Deletion of Rod Silva (businessman)

Comment: Passes , per a review of sources in the article and sources presented in this discussion
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:BASIC)

Comment: Found a handful of RS articles that contain significant coverage of Silva: http://www.nj.com/middlesex/index.ssf/2013/07/were_not_racist_muscle_maker_grill_founder_defends_edison_franchise_owner.html, http://www.businessnewsdaily.com/3102-muscle-maker-grill.html, http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/07/17/eatery-creator-denies-racist-claims-after-lawsuit/2523901/. It should be noted that all are pre-presidential candidacy and pre-Undercover Boss appearance. I contend that the addition of these sources to those already included in the article put the subject over the top of the  hurdle
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:GNG)

Comment: I am the creator of this article, which was never added to the AfD log until 18 February 2016, nor was I notified of this AfD by the nominator. I believe that the variety of sources used in this article establish that the subject meets the |general notability guideline. In any event, a presidential candidate who actually qualifies for the ballot is likely to be notable enough to merit an article (see United States third party and independent presidential candidates, 2012 for comparison). Although Silva has only qualified for one state ballot so far, he still has months in which to try to qualify for other state ballots
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:GNG)

Comment: The two Orange County links, the Restaurant News article and the North Jersey link put this restaurateur BLP past  and . The other links are acceptable when supporting an article already deemed notable. This passes, in my evaluation
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:BASIC||WP:GNG)