Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Tom Bailey (U.S. politician)

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The result was delete. j⚛e decker^talk 00:26, 14 July 2014 (UTC)

Tom Bailey (U.S. politician)

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Does not meet WP:NPOL. No independent sources. – S. Rich (talk) 22:21, 6 July 2014 (UTC)

• Delete as I didn't find sources either, and they should be pretty easy to find for a politician. I live literally a stones throw from him here in NC, and I've never heard of him. And btw, thank you for dropping the note off at the NC project, that was very good form and it is appreciated. Dennis Brown | 2¢ | WER 23:20, 6 July 2014 (UTC)

Note: This debate has been included in the list of North Carolina-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 01:51, 7 July 2014 (UTC)

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 01:51, 7 July 2014 (UTC)

• Delete - Also couldn't find sources to pass WP:POLITICIAN or WP:BIO. --— Rhododendrites ^talk |  12:14, 7 July 2014 (UTC)
• Delete as an unelected politician. Leave a redirect to United States Senate election in North Carolina, 2004 if you'd like. If there were any sourced information to merge, I would have suggested that, but there isn't. Carrite (talk) 17:08, 7 July 2014 (UTC)
• Delete In general failed candidates do not merit articles, especially when they were candidates for minor parties.John Pack Lambert (talk) 19:59, 7 July 2014 (UTC)
• Unelected candidates for office do not qualify for Wikipedia articles just for being candidates — and that goes double for unelected candidates for office whose articles are sourced only to a primary source. Delete. Bearcat (talk) 22:44, 7 July 2014 (UTC)

• Delete - Unelected politician without significant coverage in independent reliable sources. He is barely mentioned even in election coverage. For example., Chicago Tribune just lists him in the vote tallies. -- Whpq (talk) 15:45, 8 July 2014 (UTC)
• Delete as an obvious WP:NPOL and WP:GNG fail.--Ddcm8991 (talk) 21:52, 8 July 2014 (UTC)
• Delete Non-notable candidate, no independent sources at all. Tiller54 (talk) 17:01, 12 July 2014 (UTC)

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