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The result was delete. Sandstein 15:25, 4 January 2019 (UTC) reply

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Declined PROD. Possible autobiography. Person fails WP:GNG as having little, if any, significant coverage. Fails WP:NPOL as a candidate for office who has not won an election. –  Muboshgu ( talk) 02:31, 28 December 2018 (UTC) reply

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. –  Muboshgu ( talk) 02:31, 28 December 2018 (UTC) reply

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Missouri-related deletion discussions. –  Muboshgu ( talk) 02:31, 28 December 2018 (UTC) reply

The page "Dale Manzo" should not be deleted because I believe that it meets Wikipedias guidelines for notability. Multiple regional news outlets mention this person. There is a reference to official government filings for this candidate's campaign. This page currently has (12) references and that number will continue to grow. Most information on this page is backed up with a citation. I do not see why this page would be suitable for deletion. This page has valuable information on it that comes from a variety of types and sizes of outlets. While this page is not about a candidate that has won an election, it is about a candidate who is running for a statewide elected position and would be the youngest person ever elected to a statewide elected position if they have a successful election. This page is clearly not an autobiography as the language neither shows support or opposal.

I believe that as this page is very new, it will get much better as there is more content and contribution on it. D63025 ( talk) 03:30, 28 December 2018 (UTC) reply

Many of the sources in the article don't even mention the subject at all. Running for statewide office does not make someone notable, even if he "would be" the youngest person elected. You are saying then that you are not Dale Manzo? –  Muboshgu ( talk) 15:35, 28 December 2018 (UTC) reply

• Delete Fails WP:TOOSOON as well as NPOL and GNG; he's all of nineteen and hasn't done anything noteworthy yet in his political career. No third-party coverage. Article is clearly intended to promote the subject and contained either dubious, irrelevant or primary sources. OP had previously created an article about Manzo's business (Manchester Electrical Contractors Inc.) that was speedily deleted due to lack of notability. sixtynine ^{• whaddya want? •} 07:56, 28 December 2018 (UTC) reply
• Delete. The fact that some local campaign coverage exists is not an automatic WP:GNG pass for unelected candidates that exempts them from having to pass WP:NPOL — covering local politics is local media's job, so some coverage of every election campaign always exists, and no candidate for anything would ever fail GNG if that were how it worked. As of right now, the tests he would have to pass are that either (a) he can be shown to already have preexisting notability for other reasons that would have gotten him an article regardless of being a candidate for anything, or (b) he can be shown as the subject of so much more coverage than most other declared candidates in election primaries also get that he'd have a credible claim to being special. But this article, as written, is demonstrating neither of those things at all. If he wins the Secretary of State election in 2020 (and I mean the general election, not just the primary), then he'll qualify for an article at that time since he'll be an actual statewide officeholder — but simply being a candidate is not in and of itself enough as of today. Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, not a free public relations platform for unelected political candidates. Bearcat ( talk) 18:36, 1 January 2019 (UTC) reply
• Delete apart from a number of other issues like failing WP:GNG, the page seems purely promotional. SportingFlyer talk 02:12, 2 January 2019 (UTC) reply
• Delete Fails WP:NPOL, as well as WP:GNG. Simply not enough coverage. Jmertel23 ( talk) 14:42, 3 January 2019 (UTC) reply
• Delete Fails WP:NPOL and WP:GNG. Also this page was almost certainly created by either Dale Manzo or a member of his campaign, as the creator only edits outside this page and the page for Manzo's business have been to include his name on any possible page for promotion. GPL93 ( talk) 18:18, 3 January 2019 (UTC) reply

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. 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.