Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Tony Campbell (Maryland 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 delete and redirect. (If you want the edit history as a draft, need to specify where you want it and who would be maintaining it.) czar  12:14, 15 September 2018 (UTC)

Tony Campbell (Maryland politician)

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In the article's intro, it states that he "has not yet successfully secured elected office" which means he'd fail WP:NPOL. The only coverage on Campbell is a few non-notable court cases and coverage on his Senate candidacy so he would fail the general notability guideline. Coverage solely on a candidacy does not demonstrate notability, nor does winning a primary. A candidate must be elected to be considered notable. Redditaddict69 01:49, 8 September 2018 (UTC)
 * NOM COMMENT As this is a redirect I created before, I prefer it be closed as the same thing. I stated this below, but the revision history should probably be maintained... at least, until after the election. Redditaddict69 (talk) (contribs)  21:45, 13 September 2018 (UTC)
 * Comment As the author, I'll weigh in saying I was concerned that an immediate AfD might ensue, as it has. I've tried to secure sufficient sources which are independent of the subject to satisfy WP:NBIO without relying on WP:NPOL.  If I have not been successful, then of course this should be deleted.  Thanks for reviewing. --User:Ceyockey ( talk to me ) 01:56, 8 September 2018 (UTC)
 * Reply I read through WP:NBIO before creating the redirect last month, otherwise I would have made this article myself. I did heavy loads of research (I'm a politics fanatic so I would've done it regardless) and only found some minor court cases and a minor scandal he was once involved in (that I just added into the article). While there are quite a few sources, they don't appear to be sufficient in demonstrating notability. Many of these relate to the candidacy (anything branching off of the candidacy typically doesn't suffice unless it's a major publication, as seen in this AfD discussion) and the others are passing mentions or short mentions, such as the court case articles. I created the discussion because whether or not this coverage makes Campbell notable is a topic that needs to be discussed. Redditaddict69</b> 02:01, 8 September 2018 (UTC)
 * <small class="delsort-notice">Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. <b style="color:#3399FF">Redditaddict</b><b style="color:#339900">6</b><b style="color:#3399FF">9</b>  02:01, 8 September 2018 (UTC)
 * <small class="delsort-notice">Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Maryland-related deletion discussions. <b style="color:#3399FF">Redditaddict</b><b style="color:#339900">6</b><b style="color:#3399FF">9</b>  02:01, 8 September 2018 (UTC)


 * More statements regarding nomination – This page may also be seen as a promotional page for his candidacy since he hasn't been elected. I did background research and added everything I found to the article. Search the following statement for the best results: "Tony Campbell" Maryland -cardin <b style="color:#3399FF">Redditaddict</b><b style="color:#339900">6</b><b style="color:#3399FF">9</b> 20:06, 8 September 2018 (UTC)
 * Comment a promotional page is by definition biased. An unbiased biography that is notable cannot be considered to be promotional as much as informational. --User:Ceyockey ( talk to me ) 02:19, 8 September 2018 (UTC)
 * Reply – on the off chance that he wins, maybe this should be closed as a Redirect to maintain the revision history. If Campbell wins, the article can be restored. I support Draftifying as well <b style="color:#3399FF">Redditaddict</b><b style="color:#339900">6</b><b style="color:#3399FF">9</b> 02:30, 8 September 2018 (UTC)
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 * Delete or redirect to the election page. Only coverage is routine election coverage or primary court information, fails WP:NPOL. SportingFlyer  talk  06:44, 8 September 2018 (UTC)
 * Delete. Every candidate in every election can always show some degree of campaign coverage, so the existence of some campaign coverage does not automatically translate into a WP:GNG pass that exempts an unelected political candidate from having to pass WP:NPOL. To deem a candidate notable without winning election to and thereby holding a notable NPOL-passing office first, we would need either (a) evidence that he already had preexisting notability for other reasons independent of his candidacies, or (b) evidence that his campaign coverage had exploded so far beyond the ordinary and routine and expected that he had a credible claim to his candidacy being a special case over and above everybody else's candidacies (e.g. Christine O'Donnell, who got so stanking much national and international coverage for having to deny that she was a witch that her article is actually three times as long and three times as reliably sourced as the article about the actual senator she lost to is.) But neither of those things are being shown here at all. Bearcat (talk) 17:21, 10 September 2018 (UTC)
 * Delete He fails to meet WP:NPOL. The coverage consists either of routine political coverage, which is to be expected in any state-wide race, and sources concerning a minor and closed legal matter.  There's also no indication he meets the notability criteria for authors. Papaursa (talk) 23:13, 10 September 2018 (UTC)
 * Delete and Redirect to United States Senate election in Maryland, 2018. I appreciate how WP:CIVIL both the nom and the original editor have been in this discussion! As a candidate, Campbell would not meet WP:NPOL, and the hit-and-run I don't believe would meet WP:NCRIME and would probably just be One event. Bkissin (talk) 14:39, 14 September 2018 (UTC)
 * Delete gets media coverage every time he runs for office, but can't find \anything except MILL campaign coverage.E.M.Gregory (talk) 21:04, 14 September 2018 (UTC)


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