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Arjinderpal Sekhon

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

Delete. Running for office does not make one notable. Kafziel ^Talk 17:45, 17 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
- 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)[reply]
  - Done. See Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bill Falzett. Vectro 18:31, 17 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
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)[reply]
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)[reply]
- Note This user is brand new and has only edited in regards to this deletion. HighInBC 18:42, 17 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
- 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)[reply]
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)[reply]
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
- Note This user is brand new and has only edited in regards to this deletion. Akradecki 19:02, 17 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

~~DO NOT delete~~ [editor already stated this aboveAkradecki 19:37, 17 October 2006 (UTC)] The following link is an article on Arjinderpal's view on fighting to protect religious rights and freedom [1]— Preceding unsigned comment added by Gtorresjr (talk • contribs) --Gtorresjr 19:31, 17 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Note This user is brand new and has only edited in regards to this deletion. Kafziel ^Talk 19:22, 17 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Why can't his information be edited so that I can include the articles that talk about his fight in protecting religious freedom? --Gtorresjr 19:32, 17 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia is not a soapbox. This is not the place to campaign. Kafziel ^Talk 19:35, 17 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
- I am not campaigning. If your main argument in deleting this article is because it lacks media sources, then I was going to include additional cites and information. Each person can have a different interpretation as to whom is a hero in his or her community. I do not understand who makes you the judge of that? --Gtorresjr 19:41, 17 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  - Well, I'm not the one who nominated it for deletion and I'm not the one who removed your external links, but both of those editors were correct in doing so. We have standards of quality and reliability for external links (you can see a general guideline here) and yours did not meet them. Kafziel ^Talk 19:43, 17 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    - Well, I am glad that you are not the editor that deleted the posting. I will say, however, that I am not the person that wrote that original bio on Arjinderpal. I know that your site's information is modifiable and I was interested in adding more information in order to make it meet the site's guidelines and standards. I am not trying to campaign, but rather, educate people on who this member is in their community and what he has done for them and their country. That's all.

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 *** I am not campaigning.  If your main argument in deleting this article is because it lacks media sources, then I was going to include additional cites and information.  Each person can have a different interpretation as to whom is a hero in his or her community.  I do not understand who makes you the judge of that? --[[User:Gtorresjr|Gtorresjr]] 19:41, 17 October 2006 (UTC)
 ****Well, I'm not the one who nominated it for deletion and I'm not the one who removed your external links, but both of those editors were correct in doing so. We have standards of quality and reliability for external links (you can see a general guideline [[WP:EL|here]]) and yours did not meet them. [[User:Kafziel|Kafziel]] [[User talk:Kafziel|<sup>Talk</sup>]] 19:43, 17 October 2006 (UTC)
+***** Well, I am glad that you are not the editor that deleted the posting.  I will say, however, that I am not the person that wrote that original bio on Arjinderpal.  I know that your site's information is modifiable and I was interested in adding more information in order to make it meet the site's guidelines and standards.  I am not trying to campaign, but rather, educate people on who this member is in their community and what he has done for them and their country.  That's all.