Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Matthew McLauchlin

Matthew McLauchlin

Non-notable person. I came back just to put this on afd. Delete --File:Ottawa flag.png Spinboy 06:34, 16 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Delete, as above. Jachin 06:41, 16 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Weak Delete. Google isn't helping me very much, but he does seem to be some sort of political figure, albeit a low-key one. JHMM13 (T | C) 07:47, 16 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. Running for a major political party in Canada. Wikipedia policy in the past has been for keeping major party candidates. Plus his expertise on the Montreal Metro should not be ignored. --NDP logo Earl Andrew - talk 08:31, 16 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Merge to relevant article, delete otherwuse, Capitalistroadster 09:54, 16 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I'd just like to note that if we delete McLauchlin, we should delete all the candidates in this article Ohio second congressional district election, 2005. --NDP logo Earl Andrew - talk 08:41, 16 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I'd just like to note that comparing a candidate article with the article about an election is flawed. If there was an article about Jack Mehof, Congessional candidate I'd vote for him to be deleted as well. Movementarian 09:59, 16 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Delete, it appears that he's running for the equivalent of city council in the city of Montreal. He wouldn't be notable even if elected. Frankly, Ohio second congressional district election, 2005 is just disturbing. -- Kjkolb 09:42, 16 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
- He's running in the federal election, not for city council. --File:Ottawa flag.png Spinboy 17:14, 16 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. If he wins he can have an article. Candidates should only be listed in an article about the election. Movementarian 09:56, 16 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

- If articles such as this one are deleted, it shows how blantantly American-centric Wikipedia is. There must be consistinency. --NDP logo Earl Andrew - talk 12:52, 16 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Keep major party candidate in a Canadian election. - SimonP 13:59, 16 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia is not consistant. Arguments of "We have articles on those insignificant things, so we must have an article on this insignificant thing" are very wrong in my opinion. This isn't Wikipedia being American-centric; being a candidate in any location is the same. Friday (talk) 14:42, 16 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Delete First off, not all candidates are equal. As a denizen, I can elucidate that running for the NDP means the candidate has no chance whatsoever to get anywhere close to being elected. The NDP prides itself (and why not) on running candidates in every national riding, but frequently must resort to nn students and the like, since in no-hope ridings like, oh say, every single riding in Quebec, few else can be bothered. Some seem to be putting the cart before the horse with respect to the notabilty of these candidates. Running for election because an individual has achieved notability is one thing, and certainly a number of candidates who lose are, in other respects, notable. But running for office, in and of itself, is not grounds for establishing notability. Finally, shame on any Canadians who hide behind systematic bias as a basis for inclusion. That is unworthy. Eusebeus 17:23, 16 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]