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Politicians

Leslie-Ann Seon

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Fails WP:SIGCOV and WP:SUSTAINED. I did make an attempt at locating additional secondary sources and was unsuccessful. Se7enNationArmy2024 (talk) 16:57, 6 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Nurul Islam Bulbul

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Fails to meet WP:GNG and WP:NPOLITICIAN. No significant coverage found in reliable, independent sources.–𝐎𝐰𝐚𝐢𝐬 𝐀𝐥 𝐐𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢 ʕʘ̅͜ʘ̅ʔ 07:07, 6 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Michalis Rokas

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it lacks significant coverage from independent, reliable sources, failing to establish notability per Wikipedia guidelines. The content is minimal and promotional in nature, offering little encyclopedic value. Xrimonciam (talk) 08:27, 6 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]


Keep. Michalis Rokas meets Wikipedia’s WP:NBIO and WP:NPOL criteria. He is a senior career diplomat within the European External Action Service, having held multiple head-of-mission roles representing the EU in Malaysia, New Zealand (as Chargé d’Affaires), and currently in North Macedonia. His appointments were publicly announced by the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, indicating high-level political relevance. He has been regularly cited in independent and reliable media sources across Europe and Asia (e.g. Bernama, Free Malaysia Today, MIA, European Newsroom), and his role has direct bearing on EU enlargement and trade negotiations (e.g. EU–Malaysia FTA). Furthermore, the article is well-sourced with references from EEAS and major news outlets. The subject is notable as a top-ranking EU official shaping external relations. InfoWanderer (talk) 12:39, 6 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Delete trivial, not deepening, nothing notable. Α diplomat just doing his job. Lord Mountbutter (talk) 19:21, 6 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I believe the nomination and your assessment were based on a very early draft of the article, created just hours before substantial improvements were made. Since then, the article has been significantly expanded with independent, reliable sources and verifiable content. I would appreciate it if you could revisit the current version before drawing a final conclusion.InfoWanderer (talk) InfoWanderer (talk) 01:15, 7 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Walter Francis Schenck

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This subject fails WP:NPOL as a local elected official; local mayors must meet WP:GNG, which is also not met. The sources are all trivial and passing mentions: [1] (a more accessible version of the Graves source), [2], [3], [4], [5], [6]. No reliable source is provided for Schenck's dates/places of birth and death but they appear to be generated from Find a Grave (with the wrong month/date order in the infobox), which is a WP:USERGENERATED source. My WP:BEFORE search turned up no WP:SIGCOV for the necessary GNG pass. Draftification was contested, so here we are at AfD. Dclemens1971 (talk) 18:48, 5 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Emma Comer

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I am unable to find significant coverage to demonstrate notability. Article subject appears to be a candidate in an election currently being tallied for Australian Parliament. Only source on the page as of nomination is a link to election results in progress. Jiltedsquirrel 🌰 (talk || contribs) 22:49, 4 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Keep - I started this article yesterday. There are now multiple sources. Moondragon21 (talk) 22:55, 4 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

