Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Alan Bateman

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 was delete. Beeblebrox (talk) 23:02, 10 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Alan Bateman

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Two things brought this AfD into being, one of them more important than the other. First, an editor who claims to be the subject of the article has been trying to gut it and nominate it for deletion, and that drew my attention. Second, though, the only notable position that the subject has had, as far as I can tell, was deputy mayor of a township of 15,000. I can't find anything else of interest, just a few things related to unsuccessful Republican runs for office. I don't see how this subject is notable by our standards. Drmies (talk) 02:41, 26 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of New Jersey-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 03:33, 26 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 03:33, 26 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. Somebody who actively seeks to erase his name from record is suspicous. Maybe he stole some money from the township and wants to disappear. Or maybe he's planning to kill his wife. We'll be reading about him soon on the newspapers. Just kidding, delete.--Zalinda Zenobia (talk) 16:05, 26 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- As this appears to be a "joke", I think the highlighted preference can be safely ignored.—RJH (talk) 17:25, 26 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - deputy mayor and unsuccessful candidate for higher office, so does not meet notability standard for politicians. No evidence of substantial media coverage. Warofdreams talk 10:40, 28 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Merge into United States House of Representatives elections in New Jersey, 2010#District 4. NYyankees51 (talk) 01:46, 29 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 08:40, 2 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions. -- -- Cirt (talk) 14:09, 2 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per past precedent and specific guidelines; see Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bruce Blakeman and Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Gail Goode. Bearian (talk) 01:04, 4 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Very minor politician who ran for congress twice, losing once in the primary and once in the general election. The article had not been updated since the spring of 2010, before the 2010 primary (which he lost); I have added the information to bring it current. No point in a merge or redirect (which election would you redirect to?). --MelanieN (talk) 16:26, 10 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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.