Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Richard Lee Watkins III

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The result was delete. Eddie891 ^Talk _Work 01:16, 4 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Richard Lee Watkins III

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This article was previously PRODed by another editor, which was removed without explanation by an IP with no other edits. Watkins wears a lot of hats, as shown by the lead's first sentence; however, I don't think any of them are significant enough to meet the notability standards. I'll go through several critiera:

Politician: Fails WP:NPOL as a current candidate for U.S. Senate in 2022 who has not previously held elected office (he received 6.5% of the Democratic primary vote in a 2018 House race). Pretty much all of his coverage in independent sources is related to his Senate campaign announcement. For an election that's 20 months away with a primary that's barely begun, simply entering the race is not enough to confer notability.
Academic: Fails WP:NACADEMIC — standard work at the graduate and postdoc level, did not continue to pursue research beyond postdoc
Entrepreneur: Founded SPAN Inc., a nonprofit that does not meet Wikipedia's standard of notability

— DanCherek (talk) 23:13, 27 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete. People do not get articles just for standing as candidates in elections they did not win — the notability test at WP:NPOL is holding a notable political office, not just running for one — but this article fails to demonstrate that he has preexisting notability for other reasons independent of the candidacy, since it's referenced entirely to primary sources that are not support for notability and shows not one whit of real reliable source coverage or analysis about his prior career. Bearcat (talk) 17:53, 28 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Concur with nom, I don't see anything that makes the subject notable. Jeepday (talk) 16:16, 29 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Delete, Per nom. article does not show any sign of notability. Alex-h (talk) 07:44, 31 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Fails GNG and both applicable SNGs. The clearly professionally taken photo of the subject in the "smiling with arms crossed stance" tends to be a dead giveaway in terms of COI/PAID as well. Best, GPL93 (talk) 14:04, 2 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per nomination.--Mpen320 (talk) 23:35, 2 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. per nom. --Devoke water 05:42, 3 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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