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


 * 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   redirect to United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina, 2012. SarahStierch (talk) 07:44, 15 August 2012 (UTC)

Tom Rice
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Lack of notability in light of Wikipedia:Notability (people)#Politician; unverifiable claims, with few to no independent references (three references are the same, from Tom Rice's website). The fact that the page is extensively edited by what appears to be a single-purpose account also detracts from article neutrality in intent or execution. Qwerty Binary (talk) 21:04, 8 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Redirect This biography of an unelected candidate fails WP:POLITICIAN and should be a redirect to United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina, 2012, where all candidates in the race can be described neutrally.  Cullen 328  Let's discuss it  22:09, 8 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Redirect as per WP:POLITICIAN; there's nothing notable here (or on a brief search (although as noted in the first AfD the name is a difficult search) until/if he wins the election. Ubelowme U  Me  01:35, 9 August 2012 (UTC)
 * • Gene93k (talk) 01:46, 9 August 2012 (UTC)
 * • Gene93k (talk) 01:46, 9 August 2012 (UTC)


 * Redirect to United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina, 2012 per WP:POLITICIAN. Doesn't meet various notability criteria for a stand-alone article. Location (talk) 02:17, 9 August 2012 (UTC)
 * I was unsure of what template to use for the Tom Rice article, also the only independent references are from Tom Rice's Campaign website, Facebook and local new sources and those are the main sources of information I have to work with. I wasn't the only one editing the article there was like 10-12 or even more people editing the article .To say my account appears to be a single-purpose account also detracts from article neutrality in intent or execution is untrue as I have been busy with other stuff and also dealing with medical problems, so I had no time to edit other Wikipedia articles I'm trying to be neutral as possible, I'm not sure how Wikipedia defines being neutral. If the article is deleted the it will not be re-written I'll just more on to editing other articles. Sk8terguy27 (talk) 04:57, 9 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Redirect not notable as of now. Hekerui (talk) 22:08, 11 August 2012 (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.