Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Paul Kelly (Canadian politician)

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 of the debate was Delete. --JoanneB 13:14, 30 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Paul Kelly (Canadian politician)

Independent candidate who won less than 3 percent of the vote in Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke electoral district. No assertion of notability besides being a candidate. Delete. Kusma (討論) 05:26, 25 January 2006 (UTC)

Sorry about deleting the deletion comment, I was filling the followup while the comment was added. Although he did not win that many votes, his performance greatly affected the number of votes that Don Linsay recieved, and thus had an impact on the final count. Most of this is what he said at all-candidates debates, I am currently filling in details about sources of the information

• Delete. My copy of the Calgary Herald indeed confirms he lost the election, coming in last in a 5 way race with 1290 votes. Theoretically it could be merged with a list of independent candidates, but as far as I can tell no such list exists. CanadianCaesar The Republic Restored 06:32, 25 January 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per above. --Terence Ong 08:27, 25 January 2006 (UTC)
• Delete as failed politician manqué. Come back when he's been elected to a major national office. Just zis  Guy, you know? ^[T]/_[C] AfD? 23:06, 25 January 2006 (UTC)
• Do Not Delete. Yes he was not elected but he deserves to stay up inspite of that. He put his name forward for election but was not successful. I think that counts for something. The information here is a bit rough. I'm going to post the information he submitted to me in his profile shortly. User_talk:Tovnd
• Delete if not re-written - I think that there is room on Wikipedia for the odd-balls of politics and, in fact, that is one of WIkipedia's strengths. There is not room, however, for rambling vanity articles like this one. If someone wants to re-write this, great. If not, delete as vanity. Ground Zero | t 13:07, 26 January 2006 (UTC)
• Delete, per nom. -R. fiend 18:03, 26 January 2006 (UTC)
• Do Not Delete. This article is a bio about a person and that is exactly what it is. This bio was submitted by Paul Kelly himself, how is that Vanity? (Second vote by User_talk:Tovnd)
  • Please see Wikipedia:Vanity guidelines. Ground Zero | t 19:35, 26 January 2006 (UTC)
• Do Not Delete. I have cleaned up the article and inserted references and links, it is no longer a vanity piece. There is someone who keeps putting up a rewrite of the drivel Paul posted in a press release, that person should refrain from doing so. Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, not a personal pandering site. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 134.117.92.62 (talk • contribs) 19:21, 26 January 2006.
• Do Not Delete. Paul Kelly has become a local household name in Renfrew County. Everyone in the riding knows him, and he has become something of a local celebrity for his ludicrous and farcical statements.—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 65.94.117.5 (talk • contribs) 23:17, 26 January 2006.
• Redirect to Independent candidates, Canadian federal election, 2006 or similar. -- Mwalcoff 00:00, 27 January 2006 (UTC)
• KeepThis article should be kept, many other articles of less notable people are kept--69.156.148.99 14:24, 27 January 2006 (UTC)
• There's a very real and ongoing divergence of opinion on whether unelected candidates merit Wikipedia articles or not; the current compromise position favours keeping a single unified list. Merge into a Independent candidates, 2006 Canadian federal election list. Bearcat 20:08, 27 January 2006 (UTC)
• Keep I think he merits inclusion. Ardenn 06:24, 30 January 2006 (UTC)

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.