Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Rudy Takala

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The result was delete‎. Eddie891 ^Talk _Work 03:04, 31 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Rudy Takala

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Article does not provide any indication of notability per WP:GNG, WP:NPOL, or WP:NAUTHOR. He ran for state legislature but did not win, and the sources are links to things he wrote, rather than articles about him. I am unable to find significant coverage of him from a Google search. ... discospinster _talk 02:43, 24 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: People, Authors, and Minnesota. ... discospinster _talk 02:43, 24 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Delete I'd have to say. As OP said, all those many refs are stuff by him. Not notable enough. Herostratus (talk) 03:02, 24 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Delete: Per nom. No independent coverage of Takala himself outside of a few mentions in small local newspapers like this. ThadeusOfNazereth(he/him)^{Talk to Me!} 03:04, 24 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Politicians, Journalism, Conservatism, and Washington, D.C.. WCQuidditch ☎ ✎ 04:38, 24 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Delete: Per WP:POLITICIAN. Local party worker and commentator in his youth. No indication he ever held office other than within his own local party affiliations. — Maile (talk) 13:01, 24 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Delete The statement "Takala was elected chairman of Minnesota's Pine County Republicans at the age of 18. He was re-elected in 2009 with 60% of the vote, and again in 2011" looks promising except that it is without citation. Subject does not meet the notability of a politician and it fails WP:GNG Tesleemah (talk) 13:27, 24 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. The notability test for politicians is holding a notable political office, not just standing as an unsuccessful candidate for one, so there's no basis for notability as a politician here — and the notability test for journalists is not passed by referencing their journalism career to sources where they're the bylined author of coverage about other things, it's passed by referencing their journalism career to sources where they're the subject of coverage and analysis written by other people. (And even worse, most of the "journalism" sourcing isn't even leading me to articles he wrote, either: it's leading me to either photographs of politicians who aren't Rudy Takala or articles written by somebody else, not articles by or about Rudy Takala.) So there's no basis for notability as a journalist shown here either. Bearcat (talk) 17:22, 30 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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