Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Rick Peterson (politician)

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The result was delete. Malcolmxl5 (talk) 01:58, 28 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Rick Peterson (politician)

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Article about a leadership candidate for a political party with no elected history to a government post. I have found a routine story on them announcing their run for leadership of the party and their eventual drop out. Either way this stuff fails WP:POLITICIAN and I can't find enough to meet WP:GNG. McMatter ^(talk)/_(contrib) 00:59, 21 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. McMatter ^(talk)/_(contrib) 00:59, 21 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Politics-related deletion discussions. McMatter ^(talk)/_(contrib) 00:59, 21 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Canada-related deletion discussions. McMatter ^(talk)/_(contrib) 00:59, 21 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Had he won, he would be notable. He didn't, so isn't. Oaktree b (talk) 01:21, 21 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Delete What Oaktree b sez. --DoubleGrazing (talk) 11:08, 21 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - Lacking any other accomplishments failed leadership candidates aren't notable. - Ahunt (talk) 13:16, 21 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. Unsuccessful candidates for the leadership of a political party are not automatically entitled to Wikipedia articles on that basis per se — he would have to show evidence that he was already notable enough for a Wikipedia article for some other reason before he ran for the leadership. For example, virtually all of the other candidates in that leadership race were (and/or still are) actual Members of Parliament, and are notable on that basis rather than as failed leadership candidates per se. There's also only one non-primary source here, which is not enough coverage to claim that he would pass WP:GNG independently of having to pass our subject-specific inclusion standards for politicians or businesspeople. Bearcat (talk) 15:31, 23 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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