Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jo-Ann Roberts


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The result was delete. T. Canens (talk) 00:04, 7 February 2018 (UTC)

Jo-Ann Roberts

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WP:BLP of a person notable only as a single-market local radio host and non-winning candidate for political office. As always, neither single-market radio hosts nor unelected political candidates are granted an automatic presumption of notability just for existing, but the sourcing here isn't actually helping to single her out as more notable than the norm for either endeavour: her radio work is covered off by a single source from the local media about her announcing her retirement, and her unsuccessful campaign for office is supported by purely run of the mill campaign-related coverage of the type and volume that every candidate in any election always gets. For both local talk radio hosts and non-winning election candidates, the key to making them notable enough for a Wikipedia article is not just to show that some sources exist, because some sources always exist for everybody who does either of those things -- the key to getting someone into Wikipedia on either of those grounds is to demonstrate that for some real reason she's substantially more notable than the thousands of other people who've been local radio hosts and/or unsuccessful election candidates without getting Wikipedia articles for that. But the sourcing here is just showing exactly what every local radio host and every candidate in every election could always show, and is not demonstrating a credible reason why she's more notable than everybody else who's done the same things. Bearcat (talk) 18:21, 30 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. Bearcat (talk) 18:26, 30 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Radio-related deletion discussions. Bearcat (talk) 18:26, 30 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of British Columbia-related deletion discussions. Bearcat (talk) 18:26, 30 January 2018 (UTC)

Delete- not notable as politician or radio host as per Bearcat.--Rusf10 (talk) 23:44, 30 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Delete defeated candidates for political office are almost always not notable.John Pack Lambert (talk) 02:46, 5 February 2018 (UTC)


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