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The result was delete. King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 19:29, 30 January 2016 (UTC) reply

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This individual is only notable for saying that he is running for President of the United States. He has received no significant media coverage. He does not meet the minimum level of notability required for an article. ALPolitico ( talk) 18:25, 22 January 2016 (UTC) reply

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. —  JJMC89 ( T· C) 07:12, 23 January 2016 (UTC) reply

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Florida-related deletion discussions. —  JJMC89 ( T· C) 07:12, 23 January 2016 (UTC) reply

• Declaring oneself a candidate for President of the United States does not constitute a notability freebie under WP:NPOL — and in reality, he isn't even verifiably that yet, but has merely been a non-winning candidate in the primary contests for two minor political parties' presidential nominations, which counts for even less. Even the Democratic or Republican candidates in a presidential election aren't really getting Wikipedia articles because candidate — they're getting Wikipedia articles because they've already previously held another office (state governor, senator, etc.) that gets them over WP:NPOL regardless of the presidential candidacy. If the reliable source coverage of Manley were to nationalize, then WP:GNG would come into play — but if you have to base the article entirely on primary sources and local media coverage in and around his own hometown, then merely being a candidate in a primary race does not get him over the bar. Delete. Bearcat ( talk) 18:23, 23 January 2016 (UTC) reply
• Delete per the nomination and comments of Bearcat. Subject does not meet the criterion of WP:NPOL or the notability guidelines as laid out in WP:42.-- Ddcm8991 ( talk) 22:59, 25 January 2016 (UTC) reply
• Delete per AlPolitico and Bearcat. Subject has no RS coverage or acheivements significant enough to pass WP:GNG or WP:POLITICIAN.-- Cojovo ( talk) 21:11, 28 January 2016 (UTC) reply

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