Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/David Nickarz (politician)

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The result was delete. Sarahj2107 (talk) 08:21, 6 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

David Nickarz (politician)

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WP:BLP of a politician and activist, notable primarily as a non-winning candidate in an election. As always, this is not a claim of notability that gets a person over WP:NPOL -- if you cannot credibly show and source that he was already eligible for a Wikipedia article for some other reason independent of his candidacy itself, then he has to win the election, not just run in it, to collect notability from the election. But nothing here demonstrates that he would have qualified for an article outside of the election campaign; the sourcing here is all WP:ROUTINE candidate and riding profiles, a primary source press release from the organization he works for, and glancing namechecks of his existence in purely local media coverage which isn't substantively about him. None of this, neither the volume and quality of the sourcing nor the substance of what it's supporting, makes him more notable than the norm for an unelected candidate. Delete. Bearcat (talk) 03:46, 28 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. GSS (talk) 16:47, 28 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Canada-related deletion discussions. GSS (talk) 16:47, 28 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Manitoba-related deletion discussions. Graham (talk) 20:29, 28 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Delete – Does not satisfy WP:NPOL and, in the subject's capacity as an environmental activist, does not meet notability standards. Graham (talk) 20:33, 28 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Environment-related deletion discussions. Graham (talk) 20:36, 28 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Delete unelected candidates are not notable at this level.John Pack Lambert (talk) 00:10, 2 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - as unelected politician. While I personally believe that WP would be better if such candidate biographies were allowed, consensus on notability in this situation is fairly clear. Carrite (talk) 16:08, 4 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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