Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Steve Osborn


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The result was   merge to Libertarian Party (United States). Redirect after merge to United States Senate election in Indiana, 2006. &mdash;Darkwind (talk) 06:16, 27 September 2013 (UTC)

Steve Osborn

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Contested Prod. Subject fails WP:POLITICIAN and WP:GNG. Unsuccessful political candidate who has received no discernible coverage outside of local and routine campaign press. Should be deleted or redirected to an appropriate page. Ddcm8991 (talk) 15:35, 6 September 2013 (UTC)
 * I do not support this. Osborn was the sole opposition candidate in the United States Senate election in Indiana, 2006, achieving one of the largest portion of votes for the Libertarian Party and a third party in a national Senate election. I don't know what Ddcm means by "no discernible coverage outside of local and routine campaign press" but I figure the subject does not fail WP:POLITICIAN or WP:GNG.  Royal Mate1  04:04, 7 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Comment: What I meant by "no discernible coverage" is that I could find virtually no significant coverage outside of the one citation the article presently has, which is from local media and is routine campaign coverage. As for the fact that he achieved "one of the largest portion of votes for the Libertarian Party and a third party in a national Senate election", considering there were only two candidates on the ballot in that race, I'm not not so sure that's remarkable enough to establish stand-alone notability for Osborn. A redirect to United States Senate election in Indiana, 2006 would be more appropriate, given the lack of media coverage on the subject per se, IMO.--Ddcm8991 (talk) 16:22, 9 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Indiana-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 18:21, 6 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 18:21, 6 September 2013 (UTC)


 * Weak Keep: As noted above, he did better than any other Libertarian (YAY LP!!! WOOT!) in a Senate race... I understand why the article is being questioned though. PrairieKid (talk) 05:21, 8 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Mark Arsten (talk) 02:02, 13 September 2013 (UTC)


 * Delete The most votes of any Libertarian candidate that year? I don't think it's enough. Where is the substantial coverage? What has he done for me lately? :) Candleabracadabra (talk) 02:47, 13 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Merge as suggested below. Satisfies all concerns and seems a good consensus compromise. Candleabracadabra (talk) 18:33, 13 September 2013 (UTC)


 * Merge most important details to Libertarian Party (United_States), then redirect to United States Senate election in Indiana, 2006, as above. Dru of Id (talk) 14:52, 13 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Redirect to United States Senate election in Indiana, 2006, as above. This is a common outcome for losing candidates for national office. Enos733 (talk) 20:44, 13 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Keep per my above comments.  Royal Mate1  17:50, 21 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Redirect to United States Senate election in Indiana, 2006. Only claim to fame is being a minor party candidate and getting belted by the Republican political machine.  Does not meet WP:POLITICIAN in my view.  Lankiveil (speak to me) 05:46, 22 September 2013 (UTC).
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