Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jeff Stein

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 merge. Petros471 19:34, 27 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Jeff Stein

Non-notable Congressional candidate, does not conform to Wikipedia:Candidates and elections, deprodded. Accurizer 00:02, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

• Weak delete If he wins the election, then he would be notable. However, he has not done anything to be notable aside from that. Since he might win, and thus become notable, this article might have some future value, which is why I only give a weak delete. -- Where 01:00, 20 June 2006 (UTC)
• Delete - He's just another independent candidate - Richardcavell 01:13, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

• A Thought... You could say the same about Daniel F. Zubairi, except that Zubairi has friends and money. I think it would be wrong to disenfranchise one candidate because they aren't as rich or connected with the Governor of their state. You can't have one of them and not the other, because neither is super-famous. Where do you end up drawing the line? Jgpgmdusa 01:39, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

• Ordinarily, I'm extremely suspicious of equivalency arguments like the above ("If THAT gets an article, why not THIS?"), but is this case it's entirely valid, since they ARE equivalent. Accordingly, I've nominated Daniel F. Zubairi for deletion or merging. See Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Daniel F. Zubairi. --Calton | Talk 04:39, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

• Weak keep - I'm teetering back and forth between keep and delete. For one thing, it should be pointed out that Wikipedia:Candidates and elections is a proposed guideline and, whereas some proposed guidelines like WP:MEME have come to be widely cited in AFD, I don't know that this one is overly accepted. As for the candidate's notability, he only just declared a month ago - [1] so I would ask one question - is he one of five candidates for a party primary or does he have the nomination of a major party? If he has a major party nomination or is a major candidate in a contentious primary, then I would certainly think that warrants an article. BigDT 02:31, 20 June 2006 (UTC)
• Merge into an article on the 8th District race per Wikipedia:Candidates and elections. -- Mwalcoff 03:05, 20 June 2006 (UTC)
• Merge both Jeff Stein and Daniel F. Zubairi into Maryland congressional elections, 2006 or an article about the 8th District in particular. --Calton | Talk 04:39, 20 June 2006 (UTC)
• Merge as above per Mwalcoff -- MrDolomite 17:04, 21 June 2006 (UTC)
• Delete Candidates are not notable. BlueValour 22:02, 24 June 2006 (UTC)
• Merge per above.--Konstable 08:42, 27 June 2006 (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.