Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jerry Joyce


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The result was delete.  Sandstein  08:40, 30 May 2020 (UTC)

Jerry Joyce

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WP:BLP of an unsuccessful mayoral candidate. As always, unelected candidates for political office do not get Wikipedia articles just for being candidates: they must either (a) already have had preexisting notability for other reasons that would already have gotten them into Wikipedia independently of the candidacy (i.e. the Cynthia Nixon test), or (b) be referenceable to a volume and depth and range of media coverage that marks his candidacy out as much more special than everybody else's candidacies, in some way that would pass the ten year test for enduring significance (the Christine O'Donnell test). But neither of those are on offer here: there's no claim even being attempted that he was notable for other reasons before standing as a candidate, and there isn't much evidence that his candidacy itself was anything special: once you discount the primary sources (Twitter, Scribd, Chicago Board of Elections, the self-published websites of directly affiliated organizations, etc.) and the student media and the glancing namechecks of his existence in articles that aren't about him to any non-trivial degree, what's left isn't out of the norm compared what any mayoral candidate in any city could show. Bearcat (talk) 18:11, 22 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. Bearcat (talk) 18:11, 22 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Illinois-related deletion discussions. Bearcat (talk) 18:11, 22 May 2020 (UTC)


 * Delete. I agree with your assessment of the situation.--Mpen320 (talk) 18:58, 22 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete Fails WP:NPOL as a failed candidate for the Mayor of Chicago. Does not appear to pass WP:GNG as an attorney. --Enos733 (talk) 19:09, 22 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete unelected candidates for mayor are not notable.John Pack Lambert (talk) 19:38, 22 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete. Unsuccessful candidate for Chicago mayor, thus fails WP:NPOL. Lefcentreright  Talk  (plz ping) 20:14, 22 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Just going to comment, it is improper that I, the creator of this article, was not notified about this nomination. However, in light of Amara Enyia's nomination, I agree about discussing deletion of this article as well. SecretName101 (talk) 15:32, 28 May 2020 (UTC)


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