Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bill Spragg

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. King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 05:44, 3 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Bill Spragg[edit]

This article is about a local politician and a candidate for national office. The linked press mentions are entirely in the context of candidacy, and mention the candidate only peripherally. There are conflict of interest issues, as the author of this article is User:Billspragg. I believe this article fails WP:POLITICIAN guidelines for notability. RayAYang (talk) 17:17, 29 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. -- RayAYang (talk) 17:39, 29 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Australia-related deletion discussions. —• Gene93k (talk) 17:59, 29 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per WP:N and WP:POLITICIAN. Your picture on one newspaper cover doesn't make you notable. Themfromspace (talk) 18:06, 29 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per nom. Fails WP:POLITICIAN. Aside from a blip of local news, attention comes from his 2001 run for office. • Gene93k (talk) 18:11, 29 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per WP:N and WP:POLITICIAN. Being a local councillor is not noteable for wikipedia. Timeshift (talk) 22:39, 29 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Strong delete This material could be moved to Bill Spragg's User page, but it is grossly inappropriate as an article in Wikipedia. The article was written by Bill himself; clearly a breach of Wikipedia's conflict of interest principles. Wikipedia is not a vehicle for aspiring parliamentarians to promote themselves. Dolphin51 (talk) 23:25, 29 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Delete, although one para could be added to Mayo by-election, 2008 article on each of the candidates. Orderinchaos 05:02, 30 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

As stated here. Timeshift (talk) 05:23, 30 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Delete From the article, he has not yet even won a position as an independent. A ballot place is the bare minimum for consideration. DGG (talk) 06:56, 30 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Delete, a mention or merge to Mayo by-election, 2008 is appropriate, however this has already been done. Candidate fails WP:BIO notability criteria otherwise. Lankiveil ^{(speak to me)} 13:05, 30 July 2008 (UTC).[reply]
Delete per nominator fails WP:POLITICIAN et cetera et cetera. JBsupreme (talk) 16:46, 30 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
De-lete-ify, stat!, vanity page by user, fails WP:POLITICIAN. +Hexagon1 ^(t) 00:51, 31 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per nominator; local government officials are not notable, especially if they are not the mayor. For anyone interested, the "second highest vote for an Independent in South Australia" was 2.95%. Frickeg (talk) 07:28, 2 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.