User:力/sandbox/npol rfc

RFC on notability of political candidates
It is fairly common at AfD for articles on political candidates to be redirected to the article relating to their current campaign. That outcome is only endorsed by WP:POLOUTCOMES (which is neither a policy nor a guideline). The policy at WP:NPOL says Just being an elected local official, or an unelected candidate for political office, does not guarantee notability.

I propose two (competing) changes to determine the consensus on this matter:


 * A) Just being an elected local official, or an unelected candidate for political office, does not guarantee notability, although such people can still be notable if they meet the primary notability criterion of "significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject of the article". An article on a candidate for office who does not have any other credible claim of importance or significance will often be excluded per WP:BLP1E, even if there is sufficient coverage of that campaign to meet WP:GNG.
 * B) Just being an elected local official, or an unelected candidate for political office, does not guarantee notability, although such people can still be notable if they meet the primary notability criterion of "significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject of the article". It is not necessary for there to be coverage separate from a single political campaign for an article on a candidate to meet WP:GNG; a political campaign is not considered "a single event" for the purpose of WP:BLP1E.

Concerns

 * 1) This still doesn't address the "English problem" that in parts of England, there are no sub-national governmental bodies that meet the inclusion criteria of WP:NPOL.
 * 2) In general, candidates for national parliaments will be more notable than ones for sub-national ones.
 * Should there be an option B2:
 * B2) Just being an elected local official, or an unelected candidate for political office, does not guarantee notability, although such people can still be notable if they meet the primary notability criterion of "significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject of the article". It is not necessary for there to be coverage separate from a single political campaign for an article on a candidate for a statewide or national office to meet WP:GNG; a political campaign is not considered "a single event" for the purpose of WP:BLP1E. Best, Barkeep49 (talk) 04:00, 22 August 2018 (UTC)
 * 1) The New Hampshire House of Representatives is so large that even people elected to it may not achieve notability per GNG.
 * 2) Losing candidates for national elections in India will have significantly more coverage than those in Fiji or Gabon.