Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Quico Canseco

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The result was merge to United States House of Representatives elections in Texas, 2010#District 23*. T. Canens (talk) 04:34, 3 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Quico Canseco

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Fails WP:POLITICIAN ""Just being an elected local official, or an unelected candidate for political office, does not guarantee notability, although such people can still be notable if they meet the primary notability criterion of "significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject of the article." TM 21:48, 25 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

He is notable. Consider that almost all of the handicappers think the election is a toss up.--Jerzeykydd (talk) 22:59, 25 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Unfortunately just saying he is notable does not make it so.--TM 02:39, 26 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Keep or Merge and redirect, just don't delete. This is not a singular instance. It seems Jerzeykydd is adding articles for every viable Republican candidate. I don't have a problem with this, as they are indeed viable, but these articles are being created without Project Vote Smart, FEC, Open Secrets, and Follow The Money links (the CongLinks template). iow, they're just campaign brochures mixed with some rah-rah polling results. Many articles are also missing a link back to the actual election articles (or at least a link that works). In addition, the election articles are being 'edited' to not include all the qualified candidates, and even have the primary election results removed! I was surprised to see that some had the 2008 R/D percentage removed while other didn't, and then realized it was only the ones that did not go for McCain that had it removed! Wikipedia is not to be used as a handy-dandy spin machine for the Republican Party. I can understand some partisan enthusiasm, but either remember this is an encyclopedia or take a break until after the elections are over. Flatterworld (talk) 17:02, 26 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I would add that in any situation such as this, the article should be merged, not deleted. I don't want to have to find and add the links yet another time. Flatterworld (talk) 17:49, 26 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Texas-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 19:51, 26 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Businesspeople-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 19:51, 26 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 19:51, 26 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Again all of the handicappers say the election is a toss up.--Jerzeykydd (talk) 19:55, 26 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect to the relevant election district article as the subject doesn't seem to have any notability other than being an election candidate which is not in itself notable. Jerzeykydd's keep isn't valid as the point about the election being a toss up is irrelevant per WP:CRYSTAL. Valenciano (talk) 05:48, 29 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
He has significant news coverage: Dallas Morning News, My San Antonio News, Southern Political Report, MSN, San Angelo Standard Times, and Texas Tribune.--Jerzeykydd (talk) 22:36, 29 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Jerzeykydd, do you understand the concept of significant coverage? Most of those articles simply mention Canseco. An example "Texas 23 (San Antonio, etc.) Incumbent Ciro Rodriguez (D) is getting a tougher-than-usual challenge from banker Quico Canseco (R), whose mid-August OnMessage poll showed him with a 43 percent to 37 percent lead. Canseco is raising money, much of it borrowed, and getting attacked as favoring privatization of Social Security." (Southern Political Report). Does this sound significant to anyone? How about another: "...Quico Canseco (R) won the opportunity to face Rep. Ciro Rodriguez. " (MSN). Come on, you know better.--TM 23:10, 29 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect to United States House of Representatives elections in Texas, 2010#District 23*. Our rules on political candidate biographies are extremely clear, and he's not so overwhelmingly likely to win as to invoke wp:buro. Ray^Talk 22:42, 30 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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