Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Samara Barend


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The result was redirect to 2004 United States House of Representatives elections in New York. Stifle (talk) 14:55, 14 February 2022 (UTC)

Samara Barend

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This individual was a political candidate back in 2004, and received the usual coverage that all political candidates receive. She does not seem to have received any significant coverage before or since then, meaning she fails WP:BLP1E. Devonian Wombat (talk) 22:05, 22 January 2022 (UTC)
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 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of New York-related deletion discussions.  CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 22:13, 22 January 2022 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions.  Bobherry   Talk   Edits  01:54, 23 January 2022 (UTC)
 * Redirect to 2004 United States House of Representatives elections in New York as a usual and appropriate outcome for a failed candidate fore the US House of Representatives (see WP:POLOUTCOMES. (Ok to delete and create a redirect). --Enos733 (talk) 02:40, 23 January 2022 (UTC)
 * Delete - there does not appear to be sufficient support for WP:BASIC, WP:NPOL, or WP:GNG notability. I found a 1997 article about her from her undergraduate student newspaper, the 1999 report on her legislature honor in the The Buffalo News, a 2004 brief mention by Howard Dean in an interview with Mother Jones, a 2008 job announcement in Rochester Business Journal, a 2011 quote in the Times-Union, a 2013 quote as an expert in Newsday, 2018 quotes in City & State, and various press releases. Beccaynr (talk) 03:06, 23 January 2022 (UTC)
 * Comment Keep - I am adding in citations to her work before the 2004 campaign and her current work in the field of Public-private partnership. Notable citations include quotes on her work in the International Business Times, awards include Outstanding Women in the Building Industry by the Women Builders Council, an association that supports women in the construction industry, 2017 Bond Buyer Rising Star, and she received an award during the City & State's 2018 P3 Summit (though I have not been able to find the name of the award).
 * As to the campaign, in addition to the coverage during the campaign, the Barend/Kuhl campaign was covered years after the 2004 campaign in two places: David Mark's 2007 book Going Dirty: The Art of Negative Campaigning, and Tanya Melich's article in Heidi Hartmann's 2014 2005 edited book Gendering Politics and Policy. DaffodilOcean (talk) 17:02, 23 January 2022 (UTC)
 * I am changing to keep. The coverage of her 2004 campaign extends three years (David Mark's book) and ten years (The Melich article) after the campaign which is past standard campaign coverage. In addition she is recognized for her work in the period since the campaign. DaffodilOcean (talk) 18:57, 24 January 2022 (UTC)
 * As I noted below, I now have access to more sources, and they have allowed me to add sources to the article. The additions show there is WP:SUSTAINED coverage of Barend, her work on the Interstate 86 is one example (with coverage in 1996, 1999 ,2000, and 2007) and the 2004 election is also sustained with coverage in 2005, 2006, and 2007. (Above I also corrected the year of the Melich article, that was my error). DaffodilOcean (talk) 11:34, 27 January 2022 (UTC)


 * Comment per WP:IBTIMES, There is consensus that the International Business Times is generally unreliable. Beccaynr (talk) 18:21, 23 January 2022 (UTC)
 * Good catch, I took out the quote from the page. DaffodilOcean (talk) 19:02, 23 January 2022 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, — Coffee  //  have a ☕️ //  beans  // 01:36, 30 January 2022 (UTC)
 * Redirect to 2004 United States House of Representatives elections in New York Djflem (talk) 17:07, 24 January 2022 (UTC)
 * Delete in general the sourcing does not meet GNG, with the lone exception of sourcing around the actual election, but that is only at the level of any candidate, and we have ruled that such level of sourcing for a candidate for US house is not enough to show notability.John Pack Lambert (talk) 14:50, 26 January 2022 (UTC)
 * - I respectfully disagree. Barend's campaign received five pages of coverage in the Hartmann 2005 book and two pages in David Mark's book. This makes the campaign itself a little unusual, which, combined with the coverage of her work on the I86 corridor, provides significant coverage of her work. Also, I have just received access to The Wikipedia Library (which is fantastic) and am in the process of adding more coverage of her work outside the 2004 campaign DaffodilOcean (talk) 17:45, 26 January 2022 (UTC)
 *  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks,  Sandstein   08:47, 7 February 2022 (UTC)
 * Keep Her work on Interstate 86 and being honored by the legislature, plus her subsequent work (all sourced here) seem significant enough. The divorce papers kerfluffle made the NY Times, so it wasn't just campaigning as usual. She also has been awarded various honors -- none of a global nature, but within her field. Lamona (talk) 05:58, 2 February 2022 (UTC)
 *  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.


 * Keep : there is enough coverage to keep this one. Caphadouk (talk) 09:01, 8 February 2022 (UTC)
 * Delete Unsuccessful congressional candidate fails WP:NPOL. KidAd  •  SPEAK  17:27, 9 February 2022 (UTC)
 * 'Keep appears to have received significant coverage in reference to her work with public/private partnerships. ~ EDDY  ( talk / contribs )~ 13:52, 9 February 2022 (UTC)
 * Redirect to 2004 United States House of Representatives elections in New York per WP:POLOUTCOMES. The non-campaign coverage doesn't amount to a GNG pass. Best, GPL93 (talk) 22:31, 9 February 2022 (UTC)


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