Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Marcell Rodden (2nd nomination)

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 -- Earl Andrew - talk 03:58, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Marcell Rodden

Marcell Rodden (discussion|history|protect|delete|undelete|logs|links)

Rodden's friends created and edited this article. This is a vanity exercize by an irrelevent extremist. 198.96.86.4 16:23, 9 November 2006 (UTC) (note: 198.96.86.4 overwrote the first AfD with his nomination. I have created this page with his nomination text.) Kavadi carrier 16:35, 9 November 2006 (UTC)

• Delete Whether he is an extremist in not relevent, but it does appear to be a vanity piece so delete and fails WP:BIO scope_creep 19:10, 9 November 2006 (UTC)
  • Where is the proof Rodden's friends created the article? Also, it's not vanity. I believe it was decided political candidates are notable for wikipedia entries, and I believe that's why it was created. Otherwise, the article should be merged to another article that lists candidates for the Marxist-Leninist Party of Canada. --Mista-X 20:38, 9 November 2006 (UTC)

• Here is the list I think you were looking for: Marxist-Leninist Party candidates, 2006 Canadian federal election --Hroðulf (or Hrothulf) (Talk) 22:42, 9 November 2006 (UTC)

• weak delete speedy blank and redirect He got a few more votes in 2006 (the first AfD was before the 2006 election.) He is active in ..., he helped organize ... and he was arrested (once) sound like standard campaign literature fare, rather than biography of a public figure. His political career may grow in influence; it may not. Until it does I don't see the encyclopedic value—Wikipedia is not a newspaper. Sorry, nothing personal. Is there really a precedent for keeping articles on all election candidates? --Hroðulf (or Hrothulf) (Talk) 22:34, 9 November 2006 (UTC)
• Delete. He's received only 84 and 170 votes in elections; and the article has been created and maintained by friends and the subject. SlimVirgin ^(talk) 23:00, 9 November 2006 (UTC)
  • Again, where is the "proof" that the article was created by a friend? --Mista-X 04:14, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

• One of Rodden's friends admitted he created it. SlimVirgin ^(talk) 04:27, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

I didn't know this, could you show this? Thanks! --Mista-X 06:48, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

• Weak delete - maybe in a couple of years if he continues like this, but not now, not yet. --Leifern 23:08, 9 November 2006 (UTC)
• Speedy merge to Marxist-Leninist Party candidates, 2006 Canadian federal election. Rodden is not important enough for his own biographical page, but there's no harm in shifting the entry here. Btw, I have no connection to the subject. CJCurrie 23:15, 9 November 2006 (UTC)
• Delete, Wikipedia is not a promotional platform - and WP:AUTO seems to come into play here! --SunStar Net 23:16, 9 November 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per scope_creep. ←Humus sapiens ^ну? 23:17, 9 November 2006 (UTC)
• Merge per CJCurrie. Interesting character. Let's keep the content even though he doesn't qualify for his own article. I have no connection to him. Ground Zero | t 23:53, 9 November 2006 (UTC)
• Delete another article that relates to Homey's absolutely non-notable political activism.- Moshe Constantine Hassan Al-Silverburg | Talk 00:15, 10 November 2006 (UTC)
• Delete. Fails notability test. —Viriditas | Talk 00:44, 10 November 2006 (UTC)
• Delete. Not notable. --Duke of Duchess Street 02:28, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

Since the article has been merged, can this now be closed?--Mista-X 04:18, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

Although I personally think that there is still too much unencyclopedic material in the merged location, I agree with Mista-X: speedy blank and redirect to Marxist-Leninist Party candidates, 2006 Canadian federal election, tagged {{R from merge}} to preserve history. --Hroðulf (or Hrothulf) (Talk) 10:33, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

• Delete Non-notable. Beit Or 16:20, 10 November 2006 (UTC)
• Delete failure of WP:BIO, Tewfik^Talk 20:43, 10 November 2006 (UTC)
• Merge; precedent has already determined that electoral candidates in Canada are entitled at minimum to inclusion in a merged list. A propos of nothing, should it bother me that I briefly had him confused with Marcel Hatch? Bearcat 10:53, 11 November 2006 (UTC)
• Keep: There seems to be some notability about this individual, and the article has already survived a previous vote and the consensus was to keep. I'm actually more than a bit concerened that this would even come up for a vote. While I haven't gotten involved (and will not get involved) this article seems to be part of a much larger "issue" between certain administrators. There's a danger that in an effort to one-up one another both sides are allowing their ideological positions to dictate their stance on certain articles and compromise the standards. Just my two cents. AnnieHall 23:20, 11 November 2006 (UTC)
• Merge per Bearcat and Hrothulf. Kla'quot 00:42, 12 November 2006 (UTC)
• Content has been merged. -- Earl Andrew - talk 01:36, 12 November 2006 (UTC)
• Merge, like we have been doing with all other unsuccessful candidates for all political parties. Luigizanasi 16:11, 12 November 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.