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. -- RoySmith (talk) 12:56, 20 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Adegboyega Oyetola (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View log · Stats)

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WP:NPOL doesn't appear to be met for this political candidate. power~enwiki (π, ν) 18:40, 12 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 22:43, 12 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Nigeria-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 22:43, 12 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete. People do not get Wikipedia articles just for being candidates in elections they haven't won — a person has to win election to, and thereby hold, a notable political office in order to clinch notability as a politician, and absent that they have to have preexisting notability for other reasons independent of their political candidacy. But this makes and sources no credible claim that he would have qualified for an article on any grounds other than the candidacy itself. So no prejudice against recreation after election day if he wins, but nothing here is enough to already earn him an article today. Bearcat (talk) 16:27, 13 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I started the article because the subject is very popular in the state and has been in politics for a long time. I've read the notability criteria and I'll go with deleting the article based on the fact that he has not won an election. If he wins the gubernatorial election, I'll start the article again. preciousayara (talk) 09:33, 13 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete Looks like a promotion for an upcoming election, couldn't find significant coverage for him. -- Gprscrippers (talk) 16:51, 19 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
• Weak delete. This person is just a candidate for office at the moment, and the most prominent position he has held so far seems to be chief of staff to a provincial governor, which is insufficient for NPOL in my book. There is some coverage, hence "weak delete", but from what I'm seeing it's a lot of press releases, announcements, and endorsements: not much substance. At the moment, I'd say this is a case of WP:TOOSOON. Vanamonde (talk) 05:42, 20 August 2018 (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.