Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Lori Bartley

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 redirect to United States House of Representatives elections in Texas, 2016. MBisanz ^talk 21:22, 21 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Lori Bartley[edit]

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Disputed PROD. Given the guidance at WP:POLOUTCOMES and the long-standing precedent against the notability of non-incumbent congressional candidates with no other claim to notability, this article does not meet the notability guidelines. Graham (talk) 19:06, 12 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. Graham (talk) 19:41, 12 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Texas-related deletion discussions. Graham (talk) 19:41, 12 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. As usual, unelected candidates for office are not eligible for Wikipedia articles just for being candidates — if you cannot demonstrate and properly source credible evidence that she was already notable enough for a Wikipedia article for some other reason independent of her candidacy, then she does not become notable enough for a Wikipedia article until she wins the election. As usual, however, this makes no such claim — it's pure "she exists, here's her list of endorsements!" campaign brochure, and that's exactly the kind of article our inclusion rules are designed to prevent. Bearcat (talk) 02:35, 13 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Bartley is not notable at this time. If she wins the election in November, she will be notable, if not she will not be.John Pack Lambert (talk) 06:10, 14 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Comment – Just for everyone's information, the article's creator wrote the following on its talk page, presumably in reference to the AfD:

She has national name ID and it is a current race that is listed as notable by Eagleton Institute of Politics.Juju (talk) 13:08, 12 August 2016 (UTC)

Graham (talk) 21:52, 18 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect to United States House of Representatives elections in Texas, 2016: What we have here is not just a candidate, but a unique and interesting candidate: A right wing, tea party African American candidate running for the seat once held by Barbara Jordan. So I think that it's best not to create a redlink, as that is just bait to recreate the article. That said, the sourcing is poor and the general consensus that candidates don't get their own articles just for running is our guideline here. Montanabw^(talk) 16:21, 19 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Delete I'm not convinced that being a candidate who doesn't fit stereotypes is a reason to redirect to the race rather than just deleting. If it is recreated it can be deleted per G4 and SALTed until and when she wins election. TonyBallioni (talk) 20:11, 20 August 2016 (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.