Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Stewart Mills III

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The result was redirect to United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota, 2014. (non-admin closure) --Regards, MrScorch6200 (talk · contribs) 18:16, 15 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Stewart Mills III

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Businessman and political candidate; does not appear notable. Previously PRODded, recently re-created. PamD 08:24, 3 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - looks like a clear cut wp:POLITICIAN fail to me. Candidate rather than elected, no other claim to notability. Neonchameleon (talk) 11:59, 3 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
I fail to see how this is a wp:POLITICIAN fail. Stewart Mills III clearly meets the criteria for both #2 and #3 of that category. Debellatio (talk) 18:04, 4 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Minnesota-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 14:45, 5 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Businesspeople-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 14:45, 5 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 14:45, 5 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect to United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota, 2014. A redirect is a customary and appropriate action for candidates for a position in a national legislature. Enos733 (talk) 17:44, 6 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
That redirect is customary when they do not meet the criteria outlined in wp:POLITICIAN. However, Stewart Mills III clearly meets #2 & #3 of that category. I have since added to the article, including news coverage he received even before he was a candidate for office. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Debellatio (talk • contribs) 23:29, 6 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Comment I am not sure how the subject is a "major local political figures who have received significant press coverage," since he is not a local office-holder (WP:POLITICIAN point 2). As for point 3, this is the regular WP:GNG criteria. The media coverage I found about the subject is, in my opinion, run-of-the-mill routine campaign coverage (meeting WP:BLP1E). Enos733 (talk) 05:32, 7 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect per WP:OUTCOMES and Enos733. WP:POLITICIAN #2 and # 3 apply to local officials (i.e., dogcatchers, town selectmen, library board trustees, a city treasurer, a school board president, and county judges) who would not otherwise be notable for holding a minor office, but become notable due to #2 -- some controversy (e.g, a sex scandal or racial desegregation) or # 3 -- running for a much higher office (governor, U.S. Senator). These criteria thus do not apply here. From what I can tell, he's never held any local office, and is like many hundreds of people every two years, just some dude running for Congress. Bearian (talk) 17:58, 11 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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