The result was keep. Liz Read! Talk! 06:53, 2 December 2022 (UTC)
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Article about a writer and political candidate, not
properly sourced as having a strong claim to passing either
WP:AUTHOR or
WP:NPOL. As always, unelected candidates do not get Wikipedia articles just for being candidates per se -- the notability bar for politicians is holding a notable office, not just running for one, while a non-winning candidate gets to have an article only if either (a) she can demonstrate that she already had preexisting notability for other reasons besides the candidacy, or (b) she can mount a credible claim that her candidacy was a special case of significantly greater notability than most other people's candidacies.
But this demonstrates neither of those things: her prior work as a writer and historical preservationist is referenced solely to a podcast and a
primary source, which do not establish the encyclopedic notability of that work, and the election campaign is referenced solely to the purely expected volume of
run of the mill campaign coverage that every candidate in any election can always show, which does not establish a reason why her candidacy would be of more enduring significance than everybody else's candidacies.
Bearcat (
talk)
13:14, 14 November 2022 (UTC)
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
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plicit
14:28, 21 November 2022 (UTC)
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Relisting comment: Relisting to assess changes to the article since the AFD nomination.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks,
Liz
Read!
Talk!
17:28, 28 November 2022 (UTC)
The result was keep. Liz Read! Talk! 06:53, 2 December 2022 (UTC)
[Hide this box] New to Articles for deletion (AfD)? Read these primers!
Article about a writer and political candidate, not
properly sourced as having a strong claim to passing either
WP:AUTHOR or
WP:NPOL. As always, unelected candidates do not get Wikipedia articles just for being candidates per se -- the notability bar for politicians is holding a notable office, not just running for one, while a non-winning candidate gets to have an article only if either (a) she can demonstrate that she already had preexisting notability for other reasons besides the candidacy, or (b) she can mount a credible claim that her candidacy was a special case of significantly greater notability than most other people's candidacies.
But this demonstrates neither of those things: her prior work as a writer and historical preservationist is referenced solely to a podcast and a
primary source, which do not establish the encyclopedic notability of that work, and the election campaign is referenced solely to the purely expected volume of
run of the mill campaign coverage that every candidate in any election can always show, which does not establish a reason why her candidacy would be of more enduring significance than everybody else's candidacies.
Bearcat (
talk)
13:14, 14 November 2022 (UTC)
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks,
✗
plicit
14:28, 21 November 2022 (UTC)
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Relisting comment: Relisting to assess changes to the article since the AFD nomination.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks,
Liz
Read!
Talk!
17:28, 28 November 2022 (UTC)