Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Steve Lough

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The result was delete. Ritchie333 ^(talk) ^(cont) 15:04, 5 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Steve Lough

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WP:BLP of a person notable primarily as an as yet non-winning candidate in a forthcoming political party primary. As always, being a candidate in a primary is not grounds for a Wikipedia article in and of itself -- if you cannot demonstrate and properly source a credible claim that he was already notable enough for an article for some other reason, then he has to win the general election in November, not just run as a candidate, to be notable as a politician, and the fact that his candidacy occasioned a small blip of WP:BLP1E coverage, just because of the amusing juxtaposition with his previous occupation, is not in and of itself to make him permanently more notable than the norm among non-winning candidates. No prejudice against recreation in November if he wins the seat, but nothing here entitles him to already have an article today. Bearcat (talk) 19:13, 28 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. Bearcat (talk) 19:14, 28 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Delete candidates do not get default notability, and nothing else suggests notability.John Pack Lambert (talk) 01:33, 31 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Delete- What is so notable about a clown running for congress? Last I checked, we already have 435 clowns in congress.--Rusf10 (talk) 02:25, 31 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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