Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bushra Amiwala

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The result was delete. Michig (talk) 07:12, 13 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Bushra Amiwala[edit]

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The subject does not pass WP:NPOL. She has never held office, only running for local offices (and then losing). The coverage is only local; the Chicago Tribune pieces are actually the Skokie Review, a hyper-local paper. She does not meet notability requirements IMO. Kbabej (talk) 04:34, 6 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. Kbabej (talk) 04:35, 6 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Women-related deletion discussions. Kbabej (talk) 04:36, 6 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete clearly fails WP:NPOL. Hninthuzar (talk) 12:27, 6 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. People do not get Wikipedia articles just for being candidates in elections they didn't win, but nothing else here constitutes credible evidence that she's notable for other reasons. The thing that comes the closest to that in theory, "was on the cover of TIME Magazine in January 2018", falls down when you actually examine it: she was one of about 50 thumbnails in a collage cover, not the main cover subject in her own right, and she wasn't a subject of the associated article at all — literally the only time her name appears in the text at all is in the photo credits footnote. But magazine content supports notability based on how much substance it contains about the subject in the body of the article, not based on whether her photo was incorporated into the cover art or not — so this is not a notability claim that makes her special. And other than that, the sourcing is a mix of primary sources and the purely local media coverage of local election primaries that's routinely expected to always exist, so none of it assists in making her a special case of significantly greater notability than most other unsuccessful political candidates. Bearcat (talk) 16:46, 6 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Delete I agree that the subject of this article does not meet Wikipedia's notability requirements. The article regarding this person seems like it was written entirely for the purpose of advertising, and to increase the appearance of the subject's prominence. It includes details that seem knowable only by the subject or people close to the subject. It is notable that the newspaper references written "about" the subject are influenced at least partially by the fact that a duly elected incumbent of 16 years had their first challenger in 12 years, and the novel aspect that the challenger of a long term incumbent was under 21. Being young does not, in and of itself, seem notable. It is worth pointing out that there was another challenger in the election, who also lost, and that person does not have a Wikipedia article written about them.

Furthermore, I was driven to this subject's page due to repeated efforts to promote Bushra Amiwala on the incumbent (and winner), Larry Suffredin's page. These seemingly bad-faith edits predate the creation of the Bushra Amiwala page, and demonstrate an ongoing effort to use Wikipedia as an advertising platform for this person. These promotions on Larry Suffredin's page have frequently been perpetrated by anonymous IP addresses, have repeatedly sought to remove information regarding opponents other than Bushra Amiwala, and have included praise of Bushra Amiwala that has violated Wikipedia:Neutral point of view. The IP addresses and named users that have posted these types of changes to Larry Suffredin have been warned according to Wikipedia policies, and have generally received multiple warnings. Gamerider (talk) 17:54, 6 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Delete local coverage and fails WP:NPOL Reddragon7 (talk) 03:22, 8 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Delete people who loose the primary election are almost never notable, those who loose primary elections for county commission are never, ever notable for that, and that is Amiwala's only possible claim to notability.John Pack Lambert (talk) 01:01, 9 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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