ABC has declared her elected. Moondragon21 (talk) 23:07, 4 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
ABC currently says for me "72.6% counted, updated 17h ago. Emma Comer leads by 2,858 votes." While it's probable she will win, media houses have been wrong before. We lose nothing by waiting a few hours until the count is over. Valenciano (talk) 23:11, 4 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Yes though the vote count is not complete most the new members of parliament have been confirmed elected. A number of seats are still outstanding as they are too close to call but Petrie is not one of them. Moondragon21 (talk) 23:15, 4 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
It's still a projection by a media organisation until the count is over, so falls under WP:CRYSTAL. Valenciano (talk) 23:18, 4 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
ABC declares most MPs in the 2025 Australian federal election elected. The unconfirmed seats are on that page. Moondragon21 (talk) 23:23, 4 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Multiple organisations have now declared this candidate elected, including all major news organisations in Australia. There is a small chance that the incumbent may retain the seat, however this looks increasingly unlikely. I don't see any reason to delete the article as it will just need to be recreated next week. Activerbon (talk) 09:39, 5 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I'd also add that there are now Wikipedia pages for all candidates that have been projected as elected by the ABC, none of whom are facing deletion. See: Zhi Soon, Jess Teesdale, Madonna Jarrett and others. Activerbon (talk) 09:44, 5 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Which is why I suggested a redirect, per WP:PRESERVED, as that can be quickly "unredirected" when the result is confirmed. The other cases you mention fall under that too per WP:OTHERSTUFFEXISTS, but this is heading for keep and Comer will very likely be elected, so the point is moot. Valenciano (talk) 10:06, 5 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect to Division of Petrie per WP:TOOSOON, with no prejudice against recreation if the candidate's election is confirmed. This seems to be a case of jumping the gun as Comer has a narrow lead of 3% with 72% counted. @Moondragon21 while your work on these is appreciated, it's better just to wait until their election is definitively confirmed before creating the articles. Valenciano (talk) 23:06, 4 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  • Keep Media calling of a race is generally good enough to determine a winner, we don't have to wait for certification. I'm pretty sure they'll be done counting by the time this closes anyway in case others want to redirect it, and we can reevaluate then if there's a suprise in the official count... Reywas92Talk 23:50, 4 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep Although the community has not formalised at the exact moment when a candidate passes WP:NPOL by leading the vote count in an election to an office that passes WP:NPOL, there is recognition a precedent that candidates pass WP:NPOL prior to taking office, and even before the official certification of the vote. While the creation of this page may be a bit premature, we should know (as Reywas92 suggests), the final results by the time this AFD closes. Alternatively, we could send the artcle to draft space. --Enos733 (talk) 05:50, 5 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    @Enos733, for my own understanding in future, the wording of WP:NPOL states that politicians who have held international, national, or state/province-wide office are presumed to be notable. I am unable to find WP:SIGCOV for this individual. Is anyone else able to find coverage or is presuming notability under this criterion enough? The note on NPOL says holding these office positions is a secondary criterion for notability. Jiltedsquirrel 🌰 (talk || contribs) 22:26, 5 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    I thought we had a note in WP:POLOUTCOMES, but in general, there is both precedent and real-world considerations to consider that a candidate that has been elected (or at-least declared the winner), meets WP:NPOL prior to taking the oath of office. I remember an AFD of a candidate who died before taking office and the community consensus was to keep the article. The real-world consideration is that readers show increased interest in electoral winners (and there is usually a flurry of articles about the winner of an election - Enos733 (talk) 05:08, 6 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Okie dokie, I appreciate it, thank you! Jiltedsquirrel 🌰 (talk || contribs) 22:52, 6 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep The ABC has called it and it is never wrong about these calls.--Grahame (talk) 07:57, 5 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Women-related deletion discussions. Spiderone(Talk to Spider) 09:59, 5 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Speedy keep: The AEC website shows that Comer is the winner of the two candidate preferred vote count with 100.00% of ballot papers counted. Obi2canibe (talk) 12:21, 5 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep: The article meets the notability criteria outlined in WP:NPOL, as Emma Comer has been elected to the Australian Parliament, a national legislative body. The Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) has completed the vote count, confirming her election. Additionally, multiple independent and reliable sources have reported on her candidacy and election, satisfying the requirements of WP:GNG. Given the confirmed status and coverage, the article warrants retention. Unclasp4940 (talk) 02:17, 6 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Nicole White

