Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Tim Jay Richardson Jr (2nd nomination)

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The result was DELETE. postdlf (talk) 13:37, 31 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Tim Jay Richardson Jr[edit]

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I am once again proposing this article for deletion. The last time I did was during the 2008 election and I now see that that was a mistake. However, I can find no reasonable argument to keep this article on the site at the present time. Other than running a long shot election that had no real chance, he has done nothing that seems to warrant an article. If I am incorrect as to my understanding of WP:N, please let me know. I will make no further attempt to have this or any similar article deleted. Please share your thoughts. Illinois2011 (talk) 18:41, 24 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

If it is decided to keep the article, keep in mind that it is going to need some serious clean-up. I'm not sure who is going to do that considering no one has heard of this guy. Illinois2011 (talk) 18:50, 24 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Keep Reviewing the old AFD, it seems there was reasonably strong support for notability, so I'm saying keep on the grounds that Notability is not temporary. I don't see anything here that would overcome that policy, and I presume we are going to allow pages for notable candidates in the 2012 elections. Monty₈₄₅ 20:39, 24 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. —Monty₈₄₅ 20:42, 24 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Illinois-related deletion discussions. —Monty₈₄₅ 20:44, 24 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Failed candidate who didn't win so fails WP:POLITICIAN. Also fails WP:GNG, two of the references are link to election results, one is routine and the other is trivial/not really about him. In this case that he was notable (though, I wouldn't necessarily argue that) is solely related to WP:BLP1E (and yes, an election campaign is one "event" even though its spread over multiple weeks, or sometimes years) and WP:RECENTISM. A look at his google news hits (using various combinations of his, rather common, name if you drop the "ray" and "Jr") virtually all are in late 2008 around the election, and few (if any) before and none after. Clearly has no lasting notability and should be deleted. Ravendrop 01:02, 25 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - I agree that notability is not temporary, and per that guideline, a re-assessment of teh evidence for notability separated by the passing of time shows that he does not meet our inclusion criteria. He is a political candidate that received routine political election coverage. He has not made a lasting impact, that would justify and article. -- Whpq (talk) 14:07, 25 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Non-notable. No coverage except for the election itself. --MelanieN (talk) 02:53, 31 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Eduemoni ^↑talk↓ 03:14, 31 March 2011 (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.