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The result was delete. Jo-Jo Eumerus ( talk, contributions) 23:18, 29 January 2017 (UTC) reply

Andrew Barnhill

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Article created by a COI editor, unelected candidate who ran for office, does not meet WP:NPOL and nothing in article appears to suggest he meets WP:GNG Melcous ( talk) 02:31, 22 January 2017 (UTC) reply

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. Lepricavark ( talk) 03:35, 22 January 2017 (UTC) reply

Note: This debate has been included in the list of North Carolina-related deletion discussions. Lepricavark ( talk) 03:36, 22 January 2017 (UTC) reply

• Comment: Candidate does not warrant an individual article, but should appear at North Carolina Senate election, 2016 and Michael V. Lee. There's a few sentences that could be usefully merged over, but that would mean leaving a redirect. ^~ Hydronium^~Hydroxide^{~ (Talk)~} 03:55, 22 January 2017 (UTC) reply
• Delete unelected state senate candidates are not notable. On the other hand we should have an article on Michael V. Lee, but I am not holding my breath. If he was a Democrat it would be created in a heart beat, but articles on Republicans are much slower to materialize. John Pack Lambert ( talk) 02:31, 24 January 2017 (UTC) reply
• Delete single failed candidacy, no other notability apparent. E.M.Gregory ( talk) 13:36, 26 January 2017 (UTC) reply
• Delete. A person does not get a Wikipedia article just for being a non-winning candidate for election to a state legislature — if you cannot make and properly source a credible claim that he already had preexisting notability for other reasons independent of his candidacy, then he has to win the election, not just run in it, to become notable because of the election campaign per se. His can be mentioned in the relevant articles, but there's no reason for us to maintain biographical information about him beyond his name and vote total. Bearcat ( talk) 17:45, 27 January 2017 (UTC) reply

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