Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Linda Gorn

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. --Sam Blanning^(talk) 11:40, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Linda Gorn

Losing election candidate, has came in third or fourth in a number of elections. Punkmorten 11:51, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

• Please do not delete. Gorn was a candidate in a prominent By election to the Scottish parfliament and improved her party's share of the vote. For those interested in the Scottish political scene it is useful to have information on those who have played a part in By elections. I appreciate that this may seem less important to those from countries other than Scotland.--Sjharte 12:03, 18 July 2006 (UTC)
• Delete as per nom - see Ann Garrett and Ben Abbotts for AfDs on losing candidates in more recent by-election (where Abbotts also came significantly close). Mtiedemann 13:18, 18 July 2006 (UTC)
• Delete - Failed regional nominee, doesn't pass my standards for politicians. Wickethewok 15:07, 18 July 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per nom. Just being a candidate in a prominent election is not enough to make one notable. Perhaps some of this info could be salvaged and merged with an article on an election itself? Scorpiondollprincess 15:09, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

Surely importance is in the eye of the beholder. All of those advocating deletion do not appear to be from Scotland or exhibit an interest in Scottish politics. Those who are and so will find it useful to have a Wikipedia resource that includes such individuals.--Sjharte 15:16, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

• • Comment Perhaps all those with such an in-depth interest should come forward and present their views alongside you. But nevertheless WP needs to have one standard for failed candidates and local office-holders worldwide and, like it or not, they usually get deleted unless they can show a greater level of notability. Mtiedemann 15:21, 18 July 2006 (UTC)
    • It will be a shame if those who have this deletion preoccupation succeed. The only otehr comprehensive online Scottish politics resource (http://www.alba.org.uk) is brazzenly partisan. It would be sad to have to rely on this and lose the even handedness of wikipedia.--Sjharte 16:07, 18 July 2006 (UTC)
      • It is definitely unfortunate that better resources for Scottish politics aren't online. That said, Wikipedia really isn't the place for such things--it's standard practice here to removed pages on losing candidates (regardless of country) who are of no other notability than having run. The good news is that there's a new site called Campaigns Wikia that might be appropriate for this article. I don't know the site's limitations, but look into it and see about opening an article on this subject. -- H·G (^words/_works) 18:20, 18 July 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per nom. -- H·G (^words/_works) 18:20, 18 July 2006 (UTC)
• Keep -- she may have failed in her bid for election to the Scottish Parliament, but is nevertheless the elected representative on Moray Council. The policy on notability does not suggest that such articles should be deleted--George Burgess 21:42, 18 July 2006 (UTC)
• Weak Delete 19 unique hits on the Scotsman is not a lot, 15 on the BBC is better, but given the storm in a teacup, not really enough to make her notable. Angus McLellan (Talk) 20:44, 20 July 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.