Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Richard Aguirre

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The result was Delete. Gazimoff 00:08, 12 August 2008 (UTC)

Richard Aguirre

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This article fails to meet the requirements as prescribed for notability and objectivity and should be deleted. The article's creator, futuregovernor (Aguirre), is clearly bias and is using wikipedia as a tool to further his own political agenda.

An excerpt by futuregovernor, before the Aguirre article's revision is as follows:

[Richard Aguirre is a nonprofessional politician. This is the first office that he is running for, and has become so disapointed with the current corporately corrupt system we are living in...

The self description of Aguirre as a "nonprofessional politician" suggest that Aguirre is euphemistically not a politician, never having held political office. The following statement explicitly states that this is the first and only election Aguirre has ever attempted. Moreover, there is an obvious bias of the statement that the current system (which is vague in and of itself) is corrupt. This is reinforced by the simple fact that only one external link supports Aguirre's notability. It is his own campaign website, which in addition to displaying basic html abilities, is not an objective third party.

Further evidence that this Aguirre is not a serious contender for Governor of California is his listed qualification as a third-generation Californian, suggesting a dearth of actual credentials pertaining to politics. No PAC has been created in the name of electing Aguirre, which is necessary to raise political funds. Without money that can only be raised through a PAC, Aguirre is not a candidate for the Governor of California in 2010.

Additionally the article on the 2010 Gubernatorial race in California, has been edited by futuregovernor to include Aguirre among the potential contenders. It should be monitored to prevent further inclusion of Aguirre, should wikipedia decide to delete this article on the basis of notability and or objectivity. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wiki Mateo (talk • contribs) 2008/08/04 00:25:35

• This AfD nomination was incomplete. It is listed now. DumbBOT (talk) 12:35, 6 August 2008 (UTC)

• Delete. I'm not seeing any reliable sources that would indicate existing notability. A candidate for Governor, even if his chances of victory are slim, would be notable to some degree; whether an article would be warranted or not is unclear. However, he's not a candidate for governor at this time, nor will he be for a while; as a result, WP:CRYSTAL applies, and this article should probably be deleted as (very) premature. If there is coverage later on, and notability can be established, I would not object to an article. UltraExactZZ ^Claims ~ Evidence 13:33, 6 August 2008 (UTC)
• Speedy delete. I haven't tagged it as such because the history already involves a prod and unprod, but this looks like a WP:CSD#A7 speedy to me as well as a violation of WP:CRYSTAL. —David Eppstein (talk) 20:46, 6 August 2008 (UTC)

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.