Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Scott Newton (Mississippi politician)

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The result was delete. Singularity 20:43, 26 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Scott Newton (Mississippi politician)

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Per WP:NN. Lost the only election he was in so he's hardly a "politician". Reads like a PR piece. -- ALLSTARecho 23:30, 21 December 2007 (UTC)

• Keep. Major party candidate for a major state office. Corvus cornix_talk 23:53, 21 December 2007 (UTC)

• Delete one-time defeated candidate and lawyer - will open a pandora's box. Shiva_eVolved 00:05, 22 December 2007 (UTC)
• Delete - one-time defeated candidate for a state office. Ceased to be notable enough for an article the day after the election. KleenupKrew (talk) 00:15, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

Was he notable enough the day before? Notability is not temporary. Rigadoun (talk) 06:03, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

Are we reading the same Notability is not temporary? It reads: A short burst of present news coverage about a topic does not necessarily constitute objective evidence of long-term notability. Conversely, if long-term coverage has been sufficiently demonstrated, there is no need to show continual coverage or interest. He received a short burst of news coverage back in 2003, but nothing present so he loses that notability argument twice. And since no long-term coverage has been demonstrated, he loses that notability argument as well. He simply is NN. -- ALLSTARecho 07:23, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

• Weak delete. I found coverage of 2003 and 2007 races and a couple of local articles in 2006. He's not quite there with sustained or recurring coverage for WP:N. • Gene93k (talk) 09:40, 22 December 2007 (UTC)
• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletions. —User:Ceyockey (talk to me) 16:39, 22 December 2007 (UTC)
• Speedy delete as there is no assertion of notability. Losing candidates for political office and Reality shows are not notable per WP:BLP. Bearian'sBooties (talk) 18:26, 23 December 2007 (UTC)

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