Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/John Joseph Kennedy

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. Bucketsofg 17:55, 20 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] John Joseph Kennedy

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This biographical article is about and written by John Joseph Kennedy, who has no relation to the famous political Kennedys. He's just a guy who creates write-in campaigns for himself and is not considered a serious contender by anyone. He's non-notable; if you search for him out there, all of the articles are either 1) written by him, 2) press releases by him, or 3) clones of this Wikipedia article. This is simply a vanity article. —Cleared as filed. 15:20, 14 January 2007 (UTC)

• Comment I am not an expert in US politics so I am wondering: if the guy is not notable why would anybody bother to print his press release? I think there are big issues with WP:NPOV though and once re-written accordingly there would not be much of an article left. Alf photoman 16:22, 14 January 2007 (UTC)

• Comment Because some newspapers will print almost any press release they receive in order to fill up white space. Those who do not perform research and who assume that a John Kennedy running for office must be one of *those* Kennedys would be more prone in this case. --Charlene 19:05, 14 January 2007 (UTC)
• Comment I didn't find a newspaper that reprinted them, just wire services like PRWeb, Eworldwire, Emediawire, and so forth that are explicitly publicity-distribution services.--Dhartung | Talk 20:41, 14 January 2007 (UTC)

• Delete I went through the article and all the self promotion in the world cant hide the fact that there nothing notable in there. --RaiderAspect 16:52, 14 January 2007 (UTC)
• Delete This is no more than an election manifesto and biography of a minor politician who has no claim to notability.--Anthony.bradbury 17:55, 14 January 2007 (UTC)
• Delete Non-notable failed politician whose article does not assert sufficient notability. No reliable secondary sources. --Charlene 19:06, 14 January 2007 (UTC)
• Delete. The references to media coverage in this article are incomplete and thus impossible to use to confirm whether he meets WP:BIO. Looking at the edit history, it appears that many of the edits this article has received came from the subject himself. His 2004 vice-presidential running mate as a write-in also had an article deleted a while back; see Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Daniel Robert Rezac. --Metropolitan90 19:34, 14 January 2007 (UTC)
• Delete, I found a couple of articles behind paywalls, but he's just one of oodles of fringe candidates. --Dhartung | Talk 20:41, 14 January 2007 (UTC)

Comment from John Joseph Kennedy. It was brought to my attention today that my biography and history that were recently expanded by me and my campaign on Wikipedia is in question and subject to speculation, authenticity and ridicule by some of the individuals below. First and foremost, it is my copyrighted property, and approved fully by me. Wikipedia posted my name and brief bio in 2004 after the election - without my knowledge - however, I was pleased to have this recognition for standing up for America as a voice of Truth and Hope. I am again officially running for President in 2008, not as a write-in, but on the Democratic ticket, and have every right to have my biography and family biography posted and stated accurately. I stand behind every word that is written. I may be a "fringe" candidate as some have suggested because I am not well-known yet, however, I am a candidate none the less. My bio on Wikipedia clearly states that I am not associated with President John F. Kennedy's branch of the family, nor do I care to be. If you read my biography in it's entirety, it clearly states that I am from the Kennedy's of Charleston, South Carolina family, and we have a history far beyond the Boston Kennedy's, here in America, and in other parts of the world. So I ask each of you these questions: What are YOU notable for? What are YOU doing for America? What are YOU doing to make the world a better place? I ask these questions not with malice, but with sincerity. Although I fully support free speech, I do not condone, nor will I tolerate, slanderous or libelous remarks made about me or my family, and have passed this review page on to my legal advisors. Sincerely, John J. Kennedy —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jjk2007 (talk • contribs)

• delete, salt and indef. ban Jjk2007 for legal threats: Strong conflict of interest, no indication of passing notability requirements, apparently it may be some sort of copyvio (and thus speediable) as well, not to mention a boarderline issue with a mistaken beleif of article 'ownership'. Wintermut3 03:11, 15 January 2007 (UTC)
• Delete per consensus. Note: I normally don't do this, but I took out the bold in Mr. Kennedy's comments because it's an eyesore —Preceding unsigned comment added by YechielMan (talk • contribs)
• Delete per WP:COI and for legal threats. The Rambling Man 07:52, 15 January 2007 (UTC)
• Delete per nom, and per Mr. Kennedy's own assertions that he is "not well-known yet" and that he posted "copyrighted" material here without releasing it pursuant to the GFDL. --Russ (talk) 14:03, 16 January 2007 (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.