Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Steve Shaw

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. - Mailer Diablo 02:20, 28 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Steve Shaw

• Delete. Shaw was dark horse candidate for mayor of NYC in 2005 who didn't make it onto the ballot because he didn't get the requisite 7,500 signatures. May have been marginally notable in 2005, but certainly isn't any longer. KarlBunker 11:28, 21 November 2006 (UTC)

Comment. I don't have a dog in this fight as to keeping or deleting, but I am sort of uncomfortable with the idea that once notability is established, it can later be revoked. Have there been debates about this on Wikipedia already? Chubbles1212 00:43, 23 November 2006 (UTC)

Notability certainly can be revoked after established by afd consensus - it's a policy, in fact. See WP:CCC. In this case, however, consensus for notability was not established due to poor close of afd. Bwithh 04:12, 23 November 2006 (UTC)

• Delete Candidate who failed to even get on the ballot. Not notable then, even less notable now. Original afd closure was totally out of process - there was one single !vote comment, a keep made by the creator of the article??? Afd should have been relisted to generate further discussion. Bwithh 04:12, 23 November 2006 (UTC)
• Comment I don't have anything invested in this article either way, but I just want to note that the outcome of old deletion discussions that result in "keep" can be revisited, usually by opening up a second (or third or fourth) AfD on the article, and linking to the earlier AfD(s) in the nomination. Also, remember that this VfD occurred over an year ago, when relisting may not have been so common, but the closer did keep the VfD open for 13 days, so please don't be so hard on him. Nonetheless, as per WP:CCC, notability can be revisited on later good faith AfDs, especially in such a marginal case.-- danntm ^T _C 17:10, 23 November 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per Bwithh. No hoper candidate in election fails WP:BIO. Ohconfucius 04:28, 24 November 2006 (UTC)

I have reformatted this AfD because the old format broke the automated parser. See page history for older deletion request. Mackensen (talk) 21:46, 30 November 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.