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The result was delete. sufficient consensus DGG ( talk ) 09:10, 9 June 2017 (UTC)
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WP:BLP, written like a résumé rather than an encyclopedia article, about a person with no genuinely strong claim of notability and not enough reliable source coverage to support it. Winning a local "teacher of the year" award does not make someone notable, and neither does being a non-winning candidate for election to a legislature — so the only potential notability claim here is that he was president of the United Nations Association, but even that is just asserted and not sourced or substanced. (Presidents of organizations, even notable ones, do not get an automatic notability freebie as a separate topic just because they existed — they get articles if and when they pass WP:GNG on the strength of reliable source coverage about their work in that role.) The only reference present here at all is a newspaper endorsement from the state senate election he didn't win, which is not enough coverage to claim GNG in the absence of actually passing of any subject-specific inclusion criterion. Everybody who was ever a candidate in any election anywhere could always show one media source to verify the fact, so election coverage falls under WP:ROUTINE and does not assist notability unless they win the seat in the end. There's simply nowhere near enough substance or sourcing here to hang an article on. Bearcat ( talk) 05:31, 2 June 2017 (UTC)
- Delete candidates for state house seats don't meet NPOL; no other claim to notability in the article. Power~enwiki ( talk) 06:09, 2 June 2017 (UTC)
- Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. Bearcat ( talk) 06:18, 2 June 2017 (UTC)
- Note: This debate has been included in the list of Academics and educators-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 06:40, 2 June 2017 (UTC)
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- Note: This debate has been included in the list of Oklahoma-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k ( talk) 02:39, 9 June 2017 (UTC)
- Delete. Notability not shown. Xxanthippe ( talk) 02:51, 9 June 2017 (UTC).
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