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The result was redirect to United States House of Representatives elections in California, 2010#District 52. j⚛e decker talk 02:26, 16 September 2014 (UTC)
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This article is about a political activist / politician who does not meet notability criteria for inclusion on Wikipedia. As a politician, he has run twice for office, but has not won; none of the criteria for WP:POLITICIAN is met. As an activist, he received minor mentions in news coverage. I found [1], [2], [3], [4]. These all mention him, but fall well short of signficant coverage about him. Additionally, there are potential claims for notability in his professional career. The claim to have helped create Dragon's Lair, the video game is not backed up with any sources, nor could I find any in my own searches. The founding Cognisys also lacks any coverage that I could find that would establish that as notable. Whpq ( talk) 14:19, 21 August 2014 (UTC)
- Comment He does have some significant coverage for COPS: [5]. 24.151.10.165 ( talk) 17:24, 21 August 2014 (UTC)
- Comment I also looked at the San Diego newspaper articles, and although they mention him, they are not strong on significance. The most significant is the one above listed as "COPS". I note that at least 3 of the user accounts that have done significant editing seem to be single purpose accounts - CC5191 (no user page), 99.107.233.210 and 68.7.238.55. Obviously, the IP address edits could be flukes. I'm leaning toward delete for the following reasons: not notable as a politician; a local activist, but no evidence of major social or political impact; possible promotional activity on the page. LaMona ( talk) 22:54, 21 August 2014 (UTC)
- Note: This debate has been included in the list of California-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k ( talk) 01:49, 23 August 2014 (UTC)
- Note: This debate has been included in the list of Businesspeople-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k ( talk) 01:50, 23 August 2014 (UTC)
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Delete(changing to Redirect, see below) He got some mainstream publicity for a hunger-strike stunt during his campaign against Hunter, [6] [7] [8] but that's a single incident, and I can't find anything else to meet any of our criteria for notability. -- MelanieN ( talk) 20:11, 25 August 2014 (UTC)
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Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.
- Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, – Davey2010 • (talk) 15:51, 29 August 2014 (UTC)
- Redirect What was I thinking? As an unsuccessful and non-notable nominee for office, the usual procedure would be to redirect his article to United States House of Representatives elections in California, 2010#District 52. -- MelanieN ( talk) 22:14, 29 August 2014 (UTC)
- Redirect per reasoning of MelanieN. It is usual for those who fail WP:POLITICIAN, who were unsuccessful in their candidacy, and are not notable per WP:GNG, to be redirected to the most notable election. Although the hunger strike received coverage, it doesn't pass WP:PERSISTENCE; furthermore, even if it did, the subject would fall under WP:BLP1E. Therefore, per normal procedure, redirect to United States House of Representatives elections in California, 2010#District 52 as suggested above.-- RightCowLeftCoast ( talk) 03:56, 6 September 2014 (UTC)
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Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.
- Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Natg 19 ( talk) 07:30, 8 September 2014 (UTC)
- Redirect per MelanieN and RightCowLeftCoast. Tiller54 ( talk) 18:10, 9 September 2014 (UTC)
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