Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Christopher Alexander McCowan

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The result was Speedy Delete per A7 - Non-notable person. « Gonzo fan2007 (talk ♦ contribs) 06:22, 18 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Christopher Alexander McCowan

Christopher Alexander McCowan (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs) (delete) – (View log)

An autobio of a 17 year old. Non-notable except for a claim to be running for president of the US in 2008. Somewhat unsuprisingly, a google search reveals only a handful of promotional blog postings and no reliable sources. Bfigura ^(talk) 04:07, 17 April 2008 (UTC)

• I Christopher Alexander McCowan wrote everything in that page. It's about me and just because I am not famous doesn't mean I don't have the right to let people know about me. —Preceding unsigned comment added by President08 (talk • contribs) — President08 (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic.

• Comment Sure you do. Just not here. --Dhartung | Talk 06:03, 17 April 2008 (UTC)
• Chris, the fact remains tat you don't seem to meet the notability requirements here at Wikipedia, you provide no reliable sources, there is a major conflict of interest in your authorship, and you write this as if it were a promotional page, complete with a list of favorites. We are not, amongst many other things, a place for self promotion, let alone of a teenager who is running for president. The only external link you provide is a Myspace page - this is not even near reliable for sourcing purposes. We are an encyclopedia. For what it's worth, by the way, the US Constitution, Article 2, Section 1, specifies that you must be no less than thirty five years old to run for the president of the United States of America - and frankly, sir, you are not even old enough to vote. --Dennis The Tiger (Rawr and stuff) 06:04, 17 April 2008 (UTC)

• Delete as nom, for the reasons above. Bfigura ^(talk) 04:08, 17 April 2008 (UTC)
• Delete. No notability, no reliable sources, no chance at becoming president (apparently not aware of the age requirement). Accounting4Taste:talk 04:12, 17 April 2008 (UTC)

• Comment I think one of his online petitions was aimed at getting around that. :) --Bfigura ^(talk) 04:14, 17 April 2008 (UTC)

• Speedy A7 erc ^{talk/contribs} 04:22, 17 April 2008 (UTC)

• Delete (probably not eligible for A7), not notable. Merely running for prez does not make you inherently notable. --Dhartung | Talk 06:03, 17 April 2008 (UTC)

• Speedy A7. Clearly non-notable and irrelevant; an 18-year-old is not going to get around the constitutional requirement of 35 years. Moreover, the American public would never vote for anyone so young. Paradoxsociety (talk) 06:04, 17 April 2008 (UTC)
• Strong delete. Pure self promotion, but I can't bring myself to a speedy on account that he claims notability. --Dennis The Tiger (Rawr and stuff) 06:05, 17 April 2008 (UTC)
• Speedily delete per CSD A7. A meaningless claim to have "run for President" is not really a claim of notability. Never on the ballot anywhere, since ineligible due to age. Edison (talk) 06:08, 17 April 2008 (UTC)
• Comment - Can we please, PLEASE revive WP:BJAODN for this one? --Dennis The Tiger (Rawr and stuff) 06:19, 17 April 2008 (UTC)
  • I can't believe this part: "is the youngest person to ever try to run for President of the United States although this is not notable because he was not on any ballot because of his age. (who knows what the age requirement is)." Yikes. JeremyMcCracken (talk) (contribs) 12:08, 17 April 2008 (UTC)
• Speedy delete. A7; wiki isn't a vanity / social networking site; subject totally fails any credibly inspection of notability. Minkythecat (talk) 12:42, 17 April 2008 (UTC)
• Comment. Why are we wasting time at AfD with this? The author is a red-letter account = no user page = userify this and move on. Nothing in logs shows this has been tried; my apologies and a delete !vote if it has. Xymmax (talk) 15:07, 17 April 2008 (UTC)
  • I'm not sure that userfy would apply here, but then what I know of this (in the "tl;dr" version) is "generally, only things pertinent to Wikipedia should be here, with some wiggle room". This takes the wiggle room as I understand it and wiggles out, and then runs all over the bloody house. It's particularly silly, I think, and therefore my pointer to BJAODN - and at this point the only reason I'd speedy is for WP:SNOW, but I personally want to see this run the full course. --Dennis The Tiger (Rawr and stuff) 15:34, 17 April 2008 (UTC)
• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. -- Fabrictramp (talk) 17:58, 17 April 2008 (UTC)
• Speedy Delete A7 Why on earth should this run a full course? It should have been A7 deleted immediately. Aleta ^Sing 03:26, 18 April 2008 (UTC)
• Speedy delete per WP:CSD A7. I see no evidence that the subject is actually running for president (compare another ineligible candidate, Roger Calero). The article also contains WP:BLP violations with respect to the subject's relatives. By the way, McCowan isn't even the youngest presidential candidate of 2008 -- that would be Susie Flynn, who's not only younger, but fictional to boot. --Metropolitan90 (talk) 04:31, 18 April 2008 (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.