Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Alex Walker (politician)

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The result was delete. ✗plicit 01:15, 22 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Alex Walker (politician)[edit]

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Delete. Candidates do not get Wikipedia articles just for being candidates per se — the notability test at WP:NPOL is holding a notable office, not just running for one. The existence of coverage about this candidate's candidacy is evidence that the election itself is of note. These articles would exist — and the merely expected and run of the mill level of campaign coverage in the local media, where coverage of elections in the media outlet's local coverage area is merely expected to exist, is not in and of itself sufficient to give a candidate a WP:GNG-based exemption from having to pass NPOL: if that were how it worked, then every candidate in every election would always get that exemption and NPOL itself would be meaningless. Rather, a candidate's sourcing needs to establish one of two other things: either (a) they were already notable enough for a Wikipedia article for some other reason besides their candidacy per se, or (b) they can show a credible reason why their candidacy should be seen as significantly more special than everybody else's candidacies, in some way that would pass the "people will still be looking for information about this ten years from now" test (see Christine O’Donnell). But this doesn't pass those tests at all. Mpen320 (talk) 00:51, 15 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Colorado and Politicians. --Mpen320 (talk) 00:54, 15 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Delete This person has not even won the primary. Almost no candidates for US house who have won the primary but not a gneral election are notable, but those who have not won the primary at all are just plain not notable unless there is something else that shows notability, which there is not here.John Pack Lambert (talk) 12:40, 15 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per nom. and John Pack Lambert. Fails WP:NPOL and WP:GNG. Sal2100 (talk) 21:07, 15 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per nom. Jeffrey Beall (talk) 21:25, 15 June 2022 (UTC).[reply]
Delete. I will note that the nominator copied some wording that I often use when I list articles about unelected candidates for AFD, so I'm going to have to express myself a bit differently than my usual template here, but I assure y'all that Mpen320 is not me. Candidates indeed do not get to keep Wikipedia articles just for being candidates, and need to show either evidence that they had preexisting notability for other reasons or a depth of coverage that would mark their candidacy out as much more special than usual, and this demonstrates neither of those things. As always, no prejudice against recreation in November if he wins, but nothing here is already enough to qualify him for inclusion in Wikipedia today. Bearcat (talk) 15:54, 16 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
- Comment. I should not have stolen your wording. I apologize.--Mpen320 (talk) 18:27, 21 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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