Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ryan Watts (politician)

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The result was redirect to 2018 United States House of Representatives elections in North Carolina#District 6. So that people can still access the content if needed (seeing as some people wanted to preserve the content in some way) Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 07:49, 14 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Ryan Watts (politician)[edit]

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WP:BLP of a person notable only as a non-winning candidate for political office -- although I'll grant that this is better written than the norm for this type of article, it isn't making any strong claim that his candidacy was of enduring public interest. As always, a non-winning candidate gets a Wikipedia article in one of two situations: either (a) he can be properly demonstrated as having already had preexisting notability for other reasons that would already have gotten him an article anyway (as e.g. Cynthia Nixon), or (b) he can properly demonstrate and source a reason why his candidacy was somehow much more special than everybody else's candidacies (as e.g. Christine O'Donnell). The fact that some local campaign coverage existed in his district's local media is not an automatic free pass over GNG, because every candidate in every district in every election can always show some evidence of local campaign coverage in their district's local media. But the only evidence of "nationalized" coverage shown here at all is the raw table of election results on the election-night platform of a media organization that published all the raw tables of election results for every district in the entire country, not evidence they gave Watts any special attention above and beyond other candidates. Obviously no prejudice against recreation in the future if he ever does get elected to a notable office, but nothing here is enough to already earn him permanent coverage in an international encyclopedia today. Bearcat (talk) 19:56, 6 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. Bearcat (talk) 19:56, 6 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of North Carolina-related deletion discussions. Bearcat (talk) 19:56, 6 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Comment such a well written and referenced article. I understand the Nom's concerns. I may circle back later. Lightburst (talk) 23:37, 6 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Delete or draft Perhaps it is a case of WP:TOOSOON. I consider it a shame to lose the format and research so I suggest WP:PRESERVE with draft. If the subject has other achievements it can be resubmitted. Lightburst (talk) 02:55, 7 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect to United States House of Representatives elections in North Carolina, 2018#District_6 as a usual and appropriate outcome for an unsuccessful candidate for public office. --Enos733 (talk) 05:26, 7 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect to United States House of Representatives elections in North Carolina, 2018#District_6 per Enos733 above. Unsuccessful candidates do not normally meet WP:NPOL. Bkissin (talk) 20:17, 7 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Strong delete an unelected candidate for public office.John Pack Lambert (talk) 05:30, 10 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Delete I saved it to my sandbox, because it is a nice article, but until he does something more than be a candidate, this page should probably go. Alex the Nerd (talk) 03:50, 12 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect and save the material in the sandbox. Thank you, Alex the Nerd! Bearian (talk) 14:02, 12 November 2019 (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.