Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ann Marie Buerkle (Politician)

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The result was delete. Ron Ritzman (talk) 13:24, 13 October 2010 (UTC)

Ann Marie Buerkle (Politician)

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Biography of politician currently running for office. Fails WP:POLITICIAN and WP:GNG and borders on WP:SPAM. WikiDan61^ChatMe!_ReadMe!! 13:24, 6 October 2010 (UTC)

She has received significant press coverage in National Review. What's the deal here? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Markbrown1988 (talk • contribs) 13:29, 6 October 2010 (UTC)

Comment One line in an article about the GOP political position in general does not constitute significant coverage. WikiDan61^ChatMe!_ReadMe!! 13:35, 6 October 2010 (UTC)

Addendum Based on the fact that the article has been deleted twice before, I suggest the title be salted, at least until after the November 2010 United States Congressional elections. WikiDan61^ChatMe!_ReadMe!! 13:39, 6 October 2010 (UTC)

• Strong Delete. Unambiguous use and abuse of wikipedia for political campaigning. Total failure to meet notability guidelines. And, yeah, that "extensive coverage" in the National Review basically just acknowledges that she's running for office - the article is NOT about her. I agree with salting the article until after the 2010 elections (because, if she wins, she would then be notable). --Quartermaster (talk) 14:16, 6 October 2010 (UTC)

I'd like to note that I added some other outlets in which she was covered Markbrown1988 (talk) 15:09, 6 October 2010 (UTC)

I strongly disagree with those who think this needs to be deleted. It is cited in several different places now, and it appears that she is sufficiently noticeable. It's not going to hurt anyone for the page to exist; it's not like its overtly political or biased other than just stating the simple facts about the race and where she stands on issues. If anything this page is a service for those in CD-25 in NY. Imagefactory101 (talk) 15:25, 6 October 2010 (UTC)

• Comment - it seems to me that the subject fails WP:POLITICIAN unless there is consensus on whether the media coverage so far is sufficiently reliable and widespread to pass the GNG. I am leaning towards a weak deletion but will refrain from actively promoting that opinion. Eddie.willers (talk) 15:38, 6 October 2010 (UTC)

• Comment WP:POLITICIAN directs that articles about a candidate that fail notability guidelines should be redirected to the relevant article about the seat for which the candidate is running, with relevant sourced material added to that page (New York's 25th congressional district United States House of Representatives elections in New York, 2010#District 25 in this case). Based on that, I would recommend the redirect. WikiDan61^ChatMe!_ReadMe!! 16:02, 6 October 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for pointing the merge rational out WikiDan61^ChatMe!_ReadMe!!. --Quartermaster (talk) 16:28, 6 October 2010 (UTC)

• Note: This debate has been included in the list of New York-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 19:34, 6 October 2010 (UTC)
• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 19:34, 6 October 2010 (UTC)

• Delete redundant article. Ann Marie Buerkle already exists and redirects to United States House of Representatives elections in New York, 2010#District 25 as it should per precedent (e.g. Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Craig Weber, Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Rami Bader (politician), Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Naheed Nenshi, Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Billy Coyle, Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mike Kelly (Pennsylvania), Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Lisa Johnston). I interpret routine election coverage to fall under WP:NOTNEWS and the coverage that exists is in the context of the election, so (per WP:BLP1E and WP:Wikipedia is not a source for election candidate biographies) redirect to the election article. Location (talk) 20:01, 6 October 2010 (UTC)
• Redirect to United States House of Representatives elections in New York, 2010#District 25 per WP:POLITICIAN. It's a plausible search term, notability is not there. Seeing as there appears to be an effort at self-promotion, it might not be a bad idea to protect the redirects until after the election. Ray^Talk 16:19, 7 October 2010 (UTC)

• Delete and redirect: Ms. Buerkle is not notable, but the election is. Redirect to United States House of Representatives elections in New York, 2010#District 25. In the meantime, remove campaign puffery. Arbor832466 (talk) 21:50, 7 October 2010 (UTC)
• Speedy delete and redirect per WP:SNOW and WP:OUTCOMES. This new article was created that overrides the redirect in violation of our standard procedures. If and when she gets elected, then she will be a politician. She is not even that yet, but a candidate. Bearian (talk) 23:01, 7 October 2010 (UTC)

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