:09, 9 August 2007 (UTC)

Sam Townend

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British parliamentary candidate for next election. No sources, Google and Google News show little relevant to him except his own and party websites. In my understanding of past consensus, candidates are not inherently notable, making him fail WP:BIO. Was prodded for these reasons, prod removed by anon without improvement but with a claim that candidates are inherently notable. Huon 19:20, 3 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete Candidates are not inherently notable. Also, for a candidate there is particular concern for WP:COI, especially because  has no edits outside this article. Shalom Hello 19:54, 3 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete My reading of WP:BIO is that Members of Parliament are inherently notable but candidates are not. That seems reasonable otherwise we would have thousands of articles about parliamentary candidates, very few of who go on to be known outside the locality where they stood or are going to stand for office. There are exceptions of course (e.g. Screaming Lord Sutch who filled many newspaper columns!) but these are few and far between. Sam Townend seems to be just another unremarkable parliamentary candidate, I'm afraid. --Malcolmxl5 19:56, 3 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete - if he wins, then recreate. Bigdaddy1981 22:44, 3 August 2007 (UTC)

Above comments about Sam Townend's entry would seem fair except for the fact that Charlotte Leslie, the Conservative candidate for the same seat has an entry. If Sam's article should be deleted, then so should that of his main opponent. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Rpchambe (talk • contribs).
 * Comment See WP:OTHERSTUFFEXISTS. I'll have a look at Charlotte Leslie's article and take appropriate steps. --Huon 10:06, 7 August 2007 (UTC)


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