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The result was no consensus. Dennis Brown - 2¢ 23:46, 5 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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• Does not meet WP:POLITICIAN. Has never been elected, lead a party that has never held a seat.--User19004 (talk) 20:54, 11 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of British Columbia-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 22:21, 11 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 22:26, 11 June 2020 (UTC) (UTC)[reply]

• Delete he was never elected to office. The party he was over is sominor it does not convey notability on its leaders.John Pack Lambert (talk) 20:41, 12 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep several references have been added to the article since the AFD started by User:Samsmachado, and it looks notable to me. Nfitz (talk) 05:29, 14 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep Not a notable politican but appears to be a notable activist. [1] [2] [3] [4]. Sources include Huff Post and The Guardian. AlessandroTiandelli333 (talk) 13:22, 14 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete Non-notable perennial candidate. KidAd (talk) 06:13, 15 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment - Please note nominator has been blocked for sockpuppetry and has done little but AFD articles since they created their account - all of which that I've carefully checked seem to be notable. Nfitz (talk) 09:02, 15 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete as non-notable political figure. No obvious accomplishments as an activist or candidate. --Lockley (talk) 18:39, 18 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete there may be enough here in the sources for an article on the Marijuana Party, but he has no notability apart from his association with that party. The coverage on him is coverage any candidate would receive, with one exception where he talks about the political party. SportingFlyer T·C 16:36, 19 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep Sockpuppets sometimes provide useful contributions, but additional sources show notability here. --Micky (talk) 17:54, 20 June 2020 (UTC) Blocked sockpuppet --Malcolmxl5 (talk) 02:47, 26 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

• Which ones exactly? SportingFlyer T·C 17:37, 21 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep per Alessandro Tiandelli. Not only is the subject notable, he is also a perennial candidate which in some cases confers notability in itself. Longley passes GNG, and since NPOL is preventing us from improving the encyclopedia it should be ignored. −−− Cactus Jack 🌵 19:59, 30 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

NPOL speaks about presumed notability and does not be need be considered if the subject passes Wikipedia:Basic, as is clearly stated in that policy.Djflem (talk) 17:00, 3 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Then we'd have heaps of non-notable politicians scraping through on basic coverage, which isn't the case. That's why we have WP:NOT, to get rid of articles like this one where someone's not really mentioned much and always in the context of a fringe party. SportingFlyer T·C 17:45, 3 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

No, that claim is not why "we" at Wikipedia have NOT: This article is not a dictionary entry; is not a publication of original thought: is not a soapbox or means of promotion, not a mirror or a repository of links, images, or media files; not a blog, web hosting service, social networking service, or memorial site; is not a directory listing; is not a manual, guidebook, textbook, or scientific journal; is not a crystal ball making prediecations; is not a newspaper article; is not an indiscriminate collection of information. This AfD certainly shows there's an an attempt to censor.Djflem (talk) 21:07, 3 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I know what I'm talking about - he fails NOTNEWS and PROMO and arguably NOTINHERITED since all of the articles discuss him in the context of the party (on top of the GNG failure). SportingFlyer T·C 16:51, 4 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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