Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Justin Dollimont

This page is an archive of the discussion about the proposed deletion of the article below. This page is no longer live. Further comments should be made on the article's talk page rather than here so that this page is preserved as an historic record.
The result of the debate was merge and redirect to Green Party of Canada candidates, 2004 federal election. Deathphoenix 05:35, 26 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Justin Dollimont

Non-notable. I don't think getting 3.5% percent of a provincial election qualifies one for a Wikipedia article. Delete. Bratsche ^(talk) 02:01, Mar 9, 2005 (UTC)

• Delete running for provincial office and failing is not notable, this article doesn't give any other reasons why this guy should be in wikipedia--nixie 02:14, 9 Mar 2005 (UTC)
• Keep. He has been linked to in two articles on the election. "Justin Dollimont" returns 48 Google hits. --Ryan! | Talk 03:33, Mar 9, 2005 (UTC)
• Delete, just under the bar of notability. Megan1967 03:58, 9 Mar 2005 (UTC)
• Delete, not notable. Radiant! 09:19, Mar 9, 2005 (UTC)
• Delete 3% does not even suggest a serious candidate Andrew Lenahan - Starblind 15:09, Mar 9, 2005 (UTC)
  • What did Ralph Nader or David Cobb get in the 2004 US general election? If either of them got 3% or less of the vote, what are their articles doing on Wikipedia? --Ryan! | Talk 15:43, Mar 9, 2005 (UTC)
    • Each got less than 1%, if I remember right. But, Nader is notable for other things besides his '04 candidacy, for example his numerous published books. Cobb isn't as notable as Nader, but he's getting a lot of press for his activity with the Ohio recount (which he's still pushing for, I believe). Andrew Lenahan - Starblind 17:31, Mar 9, 2005 (UTC)
    • Nader and Cobb were not provincial candidates. Gamaliel 19:31, 10 Mar 2005 (UTC)
• Delete. The Green Party of Canada is notable. Their leader is notable. An otherwise undistinguished candidate who polled less than 3% in the race for a particular seat...isn't notable. --TenOfAllTrades | Talk 18:52, 9 Mar 2005 (UTC)
• Keep --Spinboy 20:20, 9 Mar 2005 (UTC)
• Delete, Canadacruft. 3% of the vote? Maybe if you're running for President or Prime Minister, but not Congress or Parliament. Isn't notable when it happens in the US, and it ain't notable when it happens in Canada. -R. fiend 20:35, 9 Mar 2005 (UTC)
• Delete. Article and web searches fail to spotlight anything notable about this person. - NormanEinstein 20:56, 9 Mar 2005 (UTC)
• Merge into Green Party of Canada candidates, 2004 federal election. Bearcat 03:27, 10 Mar 2005 (UTC)
• Delete. Gamaliel 19:31, 10 Mar 2005 (UTC)
• Keep He is someone in the public eye. --Mattwj2002 19:36, 10 Mar 2005 (UTC)
• I've compressed the page to a redirect, leading to Green Party of Canada candidates, 2004 federal election. Deletion is no longer necessary.

Discussions about minor candidates like this have come up before (in fact, there was recently a Wikipedia forum discussion on the subject). The general consensus seems to be that (i) there is room on Wikipedia for some information about such figures, but (ii) they don't deserve individual bio pages. The compromise solution which most seem to accept is the creation of list pages, containing short biographies of candidates (or councillors, or whatever) who aren't quite notable enough to make the cut on their own.

(For those curious, the "Green Party candidates" page was started during the Chernushenko discussion about two weeks ago. It now has six entries, and is growing.) CJCurrie 23:51, 10 Mar 2005 (UTC)

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