Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Justin Nichols

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The result was DELETE. postdlf (talk) 05:17, 30 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Justin Nichols[edit]

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An WP:AUTOBIOGRAPHY about a 26 year old GLBT activist who ran for, and lost, a minor political office in Plano, Texas. There are quite a few references, but may of them were written by the subject, and all are local. It's about what one would expect to see for any politician. I believe that he fails WP:POLITICIAN and WP:GNG. I raised my concerns ~~with the author~~ in the article and on its talk page one week ago, but received no response. Pburka (talk) 23:37, 22 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Although he seems to be an interesting young man, as a losing political candidate, he fails our notability guideline for politicians. Cullen328 (talk) 23:57, 22 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Texas-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 15:38, 24 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 15:38, 24 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Keep as subject crosses the verifiability and notability thresholds, not for his failed candidacies but for his role as the first director of the Collin County Teen Court and as elected president of the Teen Court Association of Texas. These roles have brought him significant and sustained in-depth media coverage plus awards from notable organizations. - Dravecky (talk) 22:36, 24 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. A majority of the coverage appears to be trivial local election coverage (simple poll results, brief candidate blurbs, etc.), which does not convey notability per WP:POLITICIAN or per WP:GNG. The coverage in sources such as the Voice technically consists of only one article about him, as far as I can see... the others are editorials he wrote and very brief blurbs that do not constitute significant coverage. Outside of this, we have nothing but primary sources (from the Teen Court itself) that cannot be used to establish notability... and even these sources are very weak (i.e., a photo of him). No actual significant coverage, and thus does not appear to meet WP:GNG. --Kinu ^t/_c 20:23, 25 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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