Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Christine Smith (activist)

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. -Royalguard11(T·R!) 18:31, 12 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Christine Smith (activist)[edit]

Arguably, the article fails to claim notability, but I figured I'd send it here to AFD for review. This candidate has a slim chance of winning the Liberation nomination, nevermind the presidential race. Her awards might be mildly notable, but there doesn't seem to be any information on them online. I'd say delete for now, and allow recreation if she shows any sign of winning the Liberation nomination. The article also suffers from WP:UNDUE, WP:ADVERT, and apparently WP:COATRACK from our friends in the Ron Paul camp. Burzmali (talk) 21:28, 4 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Keep per John J. Bulten's comments on the article's discussion page. As for WP:COATRACK from "the Ron Paul camp", Paul is only mentioned in one sentence at the end of the article.--JayJasper (talk) 21:36, 4 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Weak delete as there is no clear indication how the criteria on the talk page relate to WP:N. She has only trivial coverage in Google News Archive. Per this party site she is marginally best-ranked of the also-rans in a notoriously obscure party. --Dhartung | Talk 21:49, 4 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- Notice how she ranks just behind "None of the above" and "Candidate to be named later". Burzmali (talk) 13:21, 5 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Christine Smith is an author of a book about a notable musician (John Denver) and a candidate for President. Her Presidential campaign is regulated by the FEC and has reported 6 distinct campaign contributors from 5 states outside her state of residence (Colorado). I personally think that many RFDs that hinge on notability use more bits for storage and transfer than if the article was just allowed to be. I have fixed the WP:COATRACK issue relative to Ron Paul (I hope). Thane Eichenauer (talk) 00:05, 6 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- A non-notable book about a notable person doesn't make the author notable. Filling out a form and mailing it to the FEC does not make you notable. Convincing your relatives in other states to send you a few hundred buck for your campaign doesn't make you notable. Burzmali (talk) 02:55, 12 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete author a a non-notable book. Perhaps if she does become the candidate of her minor party for president, she might possible have enough medium attention to become notable, but she certainly is not notable now. WP does not exist to give PR to would-be politicians. DGG (talk) 08:38, 9 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete as one of many wannabees. No WP:RS for WP:BLP? Deleteography. Bearian (talk) 18:02, 12 December 2007 (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.