Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Raj Bhakta

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. 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.

The result was Keep. Xoloz 18:30, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Raj Bhakta

Article had an AfD tag, but no page created so I'm listing it. I can see why it was tagged considering WP:NOT a soapbox - this article seems to have been created and is being maintained for the sole purpose of promoting Raj Bhakta and his congressional campaign. Delete, maybe insert a paragraph about him into Apprentice 2 Candidates article and redirect it to that page - Paulus89 14:19, 14 August 2006 (UTC)

• Keep, combination of Apprentice appearance, nomination by major party for US Congress, plus various newsworthy stumbles in his campaign (mentioned in article) make him notable. NawlinWiki 15:05, 14 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete, abuse of wikipedia as entry is being maintained by paid employee of political campaign which regularly deletes information not favorable to the campaign including references to Mr. Bhakta's DUIs until others cried foul, deletion of references to articles from the Hill and the Philadelphia Inquirer unfavorable to the candidate, use of spam blogging to intimidate Wikipedians making comments. Page is nothing more than a thinly veiled piece of campaign literature. Bruceberry 11:11, 14 August 2006 (UTC)
  • Response Article should be watched closely, and if editors are removing pertinent info in bad faith, they should be warned/blocked. When I read the article today, though, it didn't strike me as campaign propaganda (maybe because the DUI and false-accusation stuff was in it). NawlinWiki 15:15, 14 August 2006 (UTC)
• Strong keep. The conduct of certain editors doesn't change the fact that the subject of the article meets criteria for notability on account of his TV appearance on The Apprentice and his campaign. The article is certainly long enough to stand alone. I agree with NawlinWiki that the way to deal with it is to warn the editors. —C.Fred (talk) 15:44, 14 August 2006 (UTC)
• Keep - blocker spammers as needed. There are procedures in place for that. WilyD 16:50, 14 August 2006 (UTC)
• Keep and deal with vandalism as appropriate. Leuko 19:25, 14 August 2006 (UTC)
• Keep. He's a major-party candidate for federal office - certainly a more worthy reason to be in an encyclopedia than his earlier television exploits. The article seems to have a balanced look now, and I think enough editors are looking in on it to keep it that way. Coemgenus 21:46, 14 August 2006 (UTC)
• Keep. Figure is notable as a major-party candidate for federal office. Yamaguchi先生 08:22, 17 August 2006 (UTC)

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.