Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Melanie Stansbury


 * 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 delete. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 09:22, 4 April 2018 (UTC)

Melanie Stansbury

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Unelected candidate for political office. WP:NPOL. Madg2011 (talk) 20:19, 27 March 2018 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions.  MT Train Talk 05:37, 28 March 2018 (UTC)
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 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Women-related deletion discussions. Coolabahapple (talk) 12:19, 28 March 2018 (UTC)


 * Delete. Candidates in forthcoming elections do not qualify for Wikipedia articles just for being candidates — if you cannot demonstrate and reliably source that she was already notable enough for a Wikipedia article for some other reason besides her candidacy, then she has to win the election and thereby hold the seat to become notable as a politician. But this does not offer any evidence that she had preexisting notability for her prior work — the references are entirely to directly affiliated primary sources, and nothing claimed in the article text is "inherently" notable enough to exempt her from having to get over WP:GNG on real reliable source coverage. Also, this is written more like a campaign brochure than an encyclopedia article (giveaway: capitalization of job titles like "PhD Candidate" and "Consultant" and "Program Examiner".) No prejudice against recreation in November if she wins the seat, but nothing here entitles her to already have a Wikipedia article eight months before the election. Bearcat (talk) 15:50, 28 March 2018 (UTC)
 * Delete: article appears to serve as promo for some future political race. Quis separabit?  20:07, 3 April 2018 (UTC)


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