Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jerry Sturgill

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The result was redirect to United States Senate election in Idaho, 2016. (non-admin closure) Ya sh ! 17:24, 7 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Jerry Sturgill

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Politician who does not meet the standards of WP:GNG nor WP:NPOL. Onel5969 ^{TT me} 16:17, 23 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I agree that Sturgill isn't notable enough for his own article. I started this as a redirect page, linking to the article about the election he was in. I think it should be reverted to the redirect page rather than being deleted entirely. Pha telegrapher (talk) 18:32, 23 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Comment - I would have no problem with a redirect. Onel5969 ^{TT me} 19:12, 23 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Delete non-notable candidate for US senate.John Pack Lambert (talk) 05:33, 24 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Merge into the United States Senate election in Idaho, 2016 page— Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.88.167.198 (talk • contribs) 19:47, 27 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, —UY Scuti ^Talk 15:14, 30 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Businesspeople-related deletion discussions. —UY Scuti ^Talk 15:15, 30 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. —UY Scuti ^Talk 15:15, 30 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Idaho-related deletion discussions. —UY Scuti ^Talk 15:15, 30 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect to United States Senate election in Idaho, 2016 as original creator intended. He is still a plausible search term. —Мандичка^YO 😜 15:18, 30 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Restore redirect. Indeed, what happened here is that Pha telegrapher created him as a redirect to the election, which is entirely acceptable, and then a new editor with the username User:Candidatebot converted it into an article. As always, however, unelected candidates for office do not get Wikipedia articles because candidate — if they don't already have preexisting notability for something that passes another notability criterion, then (with rare exceptions on the order of the media firestorm that ate Christine O'Donnell) you have to wait until they win the seat before you can start an article because election. And for added bonus, this is sourced 75 per cent to primary sources, with just two pieces of purely WP:ROUTINE campaign coverage for reliable sourcing, which means there's no basis to claim that he passes WP:GNG. Typically these days I prefer deletion rather than redirection for unelected candidates, but in this particular case since the title was a redirect to start with and then got turned into a campaign brochure, reverting it back to a redirect is preferable. Bearcat (talk) 15:56, 30 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Unsuccessful candidate for office. I see no reason to redirect. Tiller54 (talk) 19:34, 30 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect to United States Senate election in Idaho, 2016. Despite Tiller54's argument, it has been our custom and is reasonable to maintain some record of major party candidates for U.S. Senate seats, even in a state with as few people as Idaho, where minority parties sometimes nominate utterly non-notable individuals. E.M.Gregory (talk) 20:36, 1 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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