Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sharon Labchuk (3rd nomination)

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. 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.

The result was no consensus. A lot of this discussion is repetition of arguments made in several similar nominations made by a sockpuppet. Some of those did lead to deletion despite the status of the nominator, but in this instance there is a decent (but not overwhelming) case that she has sufficient coverage beyond routine campaign activity. Given the initial nomination was contaminated and led to a lot of pro forma arguments that may not apply as well in this case, I'm closing this as no consensus, with no prejudice against any future nomination that can start on the right footing. RL0919 (talk) 12:31, 17 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Sharon Labchuk[edit]

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Does not meet WP:POLITICIAN.--NL19931993 (talk) 23:05, 30 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 23:18, 30 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Women-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 23:18, 30 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Canada-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 23:18, 30 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Keep as meeting WP:GNG based on the sources. No indication nom did a before on any of the Green Party leaders they AFD'd. ミラ P 00:30, 31 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Keep as meeting WP:GNG. Also considering the result was keep in the last 2 discussions (which the nominator hasn't linked) and coverage has only increased. Achaea (talk) 18:00, 31 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Delete stood 3 times for a seat in the legislature of the smallest province in Canada, lost by a lot every time. Headed a minor provincial political party for a couple of years. These activities received a minor amount of routine news coverage. No notability.NotButtigieg (talk) 17:06, 1 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@NotButtigieg: WP:ROUTINE already was shown not to apply to people. ミラ P 20:52, 2 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Following the link you provided leads to WP:POLITICIAN, which make clear that political figures who have not held one of a number of specified offices need to have gotten "significant coverage" in the media. This political figure had NOT gotten such coverage.NotButtigieg (talk) 21:07, 2 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Comment As a community, we've moved away from keeping state and provincial party leaders WP:POLOUTCOMES (see the AfD for Tom Morressey, who was chair of the Arizona Republican Party and related discussion on the Common Outcomes talk page). --Enos733 (talk) 05:39, 2 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Delete multiple runs for the legislature without winning. Not notable.John Pack Lambert (talk) 23:25, 4 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Keep passes WP:GNG based on the RS coverage. Lightburst (talk) 01:31, 5 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. Back in 2005, there was a consensus to keep such articles, and even as late as 2012, but over time consensus has changed to disallow them, as Enos733 has noted above. Bearian (talk) 17:00, 6 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, NNADIGOODLUCK (Talk|Contribs) 04:11, 7 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Delete failed politician, coverage of her is only local and fails WP:GNG. I want to take particular exception to the statement people cannot be WP:ROUTINE above - while this is technically true - people are not events - the coverage of a person can easily fail WP:ROUTINE, as it does in this instance. Furthermore, her vote count is in the hundreds over multiple elections. SportingFlyer T·C 01:24, 8 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - I think provincial party leaders are important. (MoonlightTulsi) (talk) 04:04, 08 January 2020

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Relisting comment: Following my speedy close of the DRV at Wikipedia:Deletion review/Log/2020 January 10 I am relisting this. Note that the nominator's opinion should be discounted, as they have been banned, but subsequent good faith !votes should be assessed as normal.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, — Amakuru (talk) 11:04, 10 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Keep - She passes general notability guidelines and is a subject matter expert on "frankenfish" and "spuds" (aka GMO fish and potatoes). She's also been featured in a documentary about the potato controversy. Here are some sources. I'll also copy these to the article talk page:

"Islanders support democratic process in Ukraine as Canadian election observers" from CBC News
"Agricultural runoff complaints increase on P.E.I." from CBC News
"Potato sabotage traced to P.E.I. town, where everyone seems to have a theory about who did the crime" from The National Post
"One hot potato: Inside P.E.I's brewing battle over an 'environmentally friendly' GMO spud" from The Financial Post
"Googling for undesirable nominees" from The Globe and Mail
"Sharon Labchuk: What approval of GM salmon means for P.E.I." from CBC News
"The leader of the Green Party of Prince Edward Island is stepping down." CTV News Channel

Missvain (talk) 08:07, 11 January 2020 (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.