Wiki143:Articles for deletion/Atlee Yarrow

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The result of the debate was Delete.  (aeropagitica)  01:21, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

Atlee Yarrow

Biography of a nonnotable politcal figure. Claims to be an officer in the Socialist Party of Florida and candidate for governor but has never held elected office, so fails WP:BIO. Possibly autobiography (the major contributors have only worked on articles relating to the Florida Socialist party). Also fails WP:V and the external links are to personal or campaign sites. A search in Lexis/Nexis finds no articles about him in national or Florida newspapers so he fails WP:BIO and WP:V even if he is a candidate for governor (in Florida you can run for any office by paying a fee equal to 6% of the salary). Delete Thatcher131 20:25, 2 March 2006 (UTC)

• Delete, just to reward Thatcher for his/her diligence. Kappa 03:49, 6 March 2006 (UTC)
  • What a ridiculous vote! Not a vote on the article itself, but to reward "Thatcher's" diligence. --Revolución hablar ver 18:39, 7 March 2006 (UTC)

• I agree it is a silly reason to vote. I wanted to do a Lexis/Nexis search because I thought coverage in Flordia newspapers would be a better gauge of political notability of a possibly fringe candidate than google hits, then I just got curious about how hard it was to run for governor. Thatcher131 12:10, 8 March 2006 (UTC)

• Delete, this is completely non-notable. I put this up on cleanup a while back. In any case, it seems to me that it must be either autobiographical or copied from an autobiographical source, since the thoughts and feelings of a twelve-year-old are rarely documented in a verifiable fashion. --Deville (Talk) 05:03, 6 March 2006 (UTC)
  • Atlee is 39 years old. the article is biographical, so I don't see how his early political awakening might not be relevant. --Revolución hablar ver 18:35, 7 March 2006 (UTC)
    • The issue isn't relevance, as much as it is verifiability. There is only one person on earth who knows whether or not the first paragraph under Background is true or not, and that is Yarrow himself. And how would he document it? --Deville (Talk) 04:27, 8 March 2006 (UTC)
• Keep Mr. Yarrow is the elected Secretary of the Socialist Party of Florida. In the past, he ran for the mayorship of Auburn, Georgia unsuccessfully. He is currently the elected Chairman of the Socialist Party of Jacksonville, Florida. Obviously notable whether you find him in your precious Lexis/Nexis or not. --Revolución hablar ver 18:35, 7 March 2006 (UTC)
  • No, not obviously notable. He's not a political figure holding international, national or statewide/provincewide office or a member of a national, state or provincial legislature. So searches (like LexisNexis, precious or not) come into play to determine if he is a major local political figure who has received significant press coverage. If not, he fails WP:BIO -- Samir ∙ File:Flag of Canada.svg T C 10:53, 8 March 2006 (UTC)

Note: relisting 08/03/06. fuddlemark (fuddle me!) 04:17, 8 March 2006 (UTC)

• Strong Delete an advertisement for a member of a political party which DOES NOT EVEN HAVE single-digit popularity ratings, and has not remotely even influenced the results of any elections.Blnguyen | Have your say!!! 05:33, 8 March 2006 (UTC)
• Delete. Doesn't meet notability requirements for candidates nor verifiability in terms of third party sources. Capitalistroadster 05:36, 8 March 2006 (UTC)
• Delete, WP:V applies, at the least. --Kinu ^t/_c 05:38, 8 March 2006 (UTC)
• Delete The man couldn't get elected mayor of a town of ~7000. non-notable politicruft. — Adrian~enwiki (talk) 07:47, 8 March 2006 (UTC)
• Delete unverifiable with no external references. Melchoir 09:04, 8 March 2006 (UTC)
• Delete as nn-bio. --Terence Ong 10:24, 8 March 2006 (UTC)
• Delete doesn't meet criteria for notability -- Samir ∙ File:Flag of Canada.svg T C 10:53, 8 March 2006 (UTC)

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