User talk:AlbertaVoter

Dale Martin D'Silva[edit]

Hi Alberta voter - unfortunately, Wikipedia's policy on the notability of persons is very clear that being a candidate in a provincial election is not sufficient notability. However, that can be overcome if Mr. D'Silva has indeed received significant coverage in reliable, third party sources. You say that you will be adding evidence of such coverage shortly; accordingly, I'll hold off on nominating it for deletion via the Articles for Deletion process for twenty-four hours or so. Will that be enough time to get the third party sources in order? Sarcasticidealist (talk) 23:11, 20 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Definitely. Cheers! -AlbertaVoter

Hi AlbertaVoter. I've been following this issue along with Sarcasticidealist. Time is running out! If this article is not expanded and referenced to establish the notability of this person OTHER THAN them being a candidate then we'll have to remove it ASAP. NostinAdrek (talk) 10:19, 22 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The twenty-four hours we agreed upon being expired, I've actually gone ahead and nominated it for deletion. Don't fret, though - the discussion (which you should participate in - it's located here) has to run for at least five days before a decision is made, so you still have some time to demonstrate notability. Note too, as a slight clarification of what NostinAdrek says above, that being a candidate can provide sufficient notability for a Wikipedia article. However, in order to do so, there needs to be evidence of substantial coverage by reliable sources independent of the subject, and that such evidence is currently not found in the article. Please don't hesitate to contact me if you have any questions, and please do participate in the discussion. Sarcasticidealist (talk) 10:36, 22 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

AfD nomination of Dale Martin D'Silva[edit]

An editor has nominated Dale Martin D'Silva, an article on which you have worked or that you created, for deletion. We appreciate your contributions, but the nominator doesn't believe that the article satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion and has explained why in his/her nomination (see also "What Wikipedia is not").

Your opinions on whether the article meets inclusion criteria and what should be done with the article are welcome; please participate in the discussion by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Dale Martin D'Silva and please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes (~~~~).

You may also edit the article during the discussion to improve it but should not remove the articles for deletion template from the top of the article; such removal will not end the deletion debate. Thank you. BJBot (talk) 10:59, 22 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]