Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Michael Babula

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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, promotional piece about a candidate who currently fails to satisfy notability criteria. Take it to Deletion Review if he wins the Democratic nomination. --Stormie (talk) 14:04, 5 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Michael Babula

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Borderline WP:CSD#G11 as blatant pomp. Desperate assertions by the author do not bode well. Utterly unbalanced. However it does assert notability - the question would be as to how notable. Reccommend delete, without prejudice to recreation if the balance can be improved and the community agrees that being approved by Gerald Ford makes someone notable Pedro :  Chat  21:21, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

  • Delete. Looks like an electoral flyer. --Blanchardb-Me•MyEars•MyMouth-timed 22:12, 29 December 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete. Please. And hurry. A vanity piece for a non-notable person. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 22:34, 29 December 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep and cleanup. I don't often find many candidates who advocate abandoning the drug war effort entirely. There are severe NPOV problems of course, but not enough to warrant deletion. How significant is he as a contender for the seat? Also, I moved something inappropriately pasted in the article space into this afd's talk page. Elle vécut heureuse à jamais (Be eudaimonic!) 22:42, 29 December 2007 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by La goutte de pluie (talk • contribs)
  • Delete. No assertion of notability. WP:Bio states: "Just being an elected local official, or an unelected candidate for political office, does not guarantee notability, although such a person may be notable for other reasons besides their political careers alone." Please note, that this AfD has also been listed above. SilkTork *SilkyTalk 23:08, 29 December 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete for now with nothing against recreation if after the primaries it looks like he's a frontrunner. Mr Senseless (talk) 23:11, 29 December 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete per nom. Babula is not a notable person. Masterpiece2000 (talk) 10:26, 30 December 2007 (UTC)
  • 'Weak delete unless of course he wins the primaries.He is not notable as a scholar--probably only one published article. Current rank is Visiting Assistant Professor" at a minor university.DGG (talk) 14:02, 30 December 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete per nom. Vanity. Arse. --Tagishsimon (talk) 14:04, 30 December 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete Originally created by Babulaforcongress, versions of this article were deleted numerous times under G11 by another admin and myself. It is blatant campaign spam. I'd like to suggest salting the title, as well as Dr Michael Babula and Dr. Michael Babula. ˉˉanetode╦╩ 02:09, 31 December 2007 (UTC)
  • Note: This debate has been included in the list of Academics and educators-related deletion discussions. —David Eppstein (talk) 05:05, 31 December 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete and salt as per Anetode. --Crusio (talk) 11:31, 31 December 2007 (UTC)
  • delete & salt total failure to meet WP:PROF, and WP:BIO (as a candidate for elected office). Pete.Hurd (talk) 17:25, 31 December 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep, especially if he wins the election, as the article does assert notability and is referenced. Sincerley, --Le Grand Roi des CitrouillesTally-ho! 22:37, 1 January 2008 (UTC)
You already noted your opinion above, by the way. Pedro :  Chat  23:02, 1 January 2008 (UTC)
? --Le Grand Roi des CitrouillesTally-ho! 23:09, 1 January 2008 (UTC)
Ah. User talk:La goutte de pluie made that comment It's all French to me! Sorry, and sincere apologies! Pedro :  Chat  23:16, 1 January 2008 (UTC)
Oh, okay. I see. Happy New Year! Sincerely, --Le Grand Roi des CitrouillesTally-ho! 23:45, 1 January 2008 (UTC)
  • Weak Delete meaning I'm not at all that certain this should go as many above. Being a candidate may by itself make you notable- if, for example, this gives media-attention. I have no means to check the paper-papers over there, but I assume refs would have been given to web-articles if there was a lot of attention, so delete. But not with such a vengeance. Greswik (talk) 19:07, 4 January 2008 (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.