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The result was no consensus. Beeblebrox (talk) 22:31, 13 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Kawika Crowley

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Does not meet notability criteria of WP:POLITICIAN, suggest redirect to election article. Arbor8 (talk) 16:57, 18 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Hawaii-related deletion discussions. — Frankie (talk) 21:08, 19 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. — Frankie (talk) 21:08, 19 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect to United States House of Representatives elections in Hawaii, 2012 per our usual practice for unelected candidates without evidence of other notability. The article does include a claim that Kawika Crowley co-wrote the great song "Hawai'i '78", best known for the two versions by Israel Kamakawiwo'ole on his landmark Facing Future album. Crowley's claim is detailed at his website hawaiiseventyeight.com; but all the independent sources that I can find give the credit to Micky Ioane, and I find no reliable independent sources that back up Crowley's co-authorship claim.--Arxiloxos (talk) 22:45, 19 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Surprisingly for an unelected congressional candidate, Crowley has gotten coverage from national sources including the Huffington Post. I will work on the article and try to make his notability clearer. --MelanieN (talk) 01:03, 20 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I expanded the article and added several references. He is mostly notable as the first homeless person to run for Congress on a major party ticket. --MelanieN (talk) 01:36, 20 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Keep I believe this is incredibly resourceful, as to becoming unelected candidate, the Huffington Post and of course the NY Times really do help the standing sources for this article.--GoShow (...............) 04:27, 22 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, ItsZippy ^{(talk • contributions)} 15:27, 27 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Dori ☾Talk ☯ Contribs☽ 02:10, 5 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Weak delete - I suppose my query would be whether his nomination for Congress would be a matter of WP:BLP1E. I mean, what else is he notable for, except for that nomination? Of course if he is elected he would pass WP:POLITICIAN but assuming that he will be would be a matter of WP:CRYSTAL, so... on balance, weak delete. Stalwart111 (talk) 03:51, 5 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Keep: Even if he doesn't get elected, his nomination has been notable enough to get media attention, so I think an entry in the encyclopedia is justified. As the election draws nearer, I would expect there to be increased covered of him, which would hopefully include some more biographical information. I'd be open to revisit this issue after the election though. —Zujine|talk 06:41, 5 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Weak delete: looks to risk the fate of other single event / WP:NOTNEWS types of candidates. There's a lot of novelty in a homeless guy running for congress and it would pick up coverage for a few weeks. I'm not persuaded it would go beyond this. Not everything mentioned in the news is actually suitable for Wikipedia, because our articles need to cover something's legacy beyond what you might find in the brief bursts of media fascination. Vcessayist (talk) 02:23, 7 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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