Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Alfred Kwame Asiedu Walker

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The result was delete. Tone 07:48, 24 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Alfred Kwame Asiedu Walker

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BLP of an unsuccessful candidate for the Presidency of Ghana with no other claim of notability. He was recently deciding whether to run again, according to sources I found. As an unsuccessful past candidate and possible current candidate he does not pass WP:NPOL. Mccapra (talk) 02:18, 17 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. Mccapra (talk) 02:18, 17 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Ghana-related deletion discussions. Mccapra (talk) 02:18, 17 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I respectfully contest your wanting to have the page deleted. I agree that unsuccessful candidates may not be suitable for wikipedia. However, he was not unsuccessful. He indeed contested in the 2016 elections after the country's Electoral Commission gave him the clearance. Most bloggers only captured the earlier parts when the EC raised objection to his candidature. Subsequently he was cleared and I am gathering documents to that effect. Kindly wait as I work to improve the page other than proposing it for deletion. If you've noticed, the page is being worked on gradually. Also, the man is a politician who has done other things in Ghana and which I would include in the page.

Delete what we mean by 'unsuccessful" is "unelected". Just because someone successfully made it on a ballot does not make them notable, the cut-off for notability is not running but being elected.John Pack Lambert (talk) 18:24, 18 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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