Deletion of John B. Kimble

Comment: The NYT coverage appears to be about the (admittedly amusing) fact that Kimble's campaign manager in 2000 was the wife of an opponent. This is the stuff of |one-off trivia. I'd be willing to consider his notability on a separate basis if this article covered his "work as a scientist researching hormonal rage syndrome," but I see no notable coverage of his work in this capacity, and I can't help but look askance at "keep" votes that have as their basis arguments like "he's not notable in the context of the current article, he's notable in this completely, totally unrelated context." (no offense intended there) Let's be frank: if this guy's campaign manager in one failed election campaign in 2000 hadn't been his opponent's wife, we probably wouldn't be having this conversation, because that simple bit of trivia is what generated the NYT coverage, and the NYT coverage is all that makes this interesting. Beyond that, all coverage appears very local. Delete
Stance: delete
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:ONEEVENT)

Comment: The principal interest in having an article on Wikipedia appears to come from his campaign. He's not a politician, until he's elected (which on present evidence will be somewhat after the heat death of the universe he's an academic that falls well below . We already deleted this article, written by a , and it was swiftly re-created by another , and the deletion review was from an anon, also with no other activity. But the reason for deletion is not the blatant astroturfing it's the lack of any non-trivial independent reliable sources about the subject
Stance: delete
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:PROF||WP:SPA||WP:SPA)

Comment: per lack of evidence of passing  and . The linked NYT and Cumberland Times newspaper articles don't provide enough nontrivial coverage of the subject (rather than his opponent's ex-wife) to convince me of a pass of , either
Stance: delete
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:PROF||WP:POLITICIAN||WP:GNG)

Comment: The comment above says that he is a scientist first, but no evidence of notability as a scientist has been presented. This man's ''only'' notoriety arises from being a serial losing political candidate, and from allied stunts like offering to pose in Playgirl. Per , that is not enough. That clause is there to stop Wikipedia being used as a campaign tool and, from the number of |SPAs concerned with posting and defending this article, that is what is going on here. I concede that ''enough'' lost elections and enough ''stunts'' might provide Screaming Lord Sutch-type notability, but Kimble is not there yet
Stance: delete
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:POLITICIAN||WP:SPA)

Comment: There's a whole bunch written about this guy relating to the stunts he's pulled to try to get elected.  In addition, after some digging I did locate some coverage of Kimble from before the whole Playgirl thing (see http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost/access/21832540.html?dids=21832540:21832540&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jul+22%2C+1996&author=Terry+M.+Neal&pub=The+Washington+Post+%28pre-1997+Fulltext%29&desc=Wynn%27s+Rival+A+Little+Offbeat%3B+Even+Republicans+Find+Kimble+Hard+to+Swallow&pqatl=google here).  I know the man doesn't meet , but he does probably meet the .  CHeers, everyone
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:POLITICIAN||WP:GNG)

Comment: I accept that perennial political candidates, even perpetually unsuccessful ones, can become notable through their sheer persistence (or rather, news coverage of it). But I don't think this one's reached that stage yet. There is some significant coverage of him in independent reliable sources, but it doesn't seem to me that there's enough to pass the  guideline
Stance: delete
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:BIO)

Comment: Essentially his claim to fame is a |single event.  Aside from that, he appears to have never held office and  is pretty clear that candidates for offices are not notable for being candidates.  Delete, or redirect to the appropriate election page
Stance: delete
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons (WP:BLP1E||WP:POLITICIAN)