Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Peter V. Tretter (2nd nomination)

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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 Merge to Green Party candidates, 2003 Ontario provincial election. —Quarl (talk) 2007-02-09 08:00Z

[edit] Peter V. Tretter

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Delete. Seems this article only survived the 1st AfD (No Consensus) because it occurred in the middle of a by-election this candidate was running in. Being a candidate in an election is not enough to satisfy WP:BIO and the only references currently in the article are to his own website and a press release issued by his party which does not meet WP:N in my opinion. Ccscott 21:18, 4 February 2007 (UTC)

Merge. Bearcat makes a good point. Since there is no independent media coverage of this candidate I do not think it appropriate for this article to remain. However, the fact that he did run is easily verifiable and therefore I have no problem with him being included in such a list recording his candidacy with a redirect. Ccscott 11:42, 6 February 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep. Already voted on this matter. Keep major candidates or merge if need be. -- Earl Andrew - talk 01:41, 5 February 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete Simply being a failed political candidate does not establish notability. No other assertion of notability. Resolute 02:11, 5 February 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete per Resolute. Merge per Bearcat GreenJoe 04:56, 5 February 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete - failed election candidate -- Whpq 21:55, 5 February 2007 (UTC)
  • delete Unfortunately, he was not a major candidate.DGG 04:36, 6 February 2007 (UTC)
  • The established consensus on non-elected candidates in Canadian elections is that they are entitled at minimum to inclusion in a merged list. This cannot be considered any sort of exception. Green Party candidates, 2003 Ontario provincial election already has a byelections subsection which includes a 2006 byelection candidate, so merge this there if it can't be kept. Outright deletion, however, is not an acceptable option for a duly registered candidate in a Canadian provincial or federal election — we are simply not doing our job as an encyclopedia if we have to leave holes that we're not allowed to write about in our coverage of an election. Bearcat 10:39, 6 February 2007 (UTC)
  • Note: This debate has been included in the list of Canada-related deletions. -- Bearcat 11:27, 6 February 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.