Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Larry Kissell2

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 of the debate was delete. Johnleemk | Talk 13:13, 10 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Larry Kissell

This page is about a candidate seeking to oust an incumbent in Congress; he hasn't been elected yet. The article was deleted in November, but a quick Google search now does prove that he's running for a seat in the House of Representatives. I'm not sure of the past precedents of political candidates who don't hold any offices right now, but WP:BIO states that generally only "Political figures holding international, national or statewide/provincewide office or members of a national, state or provincial legislature" and "Major local political figures who receive significant press coverage" should be included. If he's elected, we should definitely include an article, but until then, I'm not too sure. Thanks! Flcelloguy (A note?) 21:37, 4 February 2006 (UTC)

• Delete. With 4 articles on Google News, two of which are the same one, he has not received "significant press coverage." Rory096 22:22, 4 February 2006 (UTC)
• Delete. His political fame is prospective. WP:Not a crystal ball --Fuhghettaboutit 22:39, 4 February 2006 (UTC)
• Delete - Wikipedia is not a soapbox for promoting a political candidacy. —ERcheck @ 23:05, 4 February 2006 (UTC)
• Redirect to 2006 U.S. House of Representatives election, N.C. 8th District. -- Mwalcoff 23:24, 4 February 2006 (UTC)
• Save -- Sorry if I'm commenting out of turn or incorrectly here as a new contributor, but could the "kissell in the news" external link to 10 or more articles not be considered 'significant press coverage for this local political figure'. I would never recommend deleting his primary opponents bio http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Dunn, but I'm curious why Kissell's is marked for deletion and Tim Dunn's is not. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 204.213.204.98 (talk • contribs)
  • Welcome to Wikipedia! We generally don't include biographies on politicians unless they recieve significant press attention or until they've been elected. Someone running for an office doesn't guarantee that they should recieve an article; once s/he is elected, then things may change. The reason the other one isn't marked for deletion is because no one has noticed it until now; I'm going to nominate it for deletion right now. Thanks! Flcelloguy (A note?) 16:10, 5 February 2006 (UTC)
• Delete nn. Come back if/when elected. Eusebeus 19:21, 5 February 2006 (UTC)
• Delete No evidence of significant notability. If elected, restore/rewite. DES ^(talk) 16:41, 6 February 2006 (UTC)

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