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The result was delete‎. ✗plicit 14:15, 22 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Mark Willis (politician)[edit]

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Subject does not meet Notability for WP:Politician (never an elected State/Federal representative), nor more broadly for WP:BIO. He appears to have been involved in a brief internal spat within the Republican Party as a member of a State Republican Committee, which garnered a handful of reportage at the time, but probably falls under WP:NSUSTAINED. In particular, the initial version of the article pretty much read as a campaign document for his run at RNC Chair and included a great deal of unverified personal bio - probably created by the subject or someone closely associated with him. This has been edited out over time for a more Neutral POV and encyclopaedic style, but there's no evidence of notability outside of that brief party-internal politicking. It does not appear that there's anything worth merging (or redirecting) to another article unless the objections to the 2012 RNC Rule Changes were themselves considered notable enough for an article.Hemmers (talk) 07:56, 15 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

• Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. Hemmers (talk) 07:56, 15 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
• Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Businesspeople, Military, California, Maine, Maryland, and Virginia. WCQuidditch ☎ ✎ 13:25, 15 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete not even technically a politician, simply a non notable political challenger. SportingFlyer T·C 16:05, 17 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Relisting comment: Previous WP:PROD candidate, ineligible for soft deletion.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, ✗plicit 11:50, 22 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete Fails WP:POLITICIAN. Reads like a resume, skims the surface of his work background, with no substance about any of it. Not notable anything. Sourcing is all political focus.— Maile (talk) 14:04, 22 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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