Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Steph Hodgins-May

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The result was delete. MBisanz ^talk 03:11, 19 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Steph Hodgins-May[edit]

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WP:BLP of a person notable only as a non-winning candidate in an election. As always, this is not a claim of notability that gets a person over WP:NPOL in and of itself -- if you cannot make a strong and well-sourced claim that she was already eligible for a Wikipedia article under some other criterion besides her candidacy, then she has to win the seat, not just run for it, to attain notability from the election itself. But nothing here constitutes strong evidence of preexisting notability. Delete. Bearcat (talk) 21:31, 11 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - Unsuccessful candidate for the Australian House of Representatives. Nothing outside her campaign that confirms notability. Meatsgains (talk) 22:21, 11 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]
It might be as well to slow this down until the count is finalised. It is still possible that her votes in 3rd position will grow to exceed that of the ALP in 2nd position. If so, she will then be elected on ALP preferences. If she stays 3rd, her preferences will get the ALP candidate elected. It is still very fluid. --Bduke (Discussion) 11:50, 12 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Australia-related deletion discussions. Grahame (talk) 03:08, 13 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Delete unelected politicians are not notable at this level.John Pack Lambert (talk) 03:27, 13 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]
delete not elected and fails WP:BIO. LibStar (talk) 13:28, 13 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Delete, although let the AfD run its course (and don't WP:SNOW) because it's not completely impossible she could win in late counting, in which case this would become an instant keep. But there's no claim to notability in the extremely likely event she loses. The Drover's Wife (talk) 01:16, 14 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Delete as an unelected politician. While I personally feel that WP would be enriched by allowing such candidate bios, consensus on the matter is clear. Carrite (talk) 15:56, 16 July 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.