Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Gary Ludington

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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. Apparent single-purpose accounts disregarded. --Coredesat 21:00, 17 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Gary Ludington

Being a candidate in municipal elections in Ottawa doesn't meet WP:BIO. See also Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Christine Leadman and Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Vicky Smallman. Aecis I'm too busy acting like I'm not naive. 13:25, 10 October 2006 (UTC)

  • Keep. Candidates can be notable for their other achivements including being a community activist, which is probably the case here. --TruthbringerToronto (Talk | contribs) 13:34, 10 October 2006 (UTC)
    • I agree, but I doubt that is the case here. He may be a well-known figure locally, but that's not enough to warrant an entry on wikipedia. Aecis I'm too busy acting like I'm not naive. 13:39, 10 October 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete. NN. Pavel Vozenilek 14:23, 10 October 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete as non notable. 2,000 votes in a local election just doesn't cut it. --cholmes75 (chit chat) 14:29, 10 October 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete, not notable unless he wins (and maybe not even then). NawlinWiki 17:16, 10 October 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete per WP:BIO and WP:C&E. If he is a major local political figure, this will need to be substantiated with evidence of significant press coverage. -David Schaich Talk/Cont 17:46, 10 October 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete. Does not yet meet notability reqirements of WP:BIO, and no credible, third-party sources as required by WP:V. --Satori Son 00:01, 11 October 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep. He's STILL a legitimate candidate in the current election. --Deenoe 02:06, 11 October 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep. Candidates can be notable for their other achivements including being a community activist, which is the case here. He was part of the development of the 1998 Zoning By-law for Ottawa, he was a member and past chair of the Environmetal Advisory Committee for the City of Ottawa and he is currently vice chair of the City of Ottawa's Parks and Recreational Advisory Committee. He is a board member for Ottawa Neighbourhood Services, Newswest, the Kiwanis Club of Ottawa West and Dovercourt Recreation Association. For the past two years he has been a member of the Allocations Committee for the City's Community Project Funding Programme. On October 5, 2006 he was quoted twice in the Ottawa Citizen in relation to two different issues and he has been mentioned in the Ottawa Sun. He is currently a VERY LEGITIMATE CANDIDATE in the upcoming election, which you would see if you google him or go to his website www.garyludington.ca --lejdesign 06:06, 11 October 2006 (UTC)— 72.139.49.132 (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic.
    • Comment actually by 72.139.49.132 (talk · contribs). User's only contributions are to the article on Gary Ludington and adding a link to the article on Ottawa municipal election, 2003, all six months ago. The account Lejdesign doesn't exist. Regarding what this user has said: noone is saying that Gary Ludington is not a legitimate candidate. The issue is whether that makes him notable enough to be on wikipedia. Aecis I'm too busy acting like I'm not naive. 22:54, 11 October 2006 (UTC)
    • Purely local notability is not generally sufficient grounds for inclusion on Wikipedia. Bearcat 05:09, 14 October 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep. In the other Ottawa wards, most of the candidates are listed. Since he ran in the last election (2003) and got almost as many votes as the incumbent I think he shows he is tough competition and therefore notable. Theses link will verify information or prove notability.
  • Notable news exposure in the Ottawa Citizen 1
  • Notable news exposure in the Ottawa Citizen 2
  • Notable news exposure in the Ottawa Citizen 3
  • Notable news exposure in the Ottawa Sun
  • Verification about being on the Dovercourt Board
  • Verification about being on the Newswest Board
  • Gary Ludington

— Lejdesign (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic.

Comment: That's some press coverage, but all mentions of him seem to be only passing references. I don't think it's significant enough to satisfy WP:BIO. -David Schaich Talk/Cont 13:47, 13 October 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete He is not sufficiently notable as a community activist nor sufficienitly notable as a politician. All of the above references are as David observes passing. It isn't clear to me how we can write a WP:V compliant article about him that is more than 2 or 3 sentences. JoshuaZ 23:59, 15 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.