Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/David Carrington


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The result was redirect to Alabama gubernatorial election, 2018. (non-admin closure) f  e  minist  11:10, 1 June 2017 (UTC)

David Carrington

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fails WP:NPOLITICIAN and WP:GNG as it states here WP:POLOUTCOMES "American county-level legislators are considered to be similarly not-inherently notable just like municipal politicians." unless they pass GNG and here I don't believe he does. Domdeparis (talk) 13:53, 24 May 2017 (UTC)
 * Redirect to Alabama gubernatorial election, 2018. He isn't notable, but he could reasonably be a search term for the upcoming election, and would become notable if he wins. – Muboshgu (talk) 15:21, 24 May 2017 (UTC)
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 * Delete, or redirect per Muboshgu. People do not get articles just for being as yet unelected candidates in party primaries — a person has to hold a notable political office, not just run for one, to clear WP:NPOL on his political activities. But neither smalltown city councils nor county commissions are offices that pass NPOL, there's no evidence of preexisting notability for reasons outside of politics, the article is written more like a campaign brochure than a proper encyclopedia article, and the referencing is a mixture of primary sources and routine coverage of his candidacy announcement, with very little evidence of reliable source coverage about him in any context that would actually support preexisting notability at all. So no prejudice against recreation in 2018 if he wins the gubernatorial election, but nothing here right now is enough to get him an article today. Bearcat (talk) 14:13, 26 May 2017 (UTC)


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