Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Tom Hengen (2nd nomination)


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The result was delete. J04n(talk page) 19:59, 12 June 2016 (UTC)

Tom Hengen
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Although this was kept in an earlier discussion back in 2007, it needs to be revisited as Wikipedia's inclusion criteria for politicians have evolved significantly in the past decade. At the time, a non-winning candidate for the leadership of a political party was a valid claim of notability on the grounds that it was adding context to our coverage of the leadership election -- but that's since been deprecated as not conferring an WP:NPOL pass in and of itself anymore, so that now a non-winning leadership candidate gets a standalone article only if he can be properly demonstrated as notable for some other reason (e.g. actually having held a notable political office.) But nothing claimed or sourced here demonstrates that. The irony that I was among the keep votes last time is duly noted -- simply put, Wikipedia's rules have changed since 2007, and he no longer meets the rules that apply today. Delete. Bearcat (talk) 18:34, 21 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. /wiae  /tlk  19:42, 21 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Canada-related deletion discussions. /wiae  /tlk  19:42, 21 May 2016 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America1000 00:58, 28 May 2016 (UTC)  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America1000 05:58, 4 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Delete unelected politicians are almost always non-notable.John Pack Lambert (talk) 03:09, 7 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Delete as examining the article found nothing better at all and it seems to note there's no newer information at all, past and present all suggest nothing convincing. SwisterTwister   talk  04:04, 9 June 2016 (UTC)


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