Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Oscar Van Nooijen

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The result of the debate was NO CONSENSUS. -Splash^talk 22:30, 24 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Oscar Van Nooijen

Another losing general election candidate, reads like a CV, completely unnotable. delete. Joolz 12:35, 15 September 2005 (UTC)

• Delete. Agree. - Andre Engels 13:38, 15 September 2005 (UTC)
• Delete. Defeated candidates at elections are not ipso facto notable. David | Talk 13:43, 15 September 2005 (UTC)
• Delete. As per nominator. - Shauri 18:41, 15 September 2005 (UTC)
• Delete come back when he wins an election --TimPope 21:35, 15 September 2005 (UTC)
• Keep, major party candidate for Parliament. User:Zoe|^(talk) 21:43, 15 September 2005 (UTC)
• Keep but cleanup. Borderline notable, verifiable. — Phil Welch 21:56, 15 September 2005 (UTC)
  • How sure are you that it's verifiable to the extent where an article can be written? -- Joolz 00:28, 16 September 2005 (UTC)
• Keep Candidates who stand for office are ipso facto notable.--Nicodemus75 04:41, 16 September 2005 (UTC)
• Keep. Major party candidates for parliament are of interest to those who want to find information on British politics, therefore such candidates are notable, even if they lose the election. Sjakkalle (Check!) 07:13, 16 September 2005 (UTC)
• Delete. There are tens of thousands of people who have run or office of this caliber, and even those who get elected weild little power individually. While anyone who serves as in a national Parliament or similar assembly warrants some sort of article, there is little of note to be said about most of them. Those who didn't even make it that far are insignificant. Are we going to see an article on the guy who ran for the Parliamentary seat of Twiddle-Upon-Spry in 1732? No? Then why his contemporary equivalent? Really why is the fact that he "was responsible for a successful campaign to refurbish the common room facilities available to students at the college" in an encyclopedia? If that doesn't jsut scream nvanity/promotion I don't know what does. I redirect (no merge) to an article on the election is somewhat precedented, and might be an option. -R. fiend 17:02, 16 September 2005 (UTC)
• Delete. Vanity. Losing 3 elections and winning none is not sufficient for notability. If he loses 10 more elections without winning I will reconsider. Quale 21:09, 17 September 2005 (UTC)
• Delete nn loser.  Grue  17:53, 18 September 2005 (UTC)
• Keep A major party candidate for a national legislature is at least as notable as Cyrus Farivar. I made some edits so the article will read less like a campaign bio and more (I hope) encyclopedic. - Jaysus Chris 21:21, 18 September 2005 (UTC)
• Keep per Zoe. --Apyule 05:24, 22 September 2005 (UTC)

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