Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bonaventure Mizidy

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The result was keep. (non-admin closure) Armbrust, B.Ed. ^{Let's talk}_{about my edits?} 11:50, 26 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Bonaventure Mizidy

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Un-elected politician of a minor party, clearly fails WP:POLITICIAN. -- P 1 9 9 • TALK 17:40, 3 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. —Tom Morris (talk) 17:44, 3 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Africa-related deletion discussions. —Tom Morris (talk) 17:45, 3 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Keep Mr Mizidy is a former presidential candidate of a country, not 'an un-elected politician' to some local council. The sources exist, see this link. --Vejvančický (talk | contribs) 16:27, 10 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]
- Just because he was a candidate doesn't make him notable (article states that he got only 1% of the vote!). References prove his existence and candidacy, not his notability. And yes, a candidate is still un-elected! -- P 1 9 9 • TALK 17:29, 11 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  - I repeat: We are talking about a former presidential candidate of a country. Could you imagine an AfD for a candidate in the US presidential election?? --Vejvančický (talk | contribs) 07:14, 13 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Sandstein 07:09, 11 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Apparently he came in 6th place at around 1% in 2002 and 9th place at 0.27% in 2009. Definitely fails notability guidelines.--The Devil's Advocate (talk) 19:08, 16 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

The information about who were the people applying for the post of a head of (any) state in an official election poll is very important for the history and politics of the state, and it should be covered also by a detailed encyclopedic project. Just my opinion. --Vejvančický (talk | contribs) 11:46, 17 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ron Ritzman (talk) 02:07, 18 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Keep I've found some coverage of him in the Congolese press online[1][2][3]. I suspect that Congolese news articles are more difficult than, say American papers, to find online. So it looks to me like he receives fairly decent coverage in his country. If we were talking about a candidate who received 1% of the vote in an American presidential election I doubt that there would be any debate about his notability. Mark Arsten (talk) 06:16, 19 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Relevant person, add more citations. Thundersport (talk) 17:16, 25 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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