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The question is whether the subject is notable. Not whether the article is notable. I've added some more material which is independent.
Rathfelder (
talk) 18:06, 16 September 2014 (UTC)reply
Thanking you for developing the article; I'm afraid it still doesn't look notable to me. I don't understand what you mean by, "The question is whether the subject is notable. Not whether the article is notable."
Bondegezou (
talk) 20:52, 16 September 2014 (UTC)reply
Candidates for office do not qualify for Wikipedia articles under
WP:NPOL just for being candidates (nor do city councillors qualify for articles under NPOL just for being city councillors.) If you cannot adequately source that he was already sufficiently notable for a Wikipedia article before becoming a parliamentary candidate, then he does not become notable enough for a Wikipedia article until he wins the election. It is potentially possible for a city councillor in a city the size of
Leeds to qualify for an article — he's not entitled to an automatic keep on that basis, but could still be considered sufficiently notable if you wrote a really substantial article about his work as a city councillor and power-sourced it over the
WP:GNG hump. But that's not what's been done here — as written, this is barely more than a campaign brochure, and Wikipedia's inclusion rules for politicians (and our content rules governing even the politicians who do qualify for coverage on here) are specifically designed around the principle of weeding out campaign brochures. Delete.
Bearcat (
talk) 13:50, 17 September 2014 (UTC)reply
Delete. A local politician with local news refs. Nothing doing here.
Szzuk (
talk) 19:09, 18 September 2014 (UTC)reply
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Dusti*Let's talk!* 02:49, 23 September 2014 (UTC)reply
Delete: Fails
WP:POLITICIAN as a local councillor and candidate. The individual points in what amounts to a CV are not in themselves sufficient for biographical notability, nor is the local media coverage; fails
WP:ANYBIO.
AllyD (
talk) 06:12, 23 September 2014 (UTC)reply
Delete fails
WP:NOTEBLP for non-election coverage, fails
WP:POLITICIAN as a candidate for the 2015 election. Just not enough significant coverage in indep. RS. --
Bejnar (
talk) 21:08, 26 September 2014 (UTC)reply
Delete being a candidate is not notable.
MilborneOne (
talk) 12:37, 28 September 2014 (UTC)reply
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