Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Tom Stevens (politician)


 * 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   keep. This decision does not eliminate the possibility of starting a roper merge discussion. J04n(talk page) 22:31, 3 June 2013 (UTC)

Tom Stevens (politician)

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does not meet criteria for notability Libertopia (talk) 21:22, 26 May 2013 (UTC)


 * Redirect to Objectivist Party - the few actual newspaper articles that mention him do so because he is one of many barely known candidates (who've stumped up $500) for barely known parties. There is some tittle-tattle on various blogs, but generally Stevens is only mentioned in routine political news coverage. Fails WP:POLITICIAN. Sionk (talk) 22:03, 26 May 2013 (UTC)
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 * Note: this is actually the second deletion nomination. The result of the first nomination in 2008 was for the article to be kept. User:TallNapoleon (the original nominator) unilaterally redirected the article in 2011, and in 2012 it was recreated.--William S. Saturn (talk) 22:50, 26 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Keep. He is well-known not only for his founding of the Objectivist Party, but also for his involvement in Libertarian Party politics. I think there is enough verifiable information and notability for him to deserve an article. Academic Challenger (talk) 23:00, 26 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Delete. Clearly fails WP:POLITICIAN.71.198.123.72 (talk) 07:42, 27 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Delete or redirect to Objectivist Party - barely-notable politician from barely-notable party - David Gerard (talk) 13:43, 27 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Keep per WP:POLOUTCOMES: "Leaders of registered political parties at the national or sub-national (state, province, prefecture, etc.) level are usually considered notable regardless of that party's degree of electoral success." Stevens is founder & chairman of such a party. He has also attained ballot status as a presidential candidate in two elections. In recent years, a de facto consensus seems to have emerged that receiving the presidential nomination of a notable party and attaining ballot status denotes notability.--JayJasper (talk) 15:44, 27 May 2013 (UTC)
 * In response to JayJasper: For a political party to be considered active at the national level, it would have to have ballot access in more than two states. The Objectivist Party has only appeared on two state ballots the past two presidential elections.Libertopia (talk) 22:48, 27 May 2013 (UTC)
 * According to what? Stevens has been state chairman of the Libertarian Party in multiple states Pennsylvania.--William S. Saturn (talk) 23:46, 27 May 2013 (UTC)
 * I'd also like to note that the nominator Libertopia is obviously 71.198.123.72, who initially placed the deletion tag on the article.--William S. Saturn (talk) 23:52, 27 May 2013 (UTC)
 * The article says he was chairman in Pennsylvania, which is one state. Sionk (talk) 00:02, 28 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Corrected above. --William S. Saturn (talk) 16:47, 28 May 2013 (UTC)


 * Keep, per JayJasper. I believe this nomination may be based on personal animosity for Stevens.--William S. Saturn (talk) 18:01, 27 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Keep he is notable as a candidate who appeared on multiple state ballots in multiple presidential elections, as well as a founder and leader of a political party that has fielded candidates at the national level as well as in multiple states in state/local elections. It should also be noted that Libertopia's claims, both in nomination statement as well as in his replies to other editors, are unsubstantited--Dwc89 (talk) 21:20, 29 May 2013 (UTC).
 * Redirect to Objectivist Party per Sionk. Coverage seems to be either significant but in unreliable sources, or from reliable sources but routine. WP:POLOUTCOMES would suggest keeping, but WP:GNG and WP:POLITICIAN hold more weight. – Arms &amp; Hearts (talk) 10:15, 2 June 2013 (UTC)
 * Keep I support the consensus of the first afd (see Note above) that he is notable due to being on the ballot in one or more states in a presidential election. Since that first discussion, he has repeated that accomplishment. Add in that he is founder and national/state chairman of the Party, you have a strong case for notability.--Cjv110ma (talk) 21:28, 2 June 2013 (UTC)
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