Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bob Smither

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The result was NO CONSENSUS. Possibly a merge if someone's feeling bold. -Splash - tk 23:19, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Bob Smither

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Failed Libertarian candidate in the 2006 election from Tom DeLay's old district. I'm was really surprised to see that this hadn't been through AfD last year. Third-party candidate, with few reliable sources: unclear to me whether he satisfies WP:BIO. Delete pending other opinions. Xoloz 18:11, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

Keep, why being a 'third-party' candidate matters? His candidacy got much press coverage, more than that of other 'second-party' candidates. --Uriel 18:25, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

And you have evidence of this, especially the latter claim? --Calton | Talk 07:37, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

http://news.google.com/archivesearch?q=bob.smither&btnG=Search+Archives&hl=en&ned=us&ie=UTF-8 he even got interviewed for CNN, I don't think every single 'second-party' candidates got that far. And this anecdotal, but I live on the other side of the world, and I'm not from the USA, and I heard about his candidacy from the press. --Uriel 14:36, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

• Delete. No claim of notability. He lost a political race. So have a lot of other non-notable people. --Fang Aili ^talk 18:34, 9 April 2007 (UTC)
• Keep. This race received considerable public attention outside the geographical area, because of the unusual circumstances. Smither is more notable than the average minor-party candidate. Article needs cleanup, though. JamesMLane t c 03:51, 10 April 2007 (UTC)
• Keep Whether politicians are notable depends on the individual circumstances, and the nature of the district and his distinctive views were widely reported. DGG 04:23, 10 April 2007 (UTC)
• Delete or merge to Texas's United States House elections, 2006. His notability is derived from his presence in a particular notable campaign, not from anything that he actually accomplished. By the proponents reckoning, any goober who managed to get on the ballot would be notable. Montco 05:49, 10 April 2007 (UTC)
• Delete or minor merge to Texas's United States House elections, 2006. No claim of notability other than he went from having a snowball's chance in Hell to a snowball's chance in a frying pan because of the special election. --Calton | Talk 07:36, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

He is notable even for non-politics related reasons, in the last month alone there are at least three news items that mention him in relation to the search of his daughter: http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ned=us&q=bob.smither&btnG=Search+News

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