Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Brad Blanton

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The result was delete. Lankiveil ^{(speak to me)} 03:53, 15 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Brad Blanton

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Delete. Poorly sourced WP:BLP of a person notable only as an unelected candidate for office. This is not an automatic pass of WP:NPOL; if you cannot show and source credible evidence that he was already eligible for an article for some other reason independent of his candidacy, then he must win the election, not merely run in it, to collect notability because election. But literally all we have for sourcing here is primary sources, like his own campaign site, his own press releases about his own campaign, and his profile on the website of a directly affiliated organization. This is not the kind of sourcing it takes to get a person over WP:GNG. Bearcat (talk) 00:50, 29 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Even if major party nominees for US congress were notable, which our guidelines say they are not, this would not extend to 3rd party candidates.John Pack Lambert (talk) 15:03, 1 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Authors-related deletion discussions. Coolabahapple (talk) 07:00, 3 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. Coolabahapple (talk) 07:00, 3 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Yellow Dingo (talk) 00:15, 7 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Delete -- WP:TNT this one; badly written and sourced vanity page of a BLP; and an unremarkable person to boot. K.e.coffman (talk) 05:34, 8 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Virginia-related deletion discussions. K.e.coffman (talk) 05:35, 8 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Delete: fails WP:POLITICIAN. Safehaven86 (talk) 02:25, 12 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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