Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Raja Krishnamoorthi

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. For now, that is. If the candidate wins the election, their article can presumably be restored but with all the promotional content removed. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 08:01, 25 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Not-yet-notable nominee for U.S. Congress; tone is promotional and fawning, and it appears to be written by partisans of the candidate. The sourcing is weak at best. And of course, the subject is first-named throughout in the tradition of campaign literature. Orange Mike | Talk 00:25, 10 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. Coolabahapple (talk) 00:43, 12 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Businesspeople-related deletion discussions. Coolabahapple (talk) 00:43, 12 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete per WP:PROMO; strictly a vanity page with over abundance of ext links embedded in the copy. As an unelected candidate, does not meet WP:NPOL at this time. K.e.coffman (talk) 06:09, 17 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Illinois-related deletion discussions. K.e.coffman (talk) 06:09, 17 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete Not given credible references in article to meet any notability so far. Self Promotion followsWP:PROMO Light21 22:34, 17 September 2016 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Light2021 (talk • contribs)
• Delete If Krishnamoorthi wins the election he will be notable, until then he will not be.John Pack Lambert (talk) 03:07, 19 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete for now. Krishnamoorthi is almost certainly going to win election in November for the 8th district, but until that happens, he is not notable enough to have his own article. After the election, most likely, this article should be restored and improved. --1990'sguy (talk) 13:29, 20 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]
• Neutral but revert to 2015: I don't think WP:PROMO applies here, since there are more neutral versions to revert to. If you look at the page in November 2015 before the political spammers got to it, you can see more reliable source coverage (not to mention more neutral POV) than in the current version. He might meet WP:GNG/WP:ANYBIO if one looks: He was the Obama campaign's policy advisor in 2004 (Senate) and 2008 (President), and was Deputy Treasurer of Illinois for a couple of years. It should definitely be overhauled or just plain reverted to 2015, though: The current version is blatant campaign garbage. --Closeapple (talk) 06:23, 22 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, I agree. The 2015 version is MUCH better. In fact, much of the info in the 2015 article was apparently deleted, including much of the info about his roles in Obama's elections, his tenure as Deputy Treasurer of Illinois, the 2010 Illinois Comptroller race, and his 2012 Congressional campaign. I wouldn't mind keeping the article if we revert to this version. --1990'sguy (talk) 13:36, 22 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete for now. Reasons listed above. The whole article will need to be rewritten once recreated, as it is terrible as is. ALPolitico (talk) 14:19, 23 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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