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The result was delete. Tone 13:23, 27 September 2018 (UTC) reply

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I am unconvinced that the subject passes WP:NPOL. She is a mayoral candidate who has not held previous political office, and all press coverage appears to be local. Jmertel23 ( talk) 15:25, 20 September 2018 (UTC) reply

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU ^(T) 17:22, 20 September 2018 (UTC) reply

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Rhode Island-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU ^(T) 17:22, 20 September 2018 (UTC) reply

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Women-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU ^(T) 17:22, 20 September 2018 (UTC) reply

• Delete. Neither being an as yet unelected candidate for mayor nor serving as fundraiser for a gubernatorial candidate is an article-clinching notability claim in its own right, and getting a blip of local WP:BLP1E coverage for the question of whether or not she could hold both roles simultaneously is not, in and of itself, evidence that her notability in either role has somehow nationalized. The notability test on Wikipedia is not just "anybody gets an article the moment they can show any evidence of any media coverage at all" — we evaluate passage of WP:GNG not just on the number of footnotes present, but on factors like their geographic range, their depth, and whether the context of what she's getting that coverage for is of permanent ten-year test-passing national and international interest. And the coverage here doesn't pass the geographic range or 10YT tests. No prejudice against recreation on or after election day if she wins, but nothing here already gets her over the bar today. Bearcat ( talk) 19:12, 20 September 2018 (UTC) reply
• Delete per Bearcat; fails WP:NPOL. SportingFlyer talk 06:23, 21 September 2018 (UTC) reply
• Delete a non-notable campaign operative. John Pack Lambert ( talk) 04:30, 24 September 2018 (UTC) reply
• I abstain but totally understand the arguments made here. I was myself unclear whether she met the guidelines when writing this article. Thank you Bearcat for the very helpful explanation! RIfoodie ( talk) 22:03, 24 September 2018 (UTC) reply

Thanks for being udnerstanding RIfoodie! Around election season (no matter the country), we get a lot of candidates who want to make Wikipedia articles, so we've added extra notability guidelines for politicians. I wish Ms. Whitman the best in her campaign! Bkissin ( talk) 17:30, 25 September 2018 (UTC) reply

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