Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mary Fant Donnan

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The result was delete. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 19:45, 13 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Mary Fant Donnan

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WP:BLP of a person notable only as a non-winning candidate for political office. This is not grounds for a Wikipedia article in and of itself; a person has to win the election and thereby hold the office to be notable as a politician, and a person who runs and loses is notable only if (a) she can be shown to have already had preexisting notability for other reasons that would already have gotten her an article anyway (the Cynthia Nixon ticket), or (b) she can be referenced to such an unusual depth and range and volume of coverage that she's got a credible claim to her candidacy somehow being much more special than most other people's candidacies (the Christine O'Donnell trick.) But this is referenced entirely to routine reportage of election results, rather than to any evidence of significant coverage about Donnan, which means the sourcing isn't getting her over WP:GNG. Bearcat (talk) 18:42, 6 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. Bearcat (talk) 18:42, 6 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of North Carolina-related deletion discussions. Bearcat (talk) 18:42, 6 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Delete per nom. Bkissin (talk) 20:32, 7 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Women-related deletion discussions. Coolabahapple (talk) 10:34, 9 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Not every person who runs for state-wide office becomes notable. Oddly enough, we lack articles on all the people who have held this office that she ran for. It would be nice if people would spend their energy creating articles on office holders, not unelected candidates.John Pack Lambert (talk) 04:58, 10 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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