Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/John Davis Jr. (presidential candidate)

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The result was redirect‎ to 2012 Republican Party presidential candidates#Appeared on only two primary ballots. (non-admin closure) The Herald (Benison) (talk) 06:08, 30 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

John Davis Jr. (presidential candidate)[edit]

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Very minor candidate who appeared on two primary ballots. Received less than 4000 votes out of nearly 20 million cast. Lacking significant, in-depth coverage in multiple reliable secondary sources per WP:GNG. AusLondonder (talk) 15:50, 22 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Politicians, Conservatism, Politics, and United States of America. AusLondonder (talk) 15:50, 22 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Delete None of the content or sources is substantively biographical. Just some dude who took advantage of easy ballot access. Reywas92^Talk 16:34, 22 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect Redirect to 2012 Republican Party presidential candidates#Appeared on only two primary ballots. Geotubemedia (talk) 10:02, 23 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Businesspeople and Colorado. WCQuidditch ☎ ✎ 18:36, 22 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Clearly fails WP:GNG and WP:NPOL. I think a redirect would give an undue indication of notability. Best, GPL93 (talk) 12:34, 26 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect to 2012 Republican Party presidential candidates#Appeared on only two primary ballots as a viable ATD. Per nom. and others, fails WP:GNG and WP:NPOL. Sal2100 (talk) 16:04, 26 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. (No prejudice against the recreation of a redirect from the redlink if desired, but delete first as I see no value in holding onto the edit history behind a redirect.) Fringe candidates for president are not "inherently" notable per WP:NPOL just for existing, and have to show some evidence of actually passing WP:GNG on their sourceability — but this is referenced entirely to primary and unreliable sources that aren't support for notability, with no GNG-worthy sourcing shown whatsoever. Bearcat (talk) 18:21, 26 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Delete or Redirect to 2012 Republican Party presidential candidates#Appeared on only two primary ballots, he's a minor candidate known only for being a minor candidate. Samoht27 (talk) 19:14, 26 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect to 2012 Republican Party presidential candidates#Appeared on only two primary ballots.GobsPint (talk) 22:24, 27 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect to 2012 Republican Party presidential candidates#Appeared on only two primary ballots: Good ATD as it's a valid search term. Regarding GPL93's point, redirects do not imply that an article ought to exist or that the subject is notable. Otherwise, we wouldn't have Rcats like {{R from child}}. In response to Bearcat's point, the preferred ATD is redirect, not delete, red link, and then create a redirect anew. voorts (talk/contributions) 02:47, 30 April 2024 (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.