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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 and redirect to The Bravado Brothers. 78.26 (spin me / revolutions) 05:00, 20 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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Article about a person whose notability as a professional wrestler is already covered off, in significantly more detail than even attempted here, by the existing article The Bravado Brothers — so it's an entirely unnecessary article on athletic notability grounds, because that basis for notability is simply duplicating another article that already exists. Which leaves us with the real reason why somebody though it warranted a spinoff: his as yet non-winning candidacy in a future state legislature election. As always, this is not grounds for a Wikipedia article: a person has to win the election, not just run in it, to be deemed notable as a politician, and the sourcing is depending entirely on primary sources rather than any evidence of a WP:GNG-satisfying volume of reliable source coverage in media. So no prejudice against recreation after election day if he wins the seat, but neither the substance nor the sourcing here offer any reason why he would qualify for a standalone biographical article about him separately from the duo article that already covers him in his correct notability context. Note as well that this is actually the second creation attempt by the very same WP:SPA, after their first attempt was speedied in March — so this isn't respeediable just because it was deleted before, because G4 requires that the previous deletion was via discussion and not speedy, but the creator clearly didn't understand the correct takeaway from the first attempt. Bearcat (talk) 21:35, 12 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. Bearcat (talk) 21:50, 12 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

*Delete and Salt - --VitalPower talk 21:56, 12 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Comment WP:CSD#G5 isn't applicable here as the originator of this article isn't blocked nor editing in contravention of a block or ban. Nthep (talk) 22:07, 12 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Creator isn't a blocked user. Bearcat (talk) 22:08, 12 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Wrestling-related deletion discussions. NiciVampireHeart 01:20, 17 May 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.