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WP:BLP of an activist and unelected political candidate, not properly sourced as having a strong claim to passing inclusion criteria.
The attempted notability claim as a politician is that she was the first out LGBTQ candidate in a provincial election in her province, while the notability claim as an activist is that she was one of the several people who challenged Saskatchewan's marriage laws in the short time between Halpern and the Civil Marriage Act. But as always, candidates do not get Wikipedia articles just for being candidates, and have to show that they were already notable for other reasons independently of the candidacy.
However, the "first LGBTQ candidate" thing is completely unreferenced and unverified (and note that we have seen more than one case in the past of people who were claimed as "first member of X minority group to do a thing" who turned out, upon investigation, to have been preceded by other people the article's creator just hadn't heard of, so we can't just take random internet users' word for it without sourcing), so that's not an instant notability freebie that would exempt her from having to pass WP:GNG on her sourcing — and it's questionable whether it would even be all that historically significant even if it were verifiable, given that her province had already elected at least two out LGBTQ municipal councillors (and one MLA who admittedly wasn't out at the time but came out later) before her.
Meanwhile, the same-sex marriage lawsuit is referenced solely to a brief glancing namecheck of her existence in a magazine article about the overall case, rather than any significant coverage devoted specifically to her own personal role in it, and the rest of the referencing here consists entirely of primary sources that aren't support for notability at all. And, for added bonus, none of the other plaintiffs in the lawsuit have Wikipedia articles at all (not even the one who was also one of the city councillors whose time in office preceded White's campaign), and this article does absolutely nothing to demonstrate that White was somehow more individually notable than any of the others. And even on a WP:BEFORE search, about all I can find is a small blip of WP:BLP1E coverage upon her recent reception of an award that still isn't highly meganotable enough to confer an instant notability freebie in and of itself on a person who's otherwise poorly sourced.
Nothing here is "inherently" notable enough to exempt her from having to have a stronger notability claim, and better sourcing for it, than this. Bearcat (talk) 20:12, 4 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  • keep it seems this is the same person that got this award? It seems just this Governor General's Awards would make her pass GNG. It also seems like she is notable for In 2021, Nicole’s tireless advocacy during her pregnancy resulted in the removal of the requirement for parents to be biologically related to be listed on their child’s birth certificate, aptly named “Alice’s Law” in honour of her daughter. I also think the profile in Sasktoday is enough for WP:RS. --hroest 16:40, 5 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Passing GNG requires quite a bit more than just one reliable source, and the Governor General's Award in Commemoration of the Persons Case is not the same thing as the high-level Governor General's Awards in literature or the performing arts. It would be a valid notability claim if the article were well-sourced, but it is not "inherently" notable enough to exempt a person from having to have a lot more than just one GNG-worthy source. Bearcat (talk) 20:30, 5 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Branny Schepanovich

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Biography of an unelected political candidate, not properly sourced as having any strong notability claim.
As always, unsuccessful candidates for political office are not notable on that basis per se, and get articles only if they can be properly demonstrated to have established notability for other reasons that would already have gotten them an article on those other grounds anyway -- but this basically just says that he had a law career without saying anything about it that would constitute a meaningful notability claim as a lawyer, and is "referenced" solely to his paid-inclusion obituary in the local newspaper rather than any meaningful reliable source coverage about him and his work.
A prior deletion discussion in 2011 landed "keep" on the grounds of claims that he had sufficient RS coverage to pass WP:GNG, but the sources brought to bear in that discussion consisted entirely of sources that namechecked him, mostly as a party spokesman providing soundbites to the media in articles about the party, rather than being about him in any meaningful sense -- but we've long since deprecated that type of sourcing as not contributing to notability, and none of it ever actually found its way into the article at all anyway.
Nothing here is "inherently" notable without GNG-worthy sourcing for it, but we need to see sources in which he's the subject of the coverage, not just sources that quote him as a spokesman, to deem him as passing GNG. Bearcat (talk) 18:07, 4 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Mike Hanly

