Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/John Monds

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The result was keep. KaisaL (talk) 05:48, 12 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

John Monds

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Does not appear to pass WP:NPOL: all coverage is with respect to his failed candidacy and being a libertarian, with biographical details being a non-independent press release from the Libertarian Party. Reywas92^Talk 01:38, 26 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. Reywas92^Talk 01:38, 26 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Politics-related deletion discussions. Reywas92^Talk 01:38, 26 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Georgia (U.S. state)-related deletion discussions. Reywas92^Talk 01:38, 26 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Comment: Getting over a million votes and breaking a record vote count for the Libertarian Party indicates that he is likely to be notable. That said, I'm not sure the coverage in the article holds up to GNG and he doesn't meet the criteria in WP:NPOL. b uidhe 04:30, 26 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]
As a candidate for the Public Service Commission...even the winner of that race and the current incumbents (except the one who appears to have written his own article!) do not have articles (not that they can't though, PSCs are important). It isn't terribly rare for third party candidates to get more votes than they usually do when either a Democrat or Republican isn't running (like 2006 United States Senate election in Indiana and 2008 United States Senate election in Arkansas) but that doesn't make the loser any more notable. Reywas92^Talk 04:57, 26 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Keep, I think he passes both WP:GNG and WP:BLP1E, given that he has received what looks like substantial coverage for his being the first Libertarian to break 1 Million votes, his gubernatorial campaign and his recent Presidential run. Devonian Wombat (talk) 10:03, 26 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Per the argument above by Devonian Wombat. Sal2100 (talk) 20:13, 27 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Delete high performance in an essentially non-contested race is not a sign of notability.John Pack Lambert (talk) 20:25, 2 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

That alone dosen't make him notable, but the coverage he has received for the historic significance of his campaigns (including being the first African-American to appear on the ballot in a Georgia gubernatorial election) does. More recent coverage includes a front page story in the Florida Courier, a statewide newspaper. This clearly goes beyond the routine coverage for a third-party political candidacy. Sal2100 (talk) 21:02, 3 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, 78.26 _{(spin me / revolutions)} 19:39, 4 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Keep - First black politician to appear on general election ballot as candidate for governor of Georgia seems a substantial enough hook. Politicians are always covered extensively in the press and are inevitably GNG passes by their very nature; we impose a high bar to keep out a certain percentage of self-serving articles about current candidates. This subject seems to have sufficient historical importance to get over our artificial high bar. Carrite (talk) 11:43, 11 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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.