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The result was delete. Malcolmxl5 (talk) 01:43, 23 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Paul C. McKain

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WP:BLP of a person notable primarily as a non-winning candidate for political office. While this tries harder than usual to show preexisting notability for other endeavours independent of his candidacy, it misses the boat for reliably sourcing that -- his career in business is sourced entirely to patent directories, deadlinks and his own self-written content about himself rather than to any media coverage about him -- which means it hasn't been properly demonstrated that he passes our inclusion rules for businesspeople. And nothing about the candidacy section suggests any reason why he could be considered more notable than the norm for non-winning candidates, either. Delete. Bearcat (talk) 00:49, 15 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - I find the nominator's arguments convincing. I have reviewed the notability claims (aside from political candidacy), and found them wanting. Belongs on ballotpedia, not wikipedia. Fieari (talk) 02:31, 15 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. Bearcat (talk) 02:43, 15 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Florida-related deletion discussions. Bearcat (talk) 02:43, 15 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Delete non-notable unelected politician.John Pack Lambert (talk) 03:37, 20 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Delete as he would've only been notable had he actually assumed the House of Representatives position, but since he had not and there's nothing else convincing, there's nothing to save. SwisterTwister talk 00:39, 23 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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+The result was '''delete'''.  [[User:Malcolmxl5|Malcolmxl5]] ([[User talk:Malcolmxl5|talk]]) 01:43, 23 June 2016 (UTC)
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 [[WP:BLP]] of a person notable primarily as a non-winning candidate for political office. While this tries harder than usual to show preexisting notability for other endeavours independent of his candidacy, it misses the boat for [[WP:RS|reliably sourcing]] that -- his career in business is sourced entirely to patent directories, deadlinks and his own self-written content about himself rather than to any media coverage about him -- which means it hasn't been properly demonstrated that he passes our inclusion rules for businesspeople. And nothing about the candidacy section suggests any reason why he could be considered more notable than the norm for non-winning candidates, either. '''Delete'''. [[User:Bearcat|Bearcat]] ([[User talk:Bearcat|talk]]) 00:49, 15 June 2016 (UTC)
 *'''Delete''' - I find the nominator's arguments convincing.  I have reviewed the notability claims (aside from political candidacy), and found them wanting.  Belongs on ballotpedia, not wikipedia. [[User:Fieari|Fieari]] ([[User talk:Fieari|talk]]) 02:31, 15 June 2016 (UTC)
 :<small class="delsort-notice">Note:  This debate has been included in the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/Politicians|list of Politicians-related deletion discussions]]. [[User:Bearcat|Bearcat]] ([[User talk:Bearcat|talk]]) 02:43, 15 June 2016 (UTC)</small>
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+*'''Delete''' non-notable unelected politician.[[User:Johnpacklambert|John Pack Lambert]] ([[User talk:Johnpacklambert|talk]]) 03:37, 20 June 2016 (UTC)
+*'''Delete''' as he would've only been notable had he actually assumed the House of Representatives position, but since he had not and there's nothing else convincing, there's nothing to save. [[User:SwisterTwister|<span style="color:green;">'''S'''wister'''T'''wister</span>]] [[User talk:SwisterTwister|<span style="color:green;">talk</span>]] 00:39, 23 June 2016 (UTC)
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