Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Erin Mendenhall


 * 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 speedy delete. No credible claim of significance, and clearly promotional. – bradv  🍁  05:27, 16 August 2019 (UTC)

Erin Mendenhall

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This is an unfortunate bother. The subject of this article is a candidate for political office. She clearly does not meet WP:GNG or WP:NPOL. Yet, and, who I am suspecting are the same person, created this article, only for  to appropriately move it to draft space, only for them to recreate it in article space. I nominated it for PROD but PROD was removed without reasoning. At best, this is WP:TOOSOON. – Muboshgu (talk) 15:36, 15 August 2019 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. – Muboshgu (talk) 15:36, 15 August 2019 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Utah-related deletion discussions. – Muboshgu (talk) 15:36, 15 August 2019 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Women-related deletion discussions. ...William, is the complaint department really on the roof? 16:25, 15 August 2019 (UTC)


 * (Comment moved from Talk:Erin Mendenhall) The subject is indeed a candidate for political office. I went looking for an online biography of the candidate and felt what I was finding online was lacking detail. There are two other potential candidates for mayor of Salt Lake City - the votes are still being counted to determine which of them will be up against Erin Mendenhall. Their names are Jim Dabakis and Luz Escamilla and they both have wikipedia pages with detailed information about their lives and what they have done. I begin this page in the hope that we can learn more about the confirmed candidate who has so far earned the most votes from the electorate. It has been a very long time since I created or edited anything on wikipedia, and yes I failed to include a citation. RichAlger and I are not the same person. I had posted on Facebook about the lack of a wikipedia entry for Erin Mendenhall, and RichAlger suggested I could create a page and then he saw what I had posted and added a citation. He clearly understands better how wikipedia works than I do. So I was grateful that he came in and added additional citations and information. This entry should be taken out of the draft space and made public so that others can add pertinent information. People in Salt Lake City will need sources of information about every candidate in the upcoming election. Danithew (talk) 16:04, 15 August 2019 (UTC)
 * , indeed, Dabakis and Escamilla have pages, and Mendenhall did not. Dabakis and Escamilla both serve in the Utah Senate, and that grants them the presumption of notability per WP:NPOL ("Politicians and judges who have held international, national, or sub-national (e.g., province- or state-wide) office, or have been members of legislative bodies at those levels."). Mendenhall is a city councilor, and does not meet NPOL. Mendenhall is not entitled to a page just because she's a candidate, even though she finished in first in the first round of the election. Wikipedia is not a web host. She has to win the election before you can make an assertion that she meets NPOL as mayor-elect. The poor sourcing you presented when creating this article demonstrates why a Salt Lake City councilor would not be presumed to be notable. There would have to be a lot more sourcing to meet GNG. And when a user moves the page to draft space, where it can be fleshed out, you (or RichAlger) should not take that as a sign to recreate it in article space. – Muboshgu (talk) 16:32, 15 August 2019 (UTC)
 * Delete. People do not get Wikipedia articles just for being candidates in elections they have not won — the notability test for politicians is holding a notable office, not merely running for one. For her to already be eligible for a Wikipedia article today, rather, what would have to be demonstrated is that she already had preexisting notability for other reasons which would already have gotten her an article anyway — but there's no content or sourcing here which suggests that she does. Obviously no prejudice against recreation after election day if she wins, but nothing here is a reason why she would already qualify for an article right now. We're not the media, and it's not our job to provide "equal time" to every candidate in every election: our job is to create and maintain articles about holders of notable political offices, not to help candidates for notable offices publicize their campaigns. Bearcat (talk) 16:41, 15 August 2019 (UTC)
 * SPEEDY DELETE this atrocity for A7 and G11. Trillfendi (talk) 16:47, 15 August 2019 (UTC)
 * Delete per the above discussions. WP:NPOL is not passed, and neither is WP:GNG. Rollidan (talk) 16:54, 15 August 2019 (UTC)
 * Delete per Bearcat....William, is the complaint department really on the roof? 17:04, 15 August 2019 (UTC)
 * Speedy delete per above. Clearly made as a PR push. –  Broccoli  &#38; Coffee (Oh hai) 18:12, 15 August 2019 (UTC)
 * Speedy delete as above - G11, A7. Fails WP:NBIO and WP:NPOL. Jmertel23 (talk) 21:33, 15 August 2019 (UTC)
 * Draftify with a stern face for recreating it. I'm new to the process but figured I'd spruce up the article while pondering who will get my vote in November. Kjtobo (talk) 22:35, 15 August 2019 (UTC)
 * Delete It appears to be TOOSOON. More coverage will likely come if she win the election. If someone draftifies the article, please salt it to make sure it goes through AFC. Masum Reza 📞 22:55, 15 August 2019 (UTC)


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