Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Susan salek

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The result was delete. Jayjg ^(talk) 03:44, 25 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Susan salek

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Non-notable individual lacking GHits and GNEWS of substance. Appears to fail WP:BIO and WP:POLITICIAN. ttonyb (talk) 20:46, 18 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - That's a nice resume, but there is no coverage about her. I suppose the claim to be the first Iranian-Canadian woman to run for political office might be notable, but I can find no coverage about that, so it is apparently not considered notable. -- Whpq (talk) 15:50, 19 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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Delete per nom.4meter4 (talk) 21:11, 20 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Delete per nom, and it also seems the writer may have a WP: COI because he refers to her as Ms. Salek, as if he knows her personally. Rin tin tin 1996 (talk) 18:39, 21 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per nom, fails notability as a politician. If it can be verified by reliable sources that she was the first Iranian-Canadian on any ballot, then I might change my mind. Bearian (talk) 13:14, 22 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- Comment - The claim is not that she is the "first Iranian-Canadian" to run for office. The claim is that she is the first woman to do so. I'd say that being the first to run is rather a poor claim on notability, as opposed to being the first elected. I would expect to see some significant coverage highlighting her as the first Iranian-Canadian woman to run for public office before I'd accept that as a notable, and that coverage is non-existent as far as I can tell. -- Whpq (talk) 13:39, 22 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  - Addendum - After a bit of light scouring on the web, I've found this blog entry on the Vancouver Sun which is a major Canadian daily which identifies Sherry Shaghaghi as having unsuccessfully run for North Vancouver City council in 2005 which is prior to Salek's attempt in 2006. So even the one tenuous claim on notability is not true. -- Whpq (talk) 13:44, 22 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    - Good catch! — Satori Son 14:37, 22 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Delete as insufficiently notable per the WP:GNG. — Satori Son 14:37, 22 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Comment - WP:POLITICIAN holds that running for office does not by itself support notability. In my opinion, had she been the first (insert non-mainstream ethnic group here) to win an election for office in Canada, that would pass the guideline. --A More Perfect Onion (talk) 14:46, 22 March 2010 (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.