The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was delete. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 04:09, 30 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Sal Peralta[edit]

Sal Peralta (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) (delete) – (View log)

Non-notable local politician, no evidence of stubstantial coverage in multiple third-party reliable sources, per the article's talk page. Katr67 (talk) 18:58, 25 March 2009 (UTC) Note: Courtesy nomination, was originally nominated by kotra and was more or less seconded by Speralta. There was some confusion about whether this was supposed to be a speedy deletion, and I clarified that AfD was the deletion process intended. Katr67 (talk) 21:38, 25 March 2009 (UTC) [reply]

• Delete As nominator. Katr67 (talk) 19:07, 25 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment I nominated the article for deletion. but my preference is to not have the article deleted. However, there has been significant push-back by two editors (Gang14, PeteForsyth) with whom I have recently had some editorial disputes on a couple of other pages Independent Party of Oregon, Independent (politician). I note, for example that an administrative editor, Pete Forsyth had done some minor edits to the page last year, but called for speedy deletion this week shortly after an editorial dispute on another page resolved in my favor. In his most recent raft of comments, he explicitly referenced his distaste for "my editorial style") and at this point, I would just like a resolution one way or the other.— Preceding unsigned comment added by Speralta (talk • contribs)
• Weak delete. Some claim to notability, but the references seems to be a mixture of incidental coverage, involvement in certain news events, and unsuccessfully standing in an election. Difficult to tell with Gnews because there appears to be a sportsperson of the same name swamping the hits. Chris Neville-Smith (talk) 19:32, 25 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Sod it, strong delete, having followed the talk page. Autobiographical article with apparent sole agenda of publicising the subject of the article. If that's the best this person can do after a concerted effort to meet notability criteria, I'm not prepared to give the benefit of the doubt. Chris Neville-Smith (talk) 21:08, 25 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete - fails WP:BIO, the independent sources (i.e. not the voter's pamphlet) given offer little in the way of substantial coverage (one would, but would need a handful due to the limited nature of that source), and searching through the Oregonian and Statesman Journal archives gives about the same level coverage, though lots of opinion pieces. If the Willamette Week or The Oregonian come out with substantive stories just about Peralta, then come back with a new version. Aboutmovies (talk) 20:29, 25 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• Side note, since it was raised on the talk page. I too have edited this article and did not put it up for deletion, but that has no logical bearing on whether or not I thought it passed notability guidelines. It reflects more on the amount of time it can take and the hassle of dealing with autobiographical content based on my past experiences, not on the merits of it remaining in Wikipedia. Aboutmovies (talk) 20:31, 25 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete. Autobioghraphy of an unelected politician. I42 (talk) 22:42, 25 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete as above, per my comments on the talk page, etc. I see no reason to throw the first snowball. tedder (talk) 23:03, 25 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Living people-related deletion discussions. --Erwin85Bot (talk) 00:01, 26 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Oregon-related deletion discussions. -- Fabrictramp | talk to me 17:06, 28 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. -- Fabrictramp | talk to me 17:06, 28 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete fails WP:POLITICIAN and nothing on the sources on the page suggest notability. Valenciano (talk) 08:54, 29 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.