Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Nick Begich III


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The result was redirect‎__EXPECTED_UNCONNECTED_PAGE__ to 2022 United States House of Representatives election in Alaska. This seemed like the more preferred redirect target. If you disagree, you can make your argument at WP:RFD. Liz Read! Talk! 05:45, 6 July 2023 (UTC)

Nick Begich III

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Article about a political candidate, not properly sourced as having a strong notability claim. As always, people do not get Wikipedia articles just for running as candidates in elections they didn't win -- the notability test at WP:NPOL is holding a notable political office, not just running for one. To qualify for inclusion in Wikipedia rather, a candidate must show that either (a) he already has preexisting notability for some other reasons (e.g. having held a different notable office, having established notability in another career independently of politics) that would already have secured inclusion in Wikipedia anyway, or (b) he has a credible claim to being a special case whose candidacy should be seen as uniquely more notable than other people's candidacies, in some way that would pass the ten year test for enduring significance. But neither of those things is in evidence here: there's no serious claim that he was notable for other reasons besides an unsuccessful election campaign, the writing shades into "campaign brochure" territory by spending entirely too much time on his political opinions, and the referencing consists of a small smattering of the purely run of the mill campaign coverage that every candidate in every election can always show, which hardly constitutes evidence that he's more notable than other candidates. This previously existed as a redirect to the election he ran in, before being converted into this yesterday -- so no prejudice against restoration of the redirect, but this should be stricken from the edit history first. There's just nothing here that's "inherently" notable at all. Bearcat (talk) 02:57, 29 June 2023 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Politicians and Alaska. Bearcat (talk) 02:57, 29 June 2023 (UTC)


 * Redirect to 2022 United States House of Representatives election in Alaska, as it previously was. As he was not elected, he does not qualify for the automatic notability under WP:NPOL, and there's nothing that indicates to me that he is more prominent than any other candidate. None of the sources meet WP:SIGCOV, it's mainly WP:MILL and interviews. JML1148 ( talk &#124; contribs ) 05:22, 29 June 2023 (UTC)


 * Comment - I don't have time to research sources but I'll note that he got attention in the Lower 48. Even I recognized the name going down the list of todays AfDs. I think you'll find enough sources in the way of general profiles, etc. to build an article. Losing candidates don't normally get articles but nothing rules it out if they meet WP:GNG.
 * -- A. B. (talk • contribs • global count) 01:19, 30 June 2023 (UTC)
 * Redirect to Begich family and list him there per TulsaPoliticsFan. A. B. (talk • contribs • global count) 23:27, 4 July 2023 (UTC)


 * Redirect Losing candidates are not independently notable and should be redirected to the race that they ran in. SportingFlyer  T · C  09:40, 30 June 2023 (UTC)
 * Redirect to 2022 United States House of Representatives election in Alaska as a usual and appropriate outcome for candidates running for the US House (see WP:POLOUTCOMES. --Enos733 (talk) 17:34, 1 July 2023 (UTC)
 * Redirect. The article mentions only his candidacy and his grandfather. Bearcat has covered why his candidacy does not meet Wikipedia's thresholds. I will note that being Nick Begich's grandson is irrlevent as Wikipedia:notability is not inherited. Not mentioned in the article, but I do not believe his board membership on the Alaska Policy Forum's board qualifies and his business career would not meet GNG either.--Mpen320 (talk) 03:50, 2 July 2023 (UTC)
 * Redirect to Begich family and list him there. TulsaPoliticsFan (talk) 20:06, 4 July 2023 (UTC)
 * Also, want to note he ran in both 2022 United States House of Representatives election in Alaska and 2022 Alaska's at-large congressional district special election. TulsaPoliticsFan (talk) 01:43, 5 July 2023 (UTC)


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