Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Danny O'Connor (Ohio politician) (2nd nomination)

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The result was delete and redirect to 2018 Ohio's 12th congressional district special election. Randykitty (talk) 18:19, 21 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Danny O'Connor (Ohio politician)[edit]

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So, he lost two U.S. House races in 2018. The last AFD, before the second election, was closed as no consensus. Being county recorder is not enough to meet WP:NPOL. Every reference used in this article is in relation to his U.S. House candidacy. We don't typically keep articles on U.S. House candidates who lose elections, and material from this page can easily be integrated into 2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Ohio. Marquardtika (talk) 20:59, 14 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Delete and incorporate pertinent information into 2018 U.S. House elections page as per nom.TH1980 (talk) 03:45, 15 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Delete being a two-time failing candidate in one year is not a sign of notability.John Pack Lambert (talk) 03:48, 15 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 22:25, 15 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Ohio-related deletion discussions. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 22:25, 15 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

~~Delete~~ and incorporate pertinent information into 2018 U.S. House elections. I see not SIGCOV and no claim to notability aside form the primary and general campaigns in 2018, and coverage of that is ROUTINE.E.M.Gregory (talk) 22:45, 15 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect (to 2018 Ohio's 12th congressional district special election) - as per the above arguments re NPOL. There seems no reason for a delete. The election seems a far more logical target than where he was county recorder which doesn't cover him. Nosebagbear (talk) 22:51, 15 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect (to 2018 Ohio's 12th congressional district special election).E.M.Gregory (talk) 12:56, 16 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Delete, without prejudice against recreation of a redirect if desired. People do not get Wikipedia articles just for being candidates in elections they didn't win — and the fact that some local campaign coverage happens to exist is not an instant WP:GNG pass that exempts them from having to pass WP:NPOL, because every candidate in every election can always show some local campaign coverage. But county recorder is not a level of political office that guarantees a Wikipedia article either, so he can't claim preexisting notability for other reasons besides the candidacy. Bearcat (talk) 16:50, 16 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect to 2018 Ohio's 12th congressional district special election. Merge bio and campaign info into the election article. Candidate does not pass WP:NPOL. Bkissin (talk) 17:59, 17 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Delete, or redirect to the election article if desired, though the fact it's disambiguated may prove a bit pointless. Fails WP:NPOL, WP:GNG, and a good example that we shouldn't rush to keep BLP articles just because there's an ongoing election. SportingFlyer talk 18:46, 17 December 2018 (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.