Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Scot Ross

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The result was delete. - Mailer Diablo 06:07, 8 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Scot Ross

Does not meet Wikipedia:Notability (people). Subject is a former political campaign manager and recently defeated challenger for the Democratic Party nomination for the Secretrary of State in Wisconsin. He has never won any political office and has apparenty not done anything else notable either. Will Beback 08:29, 3 October 2006 (UTC)

• Delete - never held office (or even managed to stand in an actual election...), and doesn't appear to have been the subject of enough media attention to keep him per WP:BIO. --Mnemeson 08:43, 3 October 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per nom. PJM 12:21, 3 October 2006 (UTC)
• Don't Delete Honestly, the criteria for what is considered a "non-notable candidate" is very subjective. Scot Ross did receive significant media coverage in WI. I voted for Doug LaFollette, personally, but I think it is important that people know who their candidates are, and who the candidates for office in other states are. User: Gwjones2 9:27, 3 October 2006 (UTC)
  • Wikipedia is not a soapbox for publishing the election platforms of all political candidates. Wikipedia tells people who the candidates in elections were via articles on the elections. See Reading East#Elections and Prince George-Omineca#Election_results. Candidates only warrant more than such a single line in an election results table if they satisfy the Criteria for inclusion of biographies and actually have more published about them, by other people, than a single line on a ballot form. If there was "significant media coverage" of this person, you should be able to point to it. The article as it currently stands only cites autobiographical and promotional sources, or sources that don't give more information than that one-line-on-a-ballot-form. Uncle G 14:46, 3 October 2006 (UTC)

• Delete, subject does not meet WP:BIO.--Isotope23 15:50, 3 October 2006 (UTC)

• Abstain, with comment. I don't feel I can be objective in weighing in on a keep/delete vote, so in terms of voting, I have abstained. However, in response to Uncle G's comment above, I wanted to post this link.

http://www.rossacrosswisconsin.com/news.asp

Yes, it's from his candidacy website, but it collects together all of the articles statewide written about him and his candidacy. Again, I am refraining from voting (or commenting), but I wanted those voting and weighing in to have this information. Thanks. NickBurns 15:06, 6 October 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.