The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was delete. Geschichte (talk) 11:42, 31 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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I do not believe that Ms. Boroughs has met the notability guidelines of Wikipedia. At the very least, if she has, the article seems to fail to sufficiently establish the case for that notability.

In the end, I could be wrong, or at least out-ruled on this. I didn't believe another congressional candidate had the notability for an article earlier this year, but the decision was to keep their article.

It is also possibly that the circumstances could change before this deletion discussion even ends. If she wins her congressional election in less than two weeks, she'll then unquestionably have enough notability, and, under those circumstances, this article should be kept (or recreated if it has already been deleted before then). But it is still important we start this discussion, as "wait and see" is not really our rule-of-thumb here at Wikipedia.

I'll disclose that I am actually personally a fan of Ms. Boroughs. I just don't think she has yet to establish enough notability for an article on Wikipedia. It's policy over personal preference/opinion here. SecretName101 (talk) 19:17, 23 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. SecretName101 (talk) 19:17, 23 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of South Carolina-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 19:32, 23 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Women-related deletion discussions. Spiderone 19:42, 23 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete Candidates are not eligible for articles just for being candidates, and this likely violates WP:PROMO - even though the text isn't written promotionally, it functions in the same way as a campaign brochure, the sourcing in the article is really poor, and she's not known for anything except being a candidate. We can restore if she wins. SportingFlyer T·C 07:33, 24 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete. People do not get Wikipedia articles just for running as candidates in future elections whose winner is not yet known — the notability test at WP:NPOL is holding a notable political office, not just running for one, and this article neither demonstrates that she had preexisting notability for other reasons prior to the candidacy, nor shows a credible reason to treat her candidacy as being of any special WP:10YT-passing significance per se. Obviously we'll recreate an article after election day if she wins the seat, but Wikipedia is not a free publicity platform to help unelected candidates reach the voters in the meantime — and nominator is correct that "wait and see" isn't appropriate: as I've pointed out in other recent discussions, if we decided that there was a moratorium on deleting premature candidate articles X days before the election, then every candidate in America could just bumrush Wikipedia with their campaign brochures on Day X. Bearcat (talk) 01:15, 25 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

You are precise on the consequences of such a moratorium of deletion before an election. I didn't ultimately express it explicitly in my deletion nomination, but that very thought had crossed my mind while nominating this for deletion that if we let "wait and see" become a policy for articles on candidates close to elections, then we'd see many non-notable candidates have BLP articles written for them in the closing days of elections. SecretName101 (talk) 21:42, 25 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

That sounds like a policy that would turn Wikipedia into a free campaign publicity site. It would create a true mess.John Pack Lambert (talk) 18:48, 26 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete No indication of being notable outside election. Fails WP:BIO, WP:NPOL. scope_creep^Talk 12:55, 26 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete candidates for public office are not default notable for being such. If Ms. Burroughs wins an article on her will of course be created, but she is not notable as a candidate.John Pack Lambert (talk) 18:47, 26 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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