Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bryan Simonaire

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 nomination was delete. Sango123 17:22, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Bryan Simonaire

His only claim to fame seems to be that he is a candidate. Article written like an advertisement, not NPOV. No vote from me. Dipics 03:13, 6 July 2006 (UTC)

• Delete per my comments on the article's talk page. Even if he were elected to the state legislature, he would not deserve an article. As a candidate, he certainly doesn't. And the article looks like it was straight from his campaign literature, complete with the photogenic family. Fan-1967 03:19, 6 July 2006 (UTC)

My belief was that I was following the Wikipedia instructions for "Candidates_and_elections"—Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.127.154.12 (talk • contribs)

• Comment Per the discussion on Wikipedia:Candidates and elections, I think that it would be more appropriate to write an article on the election itself then perhaps have each candidate redirect to that page. The candidates and elections page is pretty specific that the article on the election itself should come first. Dipics 03:40, 6 July 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per nom. Wikipedia is not a promotional tool. --Coredesat talk. o.o;; 03:51, 6 July 2006 (UTC)

• Delete as it stands now. A significant clean up may change my mind. -- malo (tlk) (cntrbtns) 03:52, 6 July 2006 (UTC)
• Comment I have the sneaking suspicion that this was used as a promtonal tool. I tagged an earlier version as A8. Yanksox 03:54, 6 July 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per Wikipedia:Candidates and elections proposed policy - election article first, non-stubby individual articles thereafter. --DaveG12345 04:52, 6 July 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per above; this sort of stuff has to be nipped in the bud. It's a shame, though; he's a family man and knows what the community wants. So, Bryan, what's your policy on a replacement for Trident? --die Baumfabrik 05:20, 6 July 2006 (UTC)

• I don't think the state of Maryland is building missiles these days. Fan-1967 05:36, 6 July 2006 (UTC)

• Delete. A candidate, not an actual politician. Did some professional political organizer's trade magazine put out an article recently about using Wikipedia for campaigns, or what? --Calton | Talk 05:49, 6 July 2006 (UTC)
• Delete. (1) Right, let's replace career politicians with amateur politicians, it's worked so well at the White House. (2) My spider sense tells me that once he gets in he'll do anything to hang on forever. (3) Seven kids? Kill the planet, why don't you? (4) That sweater -- uh, no. (5) Oh yeah -- non-notable candidate for a State Senate seat, and not likely to win once voters see that his youngest "daughter" is actually a stuffed doll. Herostratus 06:44, 6 July 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per nom. – Ðra 07:27, 6 July 2006 (UTC)
• Delete with all possible speed. This is a campaign ad. Wikipedia is not free ad space. And if his opponent had piffle like this as his article, it'd need to be deleted, too. (There are a bunch of political wonks out there posting 'if you delete my boss' ad, you have to delete their opponent's article too!' Not so. We're not here to destroy a good article just because your people posted crap.) --DarkAudit 14:08, 6 July 2006 (UTC)

• This is a candidate in the primary. Per the Washington Post, the favorite for the Republican nomination in this race is Donald H. Dwyer, Jr., who's had an article here since 2004. People may want to look at it. He's a state legislator looking to become a state senator. Fan-1967 14:25, 6 July 2006 (UTC)

• Delete - per nom. --Kungfu Adam ^(talk) 17:24, 6 July 2006 (UTC)
• Delete, no question. You know the article is bad when it says '...seven wonderful^{[citation needed]} children...' J Milburn 18:28, 6 July 2006 (UTC)
• Delete, as per above, strongly including Calton. --Domthedude001 18:56, 6 July 2006 (UTC)
• Keep It seems that most of the objections thus far are from people that have an axe to grind with either Bryan's politics or prolificacy. If he has broken some rule as defined in Wikipedia's Candidates and elections, I have not seen that cited thus far.

--Nurchster 20:18, 6 July 2006 (UTC)

• Comment One of the first rules listed is that one should only create articles for the candidates after the article for the election. Have you seen such an article? Fan-1967 21:43, 6 July 2006 (UTC)

• Delete Reviewing the entries above, I see no comments at all on his politics. The article reads like something straight out of a candidates website. The concerns seem to be about his notability or lack thereof. And, having given it some further thought, I am changing my abstain to the vote listed here. Dipics 21:16, 6 July 2006 (UTC)

• Comment The article is so lacking in anything substantive that I don't see how anybody could object based on his politics. There's nothing here to tell you what they are. Fan-1967 19:39, 7 July 2006 (UTC)

• Delete - promotional/ad. --Bigtop (tk|cb|em|ea) 03:44, 7 July 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per Fan-1967. Mangojuice^talk 04:26, 7 July 2006 (UTC)
• Delete is the only option here. RFerreira 07:48, 7 July 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.