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Article about a smalltown (pop. 6K) municipal councillor, not properly sourced as having any strong claim to passing WP:NPOL #2. As always, politicians at the local/municipal level of office are not inherently notable just for existing, and have to show a substantial volume and depth of reliable source coverage and analysis about their work to demonstrate a reason why they should be considered special cases of more nationalized significance than most other municipal councillors -- but this essentially just states that he exists, and is referenced almost entirely to sources that are not support for notability, such as the self-published websites of the town council and his own campaign, and a single glancing namecheck of his existence in an article about the municipal budget vote.
The only source that's actually both independent and about Mike Hanly is a single profile in a minor community newspaper, which isn't enough coverage to get him over WP:GNG all by itself if it's the only substantive source he's got.
Nothing here is "inherently" notable enough to exempt him from having to pass NPOL #2 on a lot more substance and better sourcing than this. Bearcat (talk) 17:38, 4 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Rodrigo Rettig

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Non notable politician, never elected to office, somewhat known as part of a TV show but not notable as a result. Bedivere (talk) 23:21, 3 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Vasquez and Rettig passes WP:GNG by receiving press coverage about their professions and public cases. That is their argumentative relationship (specifically, enough notability). Carigval.97 (talk) 20:54, 6 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Lucas Kunce

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Per WP:NPOL and WP:POLOUTCOMES. Candidate for office but has never been elected. Not notable outside of the campaign. All coverage is related to his unsuccessful campaigns. Unless his military service is notable, this is individual has dubious notability. Zinderboff (talk) 06:50, 3 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Disagree Disagree I don't think failing to win the plebiscites a person has stood as candidate in makes their participation meaningless or unnoteworthy; WP:NPOL and WP:POLOUTCOMES are really some lousy policies, and I'm going to argue here from WP:FLEXIBILITY instead. Democracy is a conversation at heart, and while the chatter mostly occurs in the electorate, it's the candidates that do the driving. It's important that our collective memory retain a record of the people who have the courage to participate in the system and do that driving. Let the Secretary of State for the jurisdictions do the gatekeeping, but here I think we should give a pass on WP:N to people that satisfy whatever that official administering the race enforces, especially on the statewide offices in the U.S. I hardly watch television/streaming video, but I actually remember seeing a short clip by this guy last year and what he said led me to believe he was a serious person trying to positively impact lives in his area. If he can manage to win a national party's nomination for statewide office and be both seen and remembered by a guy from California with zero connection to Missouri ~6 months into my steadfast effort to forget that the entire election cycle even took place, that's notable enough for me. Furthermore, it's obvious that some number of our editing brethren put real work into making this a solid and informative article, and I won't be a party to treating their work as unworthy when it clearly isn't. RogueScholar (talk) 05:13, 4 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment Since it was asked by the nom, this person's military service is not notable. LtCol isn't an especially high rank, and JAG officers enter as captains in any case (so he was promoted twice).Intothatdarkness 14:53, 5 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • keep clearly notable per WP:GNG through multiple political campaigns. WP:NPOL establishes notability but doesnt mean failing NPOL automatically means that a person is non-notable, the person can still be notable per WP:GNG. --hroest 16:38, 6 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep as per above. He technically fails NPOL, but there is significant coverage of his ongoing efforts in the political discourse and his antics. Bearian (talk) 22:54, 6 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Syed Afzal Abbas

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Biography of an Indianpolitical operative; fails WP:NPOL since he appears to have held only party offices, not public offices. Fails WP:GNG since there is no WP:SIGCOV of him in independent, reliable sources. This article is exclusively sourced to WP:PRIMARYSOURCES (government documents, file photos, Twitter posts, etc.) and thus violates WP:NOR. Has been in and out of draftspace and had a PROD contested, so here were at AfD. Dclemens1971 (talk) 01:41, 3 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Crispin Dube

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As a city councilor in a midsize Zimbabwean city, this subject does not qualify under WP:NPOL. I do not believe he qualifies under WP:GNG or WP:NBIO either, since the only substantial news coverage he received during his life (see VOA from my BEFORE search) is related to his 2013 assault, making it a case of WP:BIO1E. The rest of the coverage is WP:ROUTINE brief mentions in the context of his local elected office. Dclemens1971 (talk) 01:20, 3 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

