Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jung-Suk Ryu

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. 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.

The result of the debate was DELETE. — JIP | Talk 06:45, 16 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Jung-Suk Ryu

Mr Ryu is an unsuccessful candidate in the 2004 municipal council elections in Edmonton, Canada achieving 3,817 votes or 5% of the vote. While this is relatively impressive for a teenager, it doesn't meet WP:BIO which states that "Political figures holding international, national or statewide/provincewide office" are notable enough for articles. Nor does a Google search for "Jung-Suk Ryu" indicate that he is notable enough for achievements in other fields to deserve an article see [1].Capitalistroadster 02:27, 10 November 2005 (UTC)

• Delete as per nomination. Capitalistroadster 02:24, 10 November 2005 (UTC)
• If the nominator votes they should do so inside the nomination. That said, delete as a non-notable biography. Not a speedy, not a resumé, but doesn't meet WP:BIO either. Alphax ^τεχ 05:47, 10 November 2005 (UTC)
  • If you think the nominator should only vote within the nomination, I suggest you get the guidelines for deletion changed, since they currently clearly state that the nominator should make a separate vote. — Haeleth Talk
• Comment There was quite a bit more to this article than what it is now showing. An anon user 199.126.210.155 was removing quite a bit of information, and it of course looked like vandalism, but the anon user left me a msg on my talk page saying why he was removing large portions of the article. His comments were polite and civil so I've left it alone due to the fact he seemed to know a lot more about this article than me. Maybe if someone who knows more about Jung-Suk Ryu could go back and check, to see if the information the anon user was removing could make the article meet WP:BIO. KnowledgeOfSelf | talk. 06:47, 10 November 2005 (UTC)

• Comment. I listed this page because a gentleman raised concerns about the neutrality of the article on the helpdesk list. I checked out the article and considered that notability was a real concern of the article. If someone can deliver verifiable evidence that Mr Ryu meets our biography notability guidelines, I would withdraw this nomination. However, I couldn't find anything in my searches to indicate notability. Capitalistroadster 08:11, 10 November 2005 (UTC)
• Weak delete - "weak" since there's a possibility that the guy's more notable than he seems, but "delete" since I personally can't find any evidence that he meets WP:BIO. — Haeleth Talk 18:07, 10 November 2005 (UTC)
• Delete per nom. Dottore So 23:50, 10 November 2005 (UTC)
• Week keep. WP:BIO says "This list (of eligible people) is not all-inclusive." Someone who finished sixth (see here for official results) in a city-council race is really pushing it. But this guy is likely to run for office again, and people might be interested in who he is. -- Mwalcoff 04:05, 11 November 2005 (UTC)
• Delete per nom. Xoloz 16:16, 12 November 2005 (UTC)
• I'm with the delete side; city council candidates just aren't that notable. The Alberta Centennial Medal stuff gave me pause, until I read the article — it doesn't make him part of a particularly exclusive and notable class of people, either, as there are 8,000 recipients. Bearcat 07:30, 14 November 2005 (UTC)
• Comment - As previously stated on the articles talk page, I am an acquaintance of JSR. I have chatted with him about this article, and am quite sure that the anonymous user deleting things was him, seeking to remove the heavy negative bias the article had. Although his achievements go beyond being a city council candidate, they are still relatively local in scope and are perhaps not significant enough to warrant an article. Combine that with the fact that edit wars would probably just continue between JSR and those who have a negative view of him. I believe someday there will be enough content for this article, when his run for city council can get just a brief mention.--LucidGA 19:30, 14 November 2005 (UTC)
• Delete as per nom. → Ξxtreme Unction {^yakł_blah} 14:42, 15 November 2005 (UTC)
• Delete per nom. *drew 23:58, 15 November 2005 (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.