Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jan Schneider (2nd nomination)


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The result was delete. North America1000 12:46, 19 May 2021 (UTC)

Jan Schneider
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Glaringly fails WP:NPOL. I can't imagine how this page has been allowed to stick around for so long. KidAd •  SPEAK  03:12, 12 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. North America1000 06:57, 12 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Florida-related deletion discussions. North America1000 06:57, 12 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Women-related deletion discussions. Coolabahapple (talk) 13:23, 12 May 2021 (UTC)


 * Delete. People do not automatically qualify for Wikipedia articles just for standing as candidates in elections they did not win, and the existence of a small handful of campaign coverage during the election does not translate into a WP:GNG-based exemption from having to pass WP:NPOL — every candidate in every election everywhere can always show some evidence of campaign coverage, so if the existence of a few pieces of campaign coverage were all it took to exempt a candidate from NPOL, then every candidate would always be exempted from NPOL. Rather, to make a candidate notable enough for inclusion without winning the election, she must pass one of two other tests: either (a) she has preexisting notability for other reasons that would already have gotten her a Wikipedia article on those grounds anyway (e.g. Cynthia Nixon), or (b) she can show such an unusual volume, depth or geographic range of coverage, expanding far beyond just what every other candidate can also show, that she would have a credible claim to her candidacy being much more special than everybody else's candidacies in some way that would pass the ten year test for enduring significance (e.g. Christine O'Donnell). But this fails to source any of the information about her career background at all, which means it isn't demonstrating that she would pass test A — and with just eight footnotes of which half are blogs, routine public opinion polls of the type that every candidate appears in and routine candidate profiles in all-candidate directories, it isn't demonstrating that she would pass test B either. Bearcat (talk) 14:15, 13 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Delete - while there is some career background at The Roads to Congress 2008 (pp. 173-174), a 2008 profile with some commentary The independence of Jan Schneider (Sarasota Herald-Tribune), and a 2017 profile Six-time candidate Jan Schneider announces start of campaign for U.S. House seat (Bradenton Herald), there does not appear to be sufficient support for WP:NPOL, WP:AUTHOR, WP:PROF, or WP:BASIC notability. Beccaynr (talk) 16:04, 13 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Redirect to Florida's 13th congressional district. She is a perennial candidate in this district, and is therefore somewhat notable enough not to have her page completely deleted. If she doesn’t meet WP:GNG, WP:NPOL, WP:AUTHOR, WP:PROF, or WP:BASIC, as I am seeing, fine! But she is notable enough to be redirected to the FL 13 election results page, since she is a perennial candidate for that congressional district (FL 16 after 2013). This was also a solution suggested in the previous articles for deletion request, and that seems like a good solution. Muhibm0307 (talk) 20:18, 13 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Delete per Bearcat. Not entirely convinced the redirect makes sense. SportingFlyer  T · C  18:05, 17 May 2021 (UTC)


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