List of mayors of Auburn, Maine

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Seems to fail NLIST, and most of its subjects seem to fail NPOL. Auburn isn't so prominent that this article is necessary either. -Samoht27 (talk) 20:17, 2 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Akash Singh Rajput

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The subject fails WP:GNG due to a lack of significant coverage in reliable, independent sources. Acting roles are minor—brief appearances in Toilet: Ek Prem Katha, Mirzapur, and Aashram and do not meet WP:NACTOR. The "world record" lacks notability, and relation to a politician is irrelevant. Most sources, like ANI press releases and Nai Dunia, are unreliable or do not mention the subject. The article also shows WP:COI issues and feels like WP:TOOSOON.

The article's credibility is further undermined by the page creator uploading an image with false copyright claims, which was deleted twice for violations despite being claimed as their own work. Zuck28 (talk) 15:33, 2 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Elisa Mile

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No WP:CONTINUEDCOVERAGE and any WP:LASTINGEFFECT. Feels like a violation of WP:NOTNEWS and even WP:BIO1E Warm Regards, Miminity (Talk?) (me contribs) 11:41, 2 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Ariel Magcalas

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All of the sources are WP:PASSINGMENTION, Data bases or unreliable. Before search yield nothing. Warm Regards, Miminity (Talk?) (me contribs) 11:15, 2 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Tatiana Auguste

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This article was created for an assumed victor of an MP race in the 2025 Canadian federal election. A recount later confirmed that this candidate in fact lost the seat to the incumbent, and since Canadian MP articles are only created for actual race winners, this article no longer meets the wikipedia notability standard. The simple fact that this person was initially assumed to have won the race for three days does not change this. This info can be reflected on the incumbent's page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by ArchMonth (talk • contribs) 20:56, 1 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy delete - as per above. Rushtheeditor (talk) 00:41, 2 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Which WP:CSD does this fall under? -- Patar knight - chat/contributions 01:10, 2 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Comment – The judicial recount in question hasn't yet taken place. What happened was the pre-recount numbers being updated during an Elections Canada validation process, so it could end up being reversed again once the recount occurs. I'm not sure offhand if there is a precedent for pending situations like this. If the recount confirms Sinclair-Desgagné's victory, I would be fully in support. — stickguy (:^›)— || talk || 01:27, 2 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I did not see @Patar knight's comments while writing mine, I agree with draftify. — stickguy (:^›)— || talk || 01:29, 2 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Draft: seems fine, if this person wins, the article goes live; if not, we don't quite have enough for notability. Could be a brief mention in the riding article if needed. Oaktree b (talk) 01:31, 2 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Politicians, Women, Canada, and Haiti. WCQuidditch ☎ ✎ 02:49, 2 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Draft It is appropriate to send to draft space if the discussion closes prior to knowledge of the official result. --Enos733 (talk) 04:22, 2 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Draft is perhaps the best choice for now, and a final decision can be made next week! --ArchMonth
  • Draft per above. The initial count showed a very narrow LPC victory, whereas the recount yielded a Bloc win of 44 votes. As another recount is under way, it remains possible that the LPC might take back this riding. FlipandFlopped ㋡ 12:07, 2 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Hold until the judicial recount. The results that flipped the riding are "validated" results, which means counted by the district's returning officer. The election night live count is "preliminary" results (counts submitted by poll workers), then each district's returning officer submits an official validated count, which often change vote counts slightly and also include the rejected ballot count. Every riding eventually posts validated results, but it takes a while (about a third are reporting now). Next, any district where the margin of victory is less than 0.1% of the votes cast automatically goes to a judicial recount, which is what will happen with this district but has not happened yet, so we don't actually know what the final numbers will be. Ivanvector's squirrel (trees/nuts) 12:32, 2 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Draft No notability, but the judge hasn't stuck a fork in it yet. G. Timothy Walton (talk) 17:09, 2 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Draftify for now, so that we can restore it if she wins the recount and delete it from draftspace if she loses. Bearcat (talk) 19:03, 2 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Draftify Normally I would not go with the draftspace as an option, as a reviewer on AfC. However, this is an example of where it works. I agree with Bearcat, move the article to draftspace until after the judicial recount, and then if she loses, delete from draftspace per NPOL. I think that also gives opportunity to editors to find additional sources for Auguste while in Draft. Bkissin (talk) 20:56, 2 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Draftify and wait for the recount. Moondragon21 (talk) 21:12, 3 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Draftify I think we should use Draftify more often as an option. This is a good example for it. Agnieszka653 (talk) 17:17, 4 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Anaida_Poilievre

