Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ike Awgu

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The result of the debate was KEEP. —Korath (Talk) 16:01, Mar 1, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Ike Awgu

Does hosting a politics-oriented television show on a Canadian cable-network equivalent of C-SPAN establish notability? How about running for mayor and receiving 2.92% of the voters support? What if you're doing both of these things while currently enrolled as a student at Carleton University? Do these three things combined amount to being "notable enough" for inclusion on Wikipedia? GRider\^talk 23:42, 17 Feb 2005 (UTC)

• Keep, media personality + a run for public office = justified entry, Padraic 25 Fed 2005
• Keep, Wikipedia should be the first to feature someone who has already done so much at so young an age and is sure to rise to national prominence in due course. prowsej 05:58, 20 Feb 2005 (UTC)
• Delete, just under the bar of notability. Megan1967 01:59, 18 Feb 2005 (UTC)
• Keep, he is also a columnist for the Ottawa Sun. I think it is foolish to even consider deleting this article. Running for the mayor of the capital city of Canada is certainly important in its own right! So is hosting a television show for that matter. Earl Andrew 03:06, 18 Feb 2005 (UTC)
• Delete, concur with Megan. Running for mayor is not notable as anyone can do that. Hosting a TV show is only notable if the TV show itself is notable. Radiant! 12:22, Feb 18, 2005 (UTC)
• Keep. He has done a few notable things, and is likely to be around for quite a while. Are we running out of space here? Is his article taking up real estate that could be used for something else? Of course not. If there can be bunches of pages dedicated to computers and fantasy games, surely there can be pages dedicated to political also-rans and media personalities, and especially to people who are both. Kevintoronto 18:54, 18 Feb 2005 (UTC)
• Keep --Spinboy 18:57, 18 Feb 2005 (UTC)
• Borderline keep. His accomplishments are somewhat notable given his age. -- James Teterenko (talk) 19:59, 18 Feb 2005 (UTC)
• Does not meet my understanding of the recommended criteria for inclusion of biographies. A young candidate for local election who lost. He's still several years older than the Ohio kid who ran for local mayor and won (and who also doesn't deserve an encyclopedia article though it did make a good news article). Rossami (talk) 04:37, 20 Feb 2005 (UTC)
• Keep It's certainly in need of improvement, but I can envision a scenario where people would come to Wikipedia looking for information about the subject.Fernando Rizo 04:41, 20 Feb 2005 (UTC)
• Keep, although I hasten to point out mayoral candidates are not inherently notable just for being candidates; they need to have some additional criteria of notability. Hosting a television show with national exposure across Canada qualifies. Bearcat 06:56, 23 Feb 2005 (UTC)
• Keep. Easily falls within the bounds of notability. Tim Rhymeless (Er...let's shimmy) 23:18, 25 Feb 2005 (UTC)

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