Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sean Reyes


 * 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. The Bushranger One ping only 01:01, 22 June 2012 (UTC)

Sean Reyes

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Non-notable politician; appears to be a fluff piece, possibly created by a PR firm (perhaps LBR Communications in Salt Lake City) to accompany his race for office. Orange Mike &#x007C;  Talk  01:28, 15 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Delete as lacking indepth coverage. I've been watching this for a while after seeing it on new page patrol and adding cats. I wasn't going to nominate it for myself, to give an apparently new editor time to sort their stuff out and find refs, but that doesn't appear to have happened. Stuartyeates (talk) 01:40, 15 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Delete Wikipedia is not for promoting one's campaign. That is all that this is. "Coverage", such as it is, is all local. DarkAudit (talk) 01:43, 15 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Delete - Promotional article about a politician that fails WP:POLITICIAN. - SudoGhost 02:18, 15 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Delete. An article about an unelected candidate who fails WP:POLITICIAN. We can't allow Wikipedia to become a hosting service for campaign literature posing as encyclopedia articles.  Cullen 328  Let's discuss it  05:36, 15 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Delete per all of the above. ~ J. Johnson (JJ) (talk) 20:05, 15 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Law-related deletion discussions.  • Gene93k (talk) 01:12, 16 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions.  • Gene93k (talk) 01:13, 16 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Utah-related deletion discussions.  • Gene93k (talk) 01:14, 16 June 2012 (UTC)

If you delete this article then you should delete the one on John Swallow because they basically contain the same type of information and both are running for Utah Attorney General in 2012 VaughnJ  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.2.234.63 (talk) 01:36, 17 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Delete Fails all tests under WP:POLITICIAN. I'm especially concerned about #3 which requires coverage in reliable sources "independent of the subject of the article". Most of the sources seem either reprinting of press releases or (even if they cover his candidacy), don't indicate the notability of the run itself. Nevertheless, I'd also be fine with redirecting this article to one about the Attorney General race, if one such article exists. -- Lord Roem (talk) 02:34, 16 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Delete- Position which meets the primary clause of WP:Politician '1.Politicians..who have held...sub-national (statewide...).' that we have no article for, in a presumed notable election that we have no coverage of; current officeholder is not a suitable anchor, no available redirect destination. Delete at least until the election, or sufficient non-local coverage passes GNG. Created just before the election. Dru of Id (talk) 03:57, 16 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Although I haven't looked into the details, it looks like John Swallow holds an office, whereas Sean Reyes is simply running for office, there's a difference. It isn't an WP:ALLORNOTHING situation, each article is assessed on its own merits. - SudoGhost 02:35, 17 June 2012 (UTC)
 * I have looked at the details, and the two are not comparable in the slightest. Neither Swallow's current position nor multiple campaigns for U.S. Congress would justify an article, and WP:GNG is otherwise borderline, but Swallow spent six years as a Utah state representative, a position for which Wikipedia recognizes automatic notability, and I have standardized a lot of the article's formatting. Dru of Id (talk) 13:04, 17 June 2012 (UTC)


 * comment There's an on going rewrite. Currently some of the claims fail verification, but that may be because it's in the middle of a rewrite. Stuartyeates (talk) 20:03, 19 June 2012 (UTC)
 * No amount of writing can create notability, where there is no notability to begin with. It might be more merciful to kill the article outright before anyone wastes more hours trying to polish what can't be polished. ~ J. Johnson (JJ) (talk) 23:56, 19 June 2012 (UTC)
 * I agree. No new evidence of notability emerged from the re-write. Stuartyeates (talk) 23:59, 19 June 2012 (UTC)


 * Delete - fails WP:POLITICIAN. ukexpat (talk) 16:52, 20 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom. & others. Clearly fails WP:POLITICIAN.--JayJasper (talk) 19:04, 21 June 2012 (UTC)
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