Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Matt Brown (Canadian politician)

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The result was delete. as per clear consensus JForget 22:14, 8 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Matt Brown (Canadian politician)

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fails WP:POLITICIAN as a perennial candidate with no actual office. Ironholds (talk) 01:28, 4 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. No relevant articles about him could be found. If they are and therefore the article is kept, those "biography" and "volunteer work" sections need to go, replaced by something looking less like a CV. McMarcoP (talk) 07:45, 4 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Speedy delete A7. Speedy deletion tag I placed was denied but there is nothing here which asserts notability let alone demonstrates it. Given that the only refs are to a site named votemattbrown.ca it very much appears WP is inappropriately being used to raise the profile of a political hopeful. (WP:POLITICIAN notes that merely being a candidate does not make you notable and this individual is still only seeking nomination to stand as a candidate.) I42 (talk) 08:45, 4 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- Comment I read the position of campaign manager, and president of the board of one organisation he did voluntary work with as assertions of notability - not that I think they make him notable. Thryduulf (talk) 23:02, 4 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete, fails WP:POLITICIAN. Simples. Lord Spongefrog, (I am a flesh-eating robot) 12:34, 4 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. Thryduulf (talk) 23:02, 4 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Canada-related deletion discussions. Thryduulf (talk) 23:02, 4 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete I agree with the comments above. Mr. Brown is not notable, does not hold public office, and from what I've read has not held public office worth of Wikipedia per WP:POLITICIAN. If he stands as a candidate and wins in an election maybe, but until then should be deleted asap. Until then, it's just publicity to further an election campaign by using Wikipedia to forward excerpts from his own website. --mjwilson (^Talk/_Contrib) 01:03, 6 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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