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. Jo-Jo Eumerus ( talk, contributions) 22:49, 7 July 2017 (UTC) reply

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Non-notable politician Mserard313 ( talk) 02:36, 30 June 2017 (UTC) Creating deletion discussion for Matt Erard reply

• As the subject of this article, I propose that it be deleted for lack of notability. The only public office that I have ever held is a prior seat on the City of Detroit Downtown District Citizens' District Council - an office with no direct legislative authority, in contrast to the Detroit City Council. Wikipedia's Common Outcomes: Politicians page notes that even "city councilors and other major municipal officers are not automatically notable. Likewise, it also notes that "losing candidates for office below the national level who are otherwise non-notable are generally deleted." Furthermore, this article contains multiple inaccuracies as a result of being very out of date. This article was previously deleted via PROD in January 2015, but resurrected in April 2016 when someone contested the past deletions of multiple Socialist Party politician articles. I don't think there would still be any objection to this article's deletion. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mserard313 ( talk • contribs) 03:12, 30 June 2017 (UTC) reply

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k ( talk) 03:53, 30 June 2017 (UTC) reply

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Michigan-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k ( talk) 03:53, 30 June 2017 (UTC) reply

• Delete per WP:BIODELETE as the subject has requested deletion. The subject's primary claim to notability is his service as chair of the Socialist Party of Michigan, where much of the biographical details of this article can be found. -- Enos733 ( talk) 12:32, 30 June 2017 (UTC) reply
• Delete per WP:BIODELETE. His role with a statewide political party, rather than his committee service in Detroit, is the basis on which an article might be appropriate — but this article doesn't really focus on or source very much substance about that, and is overall far too strongly dependent on primary sources rather than reliable ones. And he's not so very high profile that we need an article about him, either — so this is exactly the kind of case where we should respect the subject's wishes. Bearcat ( talk) 22:49, 30 June 2017 (UTC) reply
• Delete Per WP:NPOL and WP:BIODELETE. AusLondonder ( talk) 18:51, 3 July 2017 (UTC) reply

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.