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I do not believe this page meets Wikipedia's notability guidelines for a biographical entry. It should also be noted that spouses of Canadian opposition leaders who did not become prime minister do not generally have articles by virtue of that status alone. The-Canadian-Historian (talk) 15:24, 1 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  • Delete. Agreed. This page does not meet notability guidelines for a biographical entry. Subject was not a politician, and page seems to exist by virtue of her husband. It should be deleted. Husskeyy (talk) 22:58, 1 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Anaida Poilievre was a notable person at all rallies, often answering questions so this article should remain 76.64.106.255 (talk) 00:19, 5 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

:Sounds pretty gay to be crying about someone you don’t like not meeting your subjective popularity metrics. 2600:1014:B009:AF76:8C5:16D8:2609:5245 (talk) 08:07, 2 May 2025 (UTC) m a MANÍ1990(talk | contribs) 23:02, 2 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Mircea Geoană 2024 presidential campaign

Mircea Geoană 2024 presidential campaign (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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Campaign page for a candidate who got just over 5%, does not indicate standalone notability. Also covered more in-depth at his own article Yoblyblob (Talk) :) 00:38, 1 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect to Mircea_Geoană#2024_presidential_election. ApexParagon (talk) 01:17, 1 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Gay Valimont

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Gay Valimont (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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Per WP:NPOL and WP:POLOUTCOMES. Candidate for office but has never been elected. Not notable outside of the campaign. Zinderboff (talk) 05:47, 30 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

President of the Malaysian Islamic Party

President of the Malaysian Islamic Party (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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No other Malaysian political party's leadership positions have dedicated article and the position of President of the Malaysian Islamic Party on its own is simply not notable enough to warrant one. Content of the article seems more suitable for the main Malaysian Islamic Party page if not already present.

Edit: Looking through the edit history and it appears the article was moved from the author's draft to the mainspacce by a since-banned sockpuppet. Article was previously submitted for creation and declined by User:DoubleGrazing for failing to meet notability guidelines.

Edit 2: I have struck the WP:OTHERSTUFFDOESNTEXIST portion of my AfD submission, kindly ignore that argument. Sisuvia (talk) 14:48, 29 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I concede that you're right about there being a dedicated article for another Malaysian political party's leadership position, that's my mistake. I will also be nominating that for deletion. As for the argument that the main article about the Malaysian Islamic Party is too bloated, the information you've included in the article nominated for deletion is mostly redundant and what I would support being migrated to Malaysian Islamic Party would take up no more than a few sentences, so I don't think that holds much water. Sisuvia (talk) 14:42, 29 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Oh well then it should be Draftified 𐩣𐩫𐩧𐩨 Abo Yemen (𓃵) 08:19, 30 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Draftify, this is probably a notable topic (and other political parties may have similar notable positions), but I agree with the original AfC reviewer that this is not ready for mainspace. Most of it is unsourced, and even where there is a source, it's hard to see the connection to the text. For example, the Powers and duties section has one source, [8], which is a high-quality source. However, the content in the Wikipedia article doesn't seem related to the topic of that source. Müller 2014, p. 46 supports its second use, but not the first. In addition to sources, the topic seems ill defined, the Official seat and residence section seems to cover the current President's personal life rather than anything about the position, and the infobox provides as an official website the overall PAS website rather than anything directly related to the party President. I've tagged it for more sources, but this seems insufficient, and I'm not sure removing the unsourced/unsupported text is a better idea than giving time for sourcing. CMD (talk) 07:48, 30 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Wojciech Papis

