Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Samm Simpson


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review).  No further edits should be made to this page.  

The result was DELETE and recast as a Redirect to Florida congressional elections, 2006. That article has basically the same info regarding her run for Congress as this article - in fact, more. The TV personality stuff by itself appears not to convey sufficient notability, and no strong claim was advanced that it does. Herostratus 03:38, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

Samm Simpson
2006 candidate for Florida's 10th COngressional District. Not notable unless being the only Florida Federal level candidate to qualify by collecting signatures makes her notable. She is also the host of a local cable talk show (lived here 35 years and never heard of it) that gets
 * 23 unique of 58 total google hits, not all relevant for "Media Is Propaganda" +Simpson.
 * I get 356 unique out of 35,000 total Google hits for "Samm Simpson" Most of these deal with her candidacy.
 * 3 hits on google news for Samm Simpson.
 * 28 hits in SPTimes archives compare with(My alternate user gets 67)
 * 3 SPTIMES archive hits for "Media Is Propaganda" All related to her candidacy. Cheers, :) Dlohcierekim  03:38, 8 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Weak Delete (Failed) candidacy for office isn't enough to make her noteworthy per WP:BIO, nor is involvement in local TV. Being the only federal candidate to qualify through signatures in her state would be good to include if she did rate an article, but I don't think that's enough to put her there. Shimeru 08:12, 8 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete: per nom. Maybe merge some of the info somewhere else - although, to be honest, I haven't found a place where it would be appropriate.  Something to consider though...  —Wknight94 (talk) 12:07, 8 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete: If she'd come a bit closer to winning, I'd volunteer to create a campaign article for the FL-10 race, and then suggest a merge/redirect; but that's not the case here. John Broughton  |  Talk 02:13, 9 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Weak Keep. The whole "being the first federal candidate in Florida to ever qualify through signature petitions" thing and the media attention she received is barely enough, in my opinion, to make her notable. I found 45 newspaper articles in 2006 mentioning her (NewsBank). Some really detail her campaign ("Signatures, not fees, might get her into race". St. Petersburg Times. March 29, 2006) extensively. -newkai t-c 05:27, 9 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Weak Keep as per above, plus she's a radio personality. At the least, let's not lose her info, and put it somewhere (e.g., Florida congressional elections, 2006) -- Sholom 16:30, 9 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Comment: done. John Broughton  |  Talk 07:47, 10 November 2006 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.