Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Arjinderpal Sekhon

Arjinderpal Sekhon

delete, yet another political nominee lacking WP:BIO and WP:C&E. Vectro 17:29, 17 October 2006 (UTC)

• Delete. Running for office does not make one notable. Kafziel ^Talk 17:45, 17 October 2006 (UTC)
  • Comment - I suggest adding Bill Falzett (the guy Sekhon beat in the primary) to this AfD for the same reason. Kafziel ^Talk 17:52, 17 October 2006 (UTC)
    • Done. See Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bill Falzett. Vectro 18:31, 17 October 2006 (UTC)
• DO NOT delete Beyond being the first South Asian American to run for that District's Congressional seat, Sekhon is also the only Sikh-American to be contesting a Congressional seat in this election. Mr. Sekhon is also a notable figure in South Asian-American politics, as evidenced by numerous fundraisers and speaking engagements being held for him across California and the country. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Khalil78 (talk • contribs) 18:28, 17 October 2006 (UTC)
• DO NOT delete. Dr. Sekhon is an Army Veteran running for Congress in California's District 2. This election is very important because Dr. Sekhon was the underdog in the Democratic primaries against Falzett, and now in the general election against Wally Herger. Also, as stated by the previous posting, he is the ONLY Sikh running for Congress in this upcoming election. If you would like more information on this candidate, then you can check out the links on the article that will direct you to his campaign website! --Gtorresjr 18:40, 17 October 2006 (UTC)
  • Note This user is brand new and has only edited in regards to this deletion. HighInBC 18:42, 17 October 2006 (UTC)
  • If the only sources of information on a person are autobiographies, which includes blurbs published by candidates when standing for election, then the person does not satisfy our Wikipedia:Criteria for inclusion of biographies. See Wikipedia:Autobiography for the problems with autobiographies. To warrant an article, it has to be demonstrated that this person satisfies the criteria. To do that, cite sources. Cite any independent biographies of this person have been published. Cite magazine feature articles that are on the subject of this person. Cite news articles that give this person significant, in-depth, coverage. Wikipedia is not a soapbox for promoting one's favourite election candidates. It is an encyclopaedia, and to have a biographical article on a person, that person must satisfy the criteria for biographical articles. Uncle G 18:54, 17 October 2006 (UTC)
• Delete - fails WP:BIO. If/when he wins, then he'll qualify as notable. Just because he's a Sikh, and just because he's the only one running, doesn't give him any special notability. Now, on the other hand, if WP:BIO were satisfied by multiple independent media references, then that would be a different story. Understand: it's the media references that connote notability, not who/what he is. Akradecki 18:47, 17 October 2006 (UTC)
• DO NOT delete. Dr. Sekhon is a Colonel in the United States Army Reserves. He is also the democratic candidate in the 2nd Congressional District of California. He is mentioned on the wikepedia page for Wally Herger and since Wikepedia serves as a site for people seeking information it only seems logical to include his information here so that voters can look him up and find information on him. I do not think that it is a controversial issue to include his bio and website info in this database. --User:Aks1015