Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/John James (Michigan politician)

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The result was speedy delete. promo for non-notable, will recreate as redirect Jimfbleak - talk to me? 14:23, 9 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

John James (Michigan politician)[edit]

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Outside of his candidacy for Senate, there is little notability of this subject. Candidacy for office is not enough to warrant an article dedicated to this individual. SecretName101 (talk) 19:58, 8 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 20:42, 8 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Michigan-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 20:42, 8 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Businesspeople-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 20:42, 8 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 20:46, 8 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I don't know how to sign off correctly, but it's just insane that democratic nominees can get their political pages, but we have to delete republicans.— Preceding unsigned comment added by Politicalfactjunkie2018 (talk • contribs)

Not a partisan bias. Wikipedia policy generally is to not create articles about people's whose only notability is their candidacy (with a few outstanding examples, such as John Ossoff, who was justified to have his own article due to inordinately heavy media coverage of his candidacy). I first encountered this rule-of-thumb in 2016 when I came across the (then-pending) deletion of an article on Democratic congressional candidate Nancy Rotering. If you know of Democratic candidates with articles not justified by their individual notability, feel free to provide me with a list so that I can examine them and nominate them for deletion.
Wikipedia often beleives the article on the election itself suffices in cases when the candidate is not notable outside of a single election campaign . SecretName101 (talk) 23:16, 8 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect to United States Senate election in Michigan, 2018. Coverage such as James has taken the company from $35 million to $137 million in revenue, the site states, and has created 100 jobs in Michigan and elsewhere. is not neutral, and there's no claim of notability; WP:NPOL is not met. power~enwiki (π, ν) 04:27, 9 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Delete the article, as it stands, fails a BLP source check (on top of NPOL/GNG). I don't mind a redirect, but I believe I declined a draft of this article earlier today from another user. SportingFlyer talk 06:32, 9 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
'Redirect to United States Senate election in Michigan, 2018 as does not pass WP:NPOL and is promotional, thanks Atlantic306 (talk) 11:35, 9 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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