Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Michael McDermott (politician)


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The result was redirect to New York gubernatorial election. Liz Read! Talk! 23:35, 25 March 2022 (UTC)

Michael McDermott (politician)

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Fails WP:NPOL and WP:GNG. Search of Google News and other search engines (per WP:BEFORE) failed to produce sources that satisfy the notability guidelines. While there are multiple citations of his gubernatorial run, several of them are primary sources and those that are secondary sources are routine campaign news coverage that is given to practically anyone who runs for office. There appears to be no credible evidence notability aside from his candidacy. Remember, WP:NPOL applies to politicians who have been elected to notable political office, not unelected candidates receiving run-of-the-mill campaign press coverage. A viable alternative to outright deletion would be to Redirect to 2014 New York gubernatorial election. Sal2100 (talk) 18:04, 18 March 2022 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Politicians and New York.  CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 18:24, 18 March 2022 (UTC)
 * Delete. Fails WP:GNG and WP:NPOL. KidAd  •  SPEAK  20:46, 20 March 2022 (UTC)
 * Delete fails WP:GNG and WP:NPOL.Pharaoh of the Wizards (talk) 03:40, 22 March 2022 (UTC)
 * Delete fails WP:NPOL and is not notable outside of his campaign, which itself is not particularly notable. Best, GPL93 (talk) 15:47, 23 March 2022 (UTC)
 * Keep he was a candidate for multiple offices and a major third party's gubernatorial candidate. If not keep, it would be best to redirect to 2014 New York gubernatorial election since his name appears there. —  AMK152  (t • c) 14:19, 25 March 2022 (UTC)


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