Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bob Conley (2nd nomination)


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The result was redirect to 2008 United States Senate election in South Carolina. (non-admin closure) Natg 19 (talk) 04:54, 17 December 2020 (UTC)

Bob Conley
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This article doesn't pass the notability test. Before his run for office, he had not done anything notable, and after his run for office I cannot find any information on him. Being a conservative Democrat running for office does not bring him notability. 11 years ago there was a similar discussion that was settled with keeping the article up, but standards have changed since then. Jonaththejonath (talk) 18:09, 10 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 18:15, 10 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of South Carolina-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 18:15, 10 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Conservatism-related deletion discussions.  Spiderone  18:31, 10 December 2020 (UTC)


 * Delete per nom. Cupper 52 Discuss! 21:38, 10 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete. People are not eligible to keep Wikipedia articles just for having stood as candidates in elections they did not win — the notability test at WP:NPOL is holding a notable political office, not just running for one — but this neither demonstrates that he has any notability for other reasons outside of that context, nor shows the volume and depth and range of sourcing it would take to make his candidacy much more special than everybody else's candidacies, which are the tests he would have to pass to earn an article without winning the election first. Bearcat (talk) 14:56, 12 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete per nominator....William, is the complaint department really on the roof? 17:59, 14 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Redirect to 2008 United States Senate election in South Carolina. Not enough independent notability. Bearian (talk) 15:31, 15 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Redirect to 2008 United States Senate election in South Carolina as a usual an appropriate outcome. --Enos733 (talk) 16:10, 15 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete major nominees for the US sentate were held to be default notable back in 2008, but we have since come to realize this is not a reasonable view overall, so we should delete this article.John Pack Lambert (talk) 20:57, 15 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Redirect to 2008 United States Senate election in South Carolina. Failed candidates fails WP:NPOL, article comes off as campaign material. Bkissin (talk) 21:18, 15 December 2020 (UTC)


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