Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Adam Cote

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 was delete. - Mailer Diablo 11:07, 2 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Adam Cote

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Non-notable politician. Article reads like a campaign news release for a candidate who has yet to win his party's nomination. May become notable if he wins, but that time is not now. Wikipedia is not a place to post campaign material. Nothing else to indicate notability. Realkyhick 15:38, 27 June 2007 (UTC)

• Delete. Non-notable. All mentions of him in the press are peripheral, as part of a list of all candidates in the race. johnpseudo 15:46, 27 June 2007 (UTC)
• Delete,per all of the above, without prejudice to recreating the article if he wins.--Ispy1981 15:47, 27 June 2007 (UTC)
  • Comment: Yes, let me hasten to add that this article should be restored (though it needs a bit of a rewrite) if he wins his primary. Realkyhick 16:23, 27 June 2007 (UTC)
• Note: This debate has been included in the list of People-related deletions. -- John Vandenberg 16:26, 27 June 2007 (UTC)
• Delete — Per nom. However, no objection to its recreation if he wins. In that case, it will need a rewrite. ffm ✎talk 17:43, 27 June 2007 (UTC)
• KEEPhe is notable even if he loses.. He is now part of the history of his state. and should be kept.Callelinea 18:32, 27 June 2007 (UTC)
• Weak delete the lede mistakenly calls him the Democratic candidate, but he won't be that till he wins the nomination (there's a field of 5 or 6). If he gets that far, I am prepared to argue that a losing major party candidate for Congress is N, though that may not be the consensus. I doubt he's notable otherwise, in the absence of sources--would would be needed in any case. DGG 20:33, 27 June 2007 (UTC)
• Delete. Non-notable - if he wins then recreate. Bigdaddy1981 21:29, 27 June 2007 (UTC)
• Delete - Per Bigdaddy1981. Rklawton 21:41, 27 June 2007 (UTC)
• Delete per Rklawton. Hanoi Girl → ^{Please sign!} 22:55, 27 June 2007 (UTC)

• I corrected the nomination mistake. I also added links, most importantly a local news story about the Mosul bombing. Adam is the only candidate in the race without a page and I'm sure several people have checked wikipedia for one. Adam is notable for the fact that only one current member of congress has served in Iraq. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Sickel2 (talk • contribs) 23:46, 27 June 2007 (UTC).
• Delete, being elected to high national office is often notable, wanting to get elected is not, wanting to get into an election even less so. Weregerbil 05:12, 28 June 2007 (UTC)
• Weak delete per DGG. If he gets poll numbers or the nomination, next year, he's notable. Now he's an also-wanna-run. Been there, done that, doesn't make me notable. Bearian 16:42, 28 June 2007 (UTC)

• Three other candidates for this congressional seat (Ethan Strimling, Michael Brennan, and Chellie Pingree) already have pages. If the criteria for notability requires people to have already won minor political office, this greatly disadvantages non-politicians running for office. Once a candidate has newspaper articles consistently written about him or her in state-wide papers, I think it's fair to say that person is just as notable as any state legislator, especially those notable only for losing elections to higher office. Adam Cote has raised 100,000 for this congressional primary race. This is a substantial amount for a congressional primary race in Maine and is a signal that he is a strong contender despite the fact that he has never held minor political office. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sickel2 (talk • contribs) Please take into account the amount of traffic this article is currently getting in deciding whether or not to delete it. Also please accept my apology for not signing my comments. I am new to this. —Preceding unsigned comment added by sickel2 (talk • contribs)

• Comment: The three others listed already have pages because they achieved notability before their candidacy; namely, they held other notable political offices or similar positions (like Common Cause). Foremost, Wikipedia is not a place to wage a campaign. Traffic for this AfD nomination is largely a measure of how obvious the case to delete or keep is — borderline cases tend to get few votes because people can't make up their mind. Realkyhick 21:43, 30 June 2007 (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.