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The result was redirect to North Carolina gubernatorial election, 2012. Mark Arsten (talk) 03:53, 28 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Barbara Howe[edit]

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Contested Prod. Subject fails WP:POLITICIAN and WP:GNG. Unsuccessful political candidate who has received no discernible coverage outside of local and routine campaign press. Should be deleted or redirected to an appropriate page. Ddcm8991 (talk) 19:35, 5 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of North Carolina-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 00:33, 6 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 00:33, 6 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Weak delete: I suppose she isn't notable, although, as far as Libertarians go, she is reasonably successful. PrairieKid (talk) 05:26, 8 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, KTC (talk) 00:36, 13 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Weak Keep She appears to have received some news coverage over the years. Candleabracadabra (talk) 02:58, 13 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect to North Carolina gubernatorial election, 2012 as is our standard practice for unelected candidates who have received run-of-the-mill campaign coverage, per WP:POLITICIAN. Cullen³²⁸ Let's discuss it 04:24, 13 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Delete 3rd-party candidates for governorships are not notable by default, only if they win or receive significant levels of coverage, which she did not.John Pack Lambert (talk) 04:45, 15 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Michaelzeng7 (talk) 01:42, 21 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect per Cullen. WP:POLITICIAN seems pretty clear, here. --Lost tiree, lost dutch :O (talk) 01:57, 21 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect to North Carolina gubernatorial election, 2012 per Cullen and WP:POLITICIAN. - Aoidh (talk) 04:57, 21 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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