Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sara Townsend


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The result was delete. Kurykh (talk) 01:17, 11 April 2017 (UTC)

Sara Townsend

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WP:BLP of a person whose only claim of notability is as a non-winning candidate in a state legislative election. As always, people do not get Wikipedia articles just for being candidates in elections they haven't won; if you cannot demonstrate and source that she was already notable enough for an article for some other reason independent of her candidacy, then she has to win the election to get an article because of the election. Of course the article will be recreated in November if she wins her seat, but nothing stated or sourced here gets her an article today. Bearcat (talk) 19:47, 3 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. Bearcat (talk) 19:47, 3 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Virginia-related deletion discussions. Bearcat (talk) 19:47, 3 April 2017 (UTC)


 * Keep. I think the case is stronger for keeping this article than for keeping the Elizabeth Guzman article, because Townsend got nominated in 2015 by the Democrats, which is sort of like winning a mini-election. Combine that with the notability of the election itself, which is considered one of the stronger pickup opportunities for the Democrats in Virginia, and she's more notable than the typical state legislative candidate. From a WP:IAR standpoint, I will also say, Townsend ran in two elections, so it's helpful to consolidate all that information into one article rather than duplicate it in both Virginia's 31st House of Delegates district election, 2015 and Virginia's 31st House of Delegates district election, 2017. N I H I L I S T I C (talk) 20:20, 3 April 2017 (UTC)
 * A person does not get over the notability bar just for running in more than one election; at a guess, a good half of all unsuccessful candidates for office have tried more than just once. And if you think an editor whose first-ever contribution under this username was just 16 hours ago is going to somehow have the magical new insight that convinces thousands of established editors that 16 years worth of established Wikipedia practice regarding politicians has been totally wrong all that time, then I've got news for you. Bearcat (talk) 21:03, 3 April 2017 (UTC)


 * Delete, unless someone can show she's got a high profile in Virginia for doing something other than lose elections, albeit quite narrowly at times. Perhaps she needs to sack her publicity team! The timing of this article suggests it's in advance of her campaign later this year. Fails WP:POLITICIAN. Sionk (talk) 20:24, 3 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete Does not meet WP:NPOL as an unelected candidate for office. No other claim to notability. AusLondonder (talk) 12:47, 4 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Very Strong delete candidates for state legislatures are never ever notable for that alone. They need something else. The routine coverae of state legislature candidates is not enough to make someone notable.John Pack Lambert (talk) 03:30, 7 April 2017 (UTC)
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