Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Dr Thomas Pollard

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The result was delete/redirect. Beeblebrox (talk) 19:30, 11 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Dr Thomas Pollard

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Unremarkable candidate. My rule of thumb is for a candidate to be notable, there must be at least one scandal in the news. Can find nothing except the fact that he got 0.3% of the vote. W Nowicki (talk) 03:13, 3 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

So...if there's a scandal-free candiate, they're automatically non-notable? - The Bushranger _{Return fire}^{Flank speed} 05:57, 3 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Only half sarcastic: yes. The way the US elections work, if a candidate is considered a serious threat, attack ads appear (now funded by secret corporate groups) acusing them of something horrible. So no attacks implies the candidate was not really taken seriously. Of course every rule has exceptions, and perhaps historic elections (and in other countries) might be different. W Nowicki (talk) 18:04, 3 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect to Hawaii gubernatorial election, 2010 per WP:POLITICIAN. Unremarkable failed candidate. Ray^Talk 03:38, 3 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Hawaii-related deletion discussions. -- Ray^Talk 03:38, 3 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. -- Ray^Talk 03:38, 3 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
"Redirect per Ray. - The Bushranger _{Return fire}^{Flank speed} 05:57, 3 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect sounds good to me too. He is only notable, so far, for the one event of running for office so give the details there. No need to repeat the same information in 2 articles. (Although I know that is often done here.) Steve Dufour (talk) 06:03, 3 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect after deletion, fails WP:POLITICIAN. Hekerui (talk) 20:21, 3 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. Fails POLITICIAN. Kittybrewster ☎ 22:28, 4 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. Fails WP:POLITICIAN. LibStar (talk) 00:53, 6 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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