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Niche Polish politician. Never held any office or won any election. He did declare himself as a candidate for a presidential election, but it's just a publicity stunt, with no serious coverage. No pl wiki interwiki, no sources in the article that meet WP:SIGCOV. Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 07:21, 28 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I don't know if I can even defend this article, haha. The only thing that it's useful for is Joanna Senyszyn having her Nonpartisans endorsement link here. Polish kurd (talk) 12:31, 28 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, ✗plicit 14:19, 5 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Shahriyar Majidzade

Shahriyar Majidzade (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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Not a notable person. Yousiphh (talk) 22:04, 22 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Since the following information refers to reliable, independent sources such as local media, as well as international media outlets such as the Voice of America, Radio Liberty, Germany's Frankfurter Rundschau, and reports from international foundations such as the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, this person fully and comprehensively meets the criteria for an encyclopedic person. As is also stated in Wikipedia's notability criteria:
“When using a search engine to help establish the notability of a topic, evaluate the quality, not the quantity, of the search results and linked webpages.”
Wikipedia's criteria for not being notable state that if a person is notable because of their role in one event, it is uncertain whether they are an encyclopedic figure or not:
“When an individual is significant for their role in a single event, it may be unclear whether an article should be written about the individual, the event or both. In considering whether to create separate articles, the degree of significance of the event itself and of the individual's role within it should both be considered. The general rule is to cover the event, not the person. However, if media coverage of both the event and the individual's role grow larger, separate articles may become justified.”
However, Shahriyar Majidzade has been active in many social and political fields since 2011 and continues his activities today. The following criteria confirm the notability of his journalistic work:
This guideline applies to authors, editors, journalists, filmmakers, photographers, artists, architects, and other creative professionals. Such a person is notable if:
The person has created or played a major role in co-creating a significant or well-known work or collective body of work. In addition, such work must have been the primary subject of multiple independent periodical articles or reviews, or of an independent and notable work (for example, a book, film, or television series, but usually not a single episode of a television series)
Wikipedia's goal is to benefit readers by providing information on all branches of knowledge. An “encyclopedic person” is not a title. Treating it as a title can be considered an expression of a one-sided and biased position. Wikipedia's rules and principles clearly indicate that it is a "knowledge-sharing" platform, not a "title-granting" one. Being included in the encyclopedia means collecting information about that person's notable public and political activities in one place and making this information, along with citations, easily and comprehensively accessible to anyone who wants to access information. This is also in line with the principle of "Free content that anyone can use", which is one of Wikipedia's five pillars.
No detailed search was conducted, no correction was suggested, no justification was requested, and no specific criteria for deletion were specified in the request for deletion of this article. Wikipedia's criteria for a candidate for a request for deletion and speedy deletion are as follows:
If no criterion can be met for either a standalone article or inclusion in a more general article, and improvements have not worked or cannot be reasonably tried, then three deletion procedures can be considered.
Shahriyar Majidzade's social and political activities are as follows:
1amroff (talk) 12:09, 24 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Note: None of a single reason for a notability. Most references are hard to analyze. Not related and ambiguous citations. Yousiphh (talk) 09:58, 26 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Keep I see enough reliable sources for Majidzade to pass WP:GNG, in particular the coverage in Frankfurter Rundschau. That said, the article is in need of cleanup to keep only relevant facts supported by secundary sources and to achieve a balanced and neutral tone.Ruud Buitelaar (talk) 02:07, 27 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Relisting comment: Could we have some views from people who WEREN'T off-wiki canvassed?
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 14:45, 30 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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