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The result of the debate was No consensus. Kotepho 14:15, 27 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Former Guatamalan presedential candidate who only got 1.6% of the vote in the 2003 election. He has less than 60 google hits. -- Where 19:11, 19 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep as the son of Jacobo Arbenz and as a politician likely to grow in prominence. BoojiBoy 20:25, 19 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep. Ralph Nader only won 0.35% of the popular vote in the 2004 American presidential election, but he still has his own page. In my opinion, a presidential candidate is always notable. --Danielrocks123 22:37, 19 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep. "A presidential candidate is always notable": sounds like a reasonable rule. Searching "Arbenz Villanova" bumps up his Googlecount, too. Bolivian Unicyclist 23:28, 20 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete. <Sigh...> Here's why: 1. Minor candidates are not notable for just running in an election, per numerous precedents... There were more than 30 registered political parties in the U.S. that fielded presidential candidates in the 2004 presidential election, and practically no-one has ever heard of about 25 of them. I could run in some sort of notable election, it wouldn't automatically make me notable. 2. The point of Wikipedia is to document things that are already notable, not things that may become notable. 3. Ralph Nader is notable for WAAAAAAAAY more things than running in a presidential election. 4. Being related to someone who is notable does not make you automatically notable, also per numerous precedents. Come on guys. Grandmasterka 08:26, 22 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete if he grows in popularity it can be recreated, but as it stands he is not notable. Coming in 8th in a presidential election is generally not notable, IMO. Eluchil404 02:20, 25 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• Strong Keep I think he is notable enough. He is the son of a former president; he was a presidential candidate recently, and he was a candidate for a current political party. He satisfies quite a few bullet points on the WP:BIO list.--Konstable 06:44, 27 June 2006 (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.