Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Michael Connolly (Canadian politician)


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The result was   delete. j⚛e deckertalk 03:30, 3 October 2014 (UTC)

Michael Connolly (Canadian politician)

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WP:BLP, citing no reliable source coverage (a list post on an Internet discussion forum is not valid sourcing), of a person whose only substantive claim of notability is being an as yet unelected candidate in a future election. As always, this is not a claim of notability that gets a person past WP:NPOL — if you cannot adequately source that the candidate was already notable enough for a Wikipedia article under a different inclusion criterion before he was named a candidate, then he does not become notable enough for a Wikipedia article until he wins the election. (I initially speedied this for lacking a substantive claim of notability, but changed my mind and opted to take this route instead.) No prejudice against recreation in October 2015 if he wins, but he's not entitled to keep a campaign brochure on Wikipedia in the meantime. Delete. Bearcat (talk) 23:38, 25 September 2014 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Canada-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 02:13, 26 September 2014 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 02:13, 26 September 2014 (UTC)


 * Delete. Fails WP:POLITICIAN and WP:GNG. I've searched and can't find anything notable about this person. Tchaliburton (talk) 03:55, 26 September 2014 (UTC)
 * Delete Fails WP:NPOL and WP:GNG. Being a possible candidate in an upcoming election is not enough to show notability and there's a lack of significant coverage. 131.118.229.17 (talk) 18:53, 2 October 2014 (UTC)
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