Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/John Roggeveen

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The result was already merge. --PeaceNT (talk) 13:05, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] John Roggeveen

John Roggeveen (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs) (delete) – (View log)

Contested prod. No notability asserted beyond candidate in provincial election. No demonstration of coverage by reliable sources. Sarcasticidealist (talk) 20:45, 16 February 2008 (UTC)

• Delete per nom. // Chris ^{(complaints)•(contribs)} 03:55, 17 February 2008 (UTC)
• Delete per nom Gary King (talk) 10:10, 17 February 2008 (UTC)
• Moved from the talk page: Content is verifiable, notable individual for running in election, has past history in electoral race. Not purely autobiographical - has had multiple contributors. Valuable information on individual. 199.126.190.57 (talk) 06:30, 18 February 2008 (UTC)

Running in an election does not, in and of itself, make someone notable. Winning it does. Bearcat (talk) 22:14, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

(NOTE) Winning an election is not a guarantee of notability, either per this.--Sallicio 04:40, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

• Merge to Liberal Party candidates, 2008 Alberta provincial election per standard practice on unelected candidates. Bearcat (talk) 22:13, 22 February 2008 (UTC)
• Keep or Merge (provisionally), assuming what the author says is true (none of the references given are acceptable), the subject does fall within WP guidelines. If proper references cannot be provided then the subject should be deleted completely.--Sallicio 04:37, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

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