- The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.
The result was redirect to 2015 Philadelphia mayoral election. See also the close of the similar Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Melissa Murray Bailey. RL0919 ( talk) 14:13, 11 June 2019 (UTC)
- Just to clarify, Ciancaglini is a candidate in 2019, not 2015. I've corrected the redirect target accordingly. Bearcat ( talk) 16:01, 11 June 2019 (UTC)
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Fails WP:NPOL as a candidate for Mayor of Philadelphia in the upcoming 2019 Election. Maybe redirect to 2019 Philadelphia mayoral election? I have also nominated the 2015 Republican nominee who similarly doesn't pass WP:NPOL or WP:GNG as well. GPL93 ( talk) 13:49, 4 June 2019 (UTC)
- Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. GPL93 ( talk) 14:35, 4 June 2019 (UTC)
- Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Law-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 14:48, 4 June 2019 (UTC)
- Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Pennsylvania-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 14:48, 4 June 2019 (UTC)
- Delete. People do not get Wikipedia articles just for being candidates in future elections they have not yet won, but this neither makes nor sources any strong claim that he has preexisting notability that would have gotten him an article for other reasons. He'll obviously qualify for an article on or after November 5 in the (somewhat unlikely but never say never) event that he actually wins the election, but nothing here is a reason why he would already be eligible for an article today. Bearcat ( talk) 14:55, 4 June 2019 (UTC)
- Delete. Candidates don't get their own page. It's well known. MaskedSinger ( talk) 19:32, 4 June 2019 (UTC)
- Redirect to 2019 Philadelphia mayoral election Good thinking GPL93! Obviously unelected candidate is not notable per WP:NPOL. Better to redirect to the election itself. Bkissin ( talk) 20:34, 4 June 2019 (UTC)
- Redirect to 2019 Philadelphia mayoral election. I have no concerns with redirecting candidates who do not either pass WP:GNG or WP:NPOL to a valid page about the election they are most notable for. -- Enos733 ( talk) 22:07, 4 June 2019 (UTC)
- Delete unless he wins the mayoral election he will not be notable. John Pack Lambert ( talk) 03:42, 5 June 2019 (UTC)
- Do not delete or Redirect Candidates often do get their own page. See Melissa Murray Bailey. If Bailey is given her own page, why wouldn't Ciancaglini? What is the difference? Lasalleexplorer ( talk) 12:41, 10 June 2019 (UTC)
- @ Lasalleexplorer:, actually they do not unless they receive an abnormally high amount of coverage, such as Christine O'Donnell or if you want to go the Philadelphia route Sam Katz. I also nominated Bailey's page for deletion at the same time and even then the WP:OTHERSTUFFEXISTS argument is generally one to avoid. Best, GPL93 ( talk) 13:01, 10 June 2019 (UTC)
- Melissa Murray Bailey is also up for deletion, and isn't on track to survive. And no, candidates don't "often" get their own page: if they don't already have preexisting notability for other reasons that would already have clinched a Wikipedia article anyway (e.g. Hillary Clinton is not losing her article just because she didn't win the presidency, because she held several other NPOL-passing political roles before running for president), then they need to show an unusual depth and range and volume of coverage, that goes well beyond what other candidates can also show, before the candidacy itself is grounds for an article. Bearcat ( talk) 12:13, 11 June 2019 (UTC)
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