Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jack Arnold (politician)

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The result was delete. Closing based on an early consensus. Missvain (talk) 00:38, 27 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Jack Arnold (politician)

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Fails WP:POLITICIAN. Lettler^{hello • contribs} 21:55, 22 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete - while his service is appreciated and no doubt his Congressional campaign was worthy, having not been elected he falls short of the notability bar. Also the article has the distinct whiff of self-promotion in tone, as well as having been edited by Jacktoddarnold with the original draftspace article being created by an IP and most of the article built by another IP that were very likely either the subject or affiliated with the subject. - The Bushranger _{One ping only} 23:28, 22 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. Fails WP:SOLDIER and WP:POLITICIAN. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 03:57, 23 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Delete fails WP:SOLDIER and WP:POLITICIAN Mztourist (talk) 05:02, 23 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Delete fails both WP:SOLDIER and WP:POLITICIAN - Kolma8 (talk) 15:46, 23 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. People do not get articles just for being candidates in elections they did not win. To qualify for an article without having to win the election and serve in Congress, he would have to either (a) show that he already had preexisting notability for other reasons that would already have gotten him an article anyway, or (b) show such an unusually large volume and depth and range of coverage, expanding far beyond just what every candidate in every election can always show, that he would have a credible claim to being much more special than most other candidates in some way that would pass the ten year test for enduring significance. This article is not passing either of those tests, however. Bearcat (talk) 16:36, 23 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per WP:NPOL - please thank him for his service, but it's snowing for Christmas. The sourcing is terrible as I've ever seem - Ballotpedia, his own campaign website, blogs, some other candidates' website, and social media. He has 205 followers on Twitter. Bearian (talk) 19:46, 23 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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