Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Chris Ryan (Australian 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. PhilKnight (talk) 18:09, 29 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Chris Ryan (Australian politician)

This was created for an unsuccessful candidate at the ~~Australian federal election, 2007~~New South Wales state election, 2007. He does not appear to be notable in any way and there is no reason to keep this article. Grahame (talk) 13:49, 24 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Australia-related deletion discussions. —Grahame (talk) 13:49, 24 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - per WP:POLITICIAN, being a candidate for political office does not confer notability, and no other notability is indicated. JohnCD (talk) 13:59, 24 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - failed candidate for state election. Page is unsourced and there is no substantiated claim for notability. TerriersFan (talk) 15:28, 24 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Non-notable. Article is nothing but a CV.--Lester 22:41, 24 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - no assertion of notability other than as a politician, and the politicial career fails the specific criteria for a politician with no significant political offices held, no significant media coverage, no apparent history of political involvement or contribution other than as the token candidate for an unwinnable seat. The 'rags-to riches' story and first-hand account of conversations with clothing executives is fascinating, but would be better on a blog or userpage. Euryalus (talk) 23:45, 24 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. -- the wub "?!" 14:30, 25 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Delete This article purports to be a general, whole-of-life biography of Chris Ryan. The article consists entirely of unsourced information. Unverified information may be deleted from WP, especially if the article is about a living person, so there is one ground for deleting this article. It fails to demonstrate notability in accordance with WP:BIO or WP:POLITICIAN, so there is a second ground. Dolphin51 (talk) 03:31, 26 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Comment This article was created on 12 March 2007 by Kerry1949 (talk • contribs) . This User has been inactive since 16 March 2007 - the final contribution was a request to WP:Help Desk in which the User signed himself "Chris Ryan". The inescapable conclusion is that this article about Chris Ryan was written by Chris himself. Kerry1949's User page supports this conclusion. This is not consistent with WP's policy of avoiding WP:COI - it is almost impossible for people to write about themselves from a neutral perspective. Dolphin51 (talk) 03:51, 26 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Delete, non-notable, non-pollie. --Roisterer (talk) 02:48, 27 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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.