Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Christina Gray (second 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 was delete. Coredesat 06:14, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Christina Gray

Christina Gray (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs) (delete) – (View log)

This is the first time I've ever nominated an article for deletion after it had already survived one AfD, but I'm a staunch inclusionist for politicians and even I can't fathom how this person is notable. In the previous discussion, there were four keep !votes. One included no rationale. One included the rationale that "she's the leader of a local party and current candidate for a national parliament," neither of which is accurate. As far as I can tell, the only thing approximating a claim to notability in this is that she's won a "woman of distinction" award from the YWCA. These are no rare awards, and aren't generally even written up in the local media (it doesn't seem to have been in this case). I'm trying to get rid of the various vanity candidate articles connected with the Alberta general election, 2008, and this certainly seems to be one. Sarcasticidealist (talk) 21:55, 15 February 2008 (UTC)

• Delete per WP:BIO, people whose ONLY claim to notability is that they are/were candidates for public office but have never actually been elected or served are NOT normally notable. I see no actual other claims to notability here. --Jayron32.talk.

contribs 04:54, 16 February 2008 (UTC)

• Keep per WP:BIO, I was a contributor to this page and would like to point out that Christina has been elected before. As mentioned in the article she is the elected chair of the Edmonton Transit Systems Advisory Board. I also think that it is questionable that deletions of select candidates are being attempted in the midst of the provincial election campaign. --Jimador.talk.

• • To quote WP:BIO, "Just being an elected local official, or an unelected candidate for political office, does not guarantee notability," You can't get more local than the Edmonton Transit Systems Advisory Board. Did you read the guideline before trying to use it to support your claim? --Jayron32.talk.contribs 05:12, 16 February 2008 (UTC)
  • Comment - the Edmonton Transit Systems Advisory Board is not an elected position. As for the suggestion that I'm trying to delete "select candidates", I prodded all of the candidates who appeared to make no assertion of notability beyond being a candidates. This involved prodding P.C., Liberal, NDP, and Wildrose Alliance candidates. By no means do I pretend that all of the calls with regards to what to prod and what not to was unambiguously correct, but I think you'll have trouble finding evidence that it was in bad faith. Sarcasticidealist (talk) 06:13, 16 February 2008 (UTC)
• Delete per WP:BIO. She is an unelected politician. Her other positions such as heading up a riding association for her political party do not meet the standards for notability. -- Whpq (talk) 15:19, 17 February 2008 (UTC)

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