Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Glenn Hurst

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 2022 United States Senate election in Iowa per the typical practice for candidates who are not otherwise notable. RL0919 (talk) 21:38, 25 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Non-notable political candidate running for U.S. Senate. He's currently on the city council for town with 600 people and operates a medical clinic. Meatsgains^(talk) 20:52, 18 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

• Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 21:03, 18 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]
• Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Iowa-related deletion discussions. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 21:03, 18 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]
• Redirect>>>2022 United States Senate election in Iowa Djflem (talk) 21:12, 18 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

• Speedy redirect: As an article that would otherwise be CSD'd. Curbon7 (talk) 03:05, 19 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment:The article creator, LouisNMcDonald, and another new editor Aaafram have been adding placing opinions on the article Talk page rather than this discussion page. AllyD (talk) 17:29, 19 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

• Comment: I hope this is the right place. Apologies if it’s not. In Iowa, Glenn Hurst is notable for his role in the Iowa Democratic Party, pushing to re-elect Iowa's only Democratic congressperson Rep. Cindy Axne. The other two candidates in this race are Mike Franken's and Abby Finkenauer. Franken's page is predominantly about his two Senate races and Finkenauer is no longer an elected official, only having served one term before losing her reelection.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_T._Franken https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abby_Finkenauer LouisNMcDonald (talk) 18:24, 19 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

• • LouisNMcDonald, Finkenauer is default notable per our notability criteria for politicians. On the other hand, Franken's article was created at the time when we had a notability criteria for soldiers that made it so that generals and other flag officers had inherent notability. That criteria has since been depreciated, so it will be worth taking a look at Franken's article as well. Curbon7 (talk) 23:37, 19 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete unnominated candidates are virtually never notable for such. Even if he wins the Democratic nomination he will probably not be notable unless he wins the general election. He has no other workable claim to notability.John Pack Lambert (talk) 15:09, 20 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

• • beyond this, I just removed a lot of uses of Dr. The article reads a lot like a campaign brochure posted to Wikipedia. Wikipedia is not meant to be a free platform for non-notable people to advance their political campaigns.John Pack Lambert (talk) 15:12, 20 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep: Dr. Hurst is a notable candidate in this race because he is an institutional member of the Iowa Democratic Party. Dr. Hurst was elected and has served as the chair of the Rural Caucus for many years now. https://iowademocrats.org/scc-3/ He has been a staunch advocate for rural communities in Iowa and progressive values. He also serves as a City Council member in Minden, Iowa. Comparatively to the most densely populated states in America, being a city-county council member to a city of 600 may not seem notable, but according to the Iowa Department for Public Health, approximately 43% of Iowa's population lives in rural communities like these. https://idph.iowa.gov/Portals/1/Files/IowaHealthWorkforce/Safety%20Resource%20Plan%201.pdf As an elected official of the Iowa Democratic Party as the Rural Caucus chair and an elected official in a rural community in a state that is 43% rural, I would argue that Dr. Glenn Hurst is a notable political figure in Iowa. Deleting his Wikipedia page would be silencing the existence of prominent figures in rural Iowa. Sanity0050 (talk) 18:24, 20 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]
• Redirect to 2022 United States Senate election in Iowa. Hyper-local political figure fails WP:NPOL at this time. KidAd • SPEAK 00:14, 21 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep: According to Wikipedia:Notability (people), Major local political figures who have received significant press coverage have a place here. In Iowa, Glenn Hurst is a major figure:

— Preceding unsigned comment added by LouisNMcDonald (talk • contribs) 02:15, 21 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep:Last cycle, Theresa Greenfield's Wikipedia page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theresa_Greenfield was approved even though she was at the time an unnominated candidate running as a democrat. It is essential to make sure all pages are considered with the same precedence level while they reside in related space. Theresa Greenfield was not notable in Democratic politics and was approved while unnominated. Dr. Glenn Hurst is an elected official in a city in Iowa and an elected official in the Iowa Democratic party as the rural caucus chair. https://iowademocrats.org/scc-3/ — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sanity0050 (talk • contribs) 03:43, 21 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]
• Redirect to 2022 United States Senate election in Iowa as a usual and proper outcome. Any biographical details can be added to the page about the election. And as an aside, the Greenfield article was closed as a redirect at AFD prior winning the primary. It was subject to three deletion reviews and then the moved from draft to the mainspace after a discussion at ANI. --Enos733 (talk) 06:20, 22 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]
• Redirect Per WP:POLOUTCOMES. Best, GPL93 (talk) 20:03, 22 December 2021 (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.