Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Scott McAdams

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The result was redirect to 2010 United States Senate election in Alaska. -- Scott (talk) 16:15, 6 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Scott McAdams[edit]

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McAdams was a former mayor of a city with less than 9,000 residents. No mayors of small cities meet WP:NPOL.
He was a failed U.S. Senate Nominee; NPOL states that unelected candidates aren't guaranteed to be notable unless they pass GNG.
McAdams likely doesn't pass WP:GNG as the only coverage surrounding him is WP:MILL coverage on his failed Senate candidacy and WP:ROUTINE coverage of the local events that happened in his two-year stunt as mayor.
In my WP:BEFORE search (which has filtered out Senate Candidacy-related articles), I haven't found anything anywhere near notable that he has accomplished outside of the 2010 Senate election.

In light of these points, consider voting DELETE on this AfD. If anyone finds any reason to keep this article, I may consider withdrawing the nomination. ––Redditaddict69 ^(talk) ^(contribs) 08:36, 30 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. ^{Babymissfortune} 10:24, 30 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Alaska-related deletion discussions. ^{Babymissfortune} 10:25, 30 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Delete unelected candidates are not notable.John Pack Lambert (talk) 14:52, 31 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. Sitka AK is not large enough to hand its mayors an automatic presumption of notability just for existing as mayors, being an unsuccessful candidate in a political party's senate primary is not a notability freebie, and the article is not referenced even remotely close to well enough to make him more notable than most other smalltown mayors or unsuccessful primary candidates. Bearcat (talk) 17:55, 1 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Comment: All above true. However, the US Senate election was "historical" in that it was the first successful write-in campaign, won by Murkowski. This may add significance to McAdams article, as readers may want more detail available when researching the event. Dleit Ḵaa (talk) 08:02, 2 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@Dleit Ḵaa: that would then classify as WP:BLP1E. See this AfD about the highest percentage receiver of votes in a U.S. Senate race by a Green party candidate – while she did set a historical and unprecedented record, clearly this one event didn't deem her notable on Wikipedia. Being a candidate in a notable election doesn't make a person notable, either, as no policy states this. ––Redditaddict69 ^(talk) ^(contribs) 09:15, 2 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@Redditaddict69: Sure, absolutely. And thanks for looking up those examples. Being a major party candidate in a notable election might, however. My only point was that point number 2 in the nomination above didn't quite cover the entirety of the situation. Dleit Ḵaa (talk) 10:06, 2 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@Dleit Ḵaa: – on the McAdams article, there isn't even 5 sentences covering the election. That content is already present in the article so a merge isn't even necessary. Other examples of candidates in notable elections include Danny O'Connor, from the Ohio-12 special election last year and Tobey Bartee, from the MS Senate special election back in November, both of which were either deleted or redirected to their respective elections. ––Redditaddict69 ^(talk) ^(contribs) 10:36, 2 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

The only person who gains notability from Lisa Murkowski winning a write-in campaign is Lisa Murkowski — her victory does not hand special notability exemptions to everybody else in the election campaign, because notability is not inherited by simple association with a more notable person. Bearcat (talk) 13:49, 2 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect to 2010 United States Senate election in Alaska as a usual and appropriate outcome for a candidate for the United States Senate. I believe that any verifiable information about the subject can be added to the page about the election, as there is not much about the Democratic party primary on the page currently. --Enos733 (talk) 06:14, 3 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Nominator Comment – I'd support a redirect to the Senate election ––Redditaddict69 ^(talk) ^(contribs) 14:45, 5 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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