Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ricky Dale Harrington Jr.

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The result was redirect to 2020 United States Senate election in Arkansas#Libertarian Party. (non-admin closure) (t · c) buidhe 23:18, 11 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Ricky Dale Harrington Jr.[edit]

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Subject is only notable for the 2020 United States Senate election in Arkansas. If he wins, an article can be created, but this fails WP:NPOL at the moment. I recommend ~~moving it to draftspace and~~ restoring the redirect to 2020 United States Senate election in Arkansas#Libertarian Party. ― Tartan357 ^(Talk) 20:45, 4 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. ― Tartan357 ^(Talk) 20:45, 4 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect to 2020 United States Senate election in Arkansas, does not meet WP:NPOL. Onel5969 ^{TT me} 01:20, 5 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - getting the highest ever percentage vote for a Libertarian candidate for U.S. Senate is a notable achievement, even though he didn't win the election. Chessrat ^{(talk, contributions)} 01:21, 5 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Delete — Kill all these blatant campaign advertisements which keep getting created every two years. There are discussions about this very topic occurring elsewhere, BTW. RadioKAOS / Talk to me, Billy / Transmissions 05:05, 5 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect — While his achievement is of note, ultimately he has received little to no national news coverage, and fails to meet notability guidelines. I agree that it should be redirected to 2020 United States Senate election in Arkansas. TheMrP (talk) 22:33, 5 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect — While 33% is a significant pull, he has not received any national coverage. If he is given national coverage, then reconsideration should be given. Curbon7 (talk) 00:44, 6 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]
'Delete candidates for public office are not notable, especially those who get trouced in the general election.John Pack Lambert (talk) 15:50, 6 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect to the identified page. He can be properly covered there. SportingFlyer T·C 01:04, 7 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect to 2020 United States Senate election in Arkansas Spudlace (talk) 03:13, 8 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - Has had significant coverage in reliable sources independent of the subject.^[1]—SpanishSnake (talk | contribs) 19:57, 9 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

SpanishSnake, have you even read WP:NPOL? Every one of your references is about the senate election. Please don't make arguments that have no basis in Wikipedia policy. ― Tartan357 ^Talk 21:44, 9 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Tartan357, it does not matter that all the references are about the senate election, under WP:BASIC, people are presumed notable if they have received significant coverage in multiple reliable independent sources.—SpanishSnake (talk | contribs) 22:58, 9 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

"Presumed" being the key word there. Coverage does not entitle you to an article. SportingFlyer T·C 23:01, 9 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

SpanishSnake, the specific guideline we have for notability of politicians, WP:NPOL, trumps WP:BASIC. NPOL exists because of the common situation in which candidates receive significant coverage solely because of their candidacy. This article very clearly violates NPOL. ― Tartan357 ^Talk 23:12, 9 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Tartan357, As far as I can tell, it is not established policy of Wikipedia to exclude coverage of unsuccessful political candidates for consideration of notability. But even if that was the case, Ricky has received national coverage reliable sources such as Reason Magazine and Newsweek, both which go beyond routine coverage.—SpanishSnake (talk | contribs) 00:11, 10 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

SpanishSnake, again, WP:NPOL. The coverage he has received is typical of a senate run. ― Tartan357 ^Talk 00:13, 10 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Tartan357, WP:NPOL does not say that the typical coverage of a senate run is to be excluded from notability consideration. It simply states candidates for political office do not have inherent notability. WP:NPOL only trumps WP:BASIC when an otherwise non-notable person holds notable political office.—SpanishSnake (talk | contribs) 00:38, 10 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect per above. It can be added to the article that Harrington received the highest percentage vote for a Libertarian candidate for U.S. Senate. Best, GPL93 (talk) 20:44, 9 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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