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The result was redirected to United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania, 2008#District 8. I would suggest that interested editors revisit this issue post-election to determine whether the provided sourcing indicates sufficiently notability for a standalone article, but should not be restored prior to that without the emergence of significant new sourcing. As there is no consensus to delete this material, the edit history is preserved beneath the redirect. Shereth 16:57, 18 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Tom Manion[edit]

Fails WP:BIO Manion is a first time congressional candidate with pretty much no notability prior to the campaign. If he wins, then obviously he is notable, but any assumption about future notability would be more or less crystal balling. Montco (talk) 03:43, 25 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Delete, candidates are not inherently notable, and sources are weak. If he wins, recreate. Huon (talk) 13:12, 25 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. -- Fabrictramp | talk to me 22:51, 25 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Pennsylvania-related deletion discussions. -- Fabrictramp | talk to me 22:52, 25 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Delete & Redirect to United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania, 2008#District 8. WP:BIO makes it clear that mere candidacy does not equal encyclopedic notability. --Stormie (talk) 05:08, 27 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This AfD was previously closed as delete, but then after discussion with the closing administrator, the deletion was reviewed at DRV, and it was determined that this should be relisted to allow review of new sources. I have converted the original closing comments to a generic comment below, and have restored the article for the purpose of relisting. To review the deletion review discussion, see Wikipedia:Deletion review/Log/2008 August 6. Jerry talk ¤ count/logs 03:15, 13 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Comment The result was Delete, consensus is that the article fails the notability guidelines. Is an appropriate redirect so will create redirect to United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania, 2008#District 8. Davewild (talk) 19:20, 30 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so that consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Jerry talk ¤ count/logs 03:16, 13 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Merge/Redirect to to United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania, 2008#District 8. --brew crewer (yada, yada) 03:28, 13 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Merge/Redirect per above. No reason to lose the information in case he wins, after all. Umbralcorax (talk) 03:35, 13 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Merge/Redirect. Nearly every congressional race generates news coverage. However, it does not necessarily follow that every candidate is notable, even if they are the nominee of one of the major parties. Sources are more or less his relation to this house race and little else. If he isn't notable on his own, a merge to the campaign would be appropriate. Otherwise, you have to assume that notability is inherited from candidacy. Montco (talk) 04:08, 13 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Pennsylvania-related deletion discussions. —• Gene93k (talk) 07:23, 13 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. —• Gene93k (talk) 07:23, 13 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Delete for Now/Re-Post. Just being a candidate for congress does not make him mentionable on Wikipedia. If this were the case, Wikipedia would be the larges free political campaign site in the Country. I think the poster should delete this listing for now and repost it should the candidate win and become a congressman. Alienlady24 (August 13, 2008) —Preceding undated comment was added at 15:43, 13 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. In most instances, becoming a major-party candidate for Congress is enough to confer notability. There might be exceptions for candidates who attract little notice because they're put up as sacrificial lambs against well-entrenched incumbents in heavily partisan districts -- I'm a politics junkie and I can't even remember whom the Republicans ran in my heavily Democratic district last time. In this instance, though, the district is fairly even (D+3) and the incumbent is a first-termer, so being the Republican challenger is notable. JamesMLane t c 08:44, 17 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. I agree to keep this article, this race has attracted significant national media attention (FoxNews, Bloomberg, CSM, NPR off the top of my head) which is significant for a house race in August. Obviously the attention is from both candidates attachments to the Iraq War. Also, I see no problem with his notability coming from the campaign...he's a major party candidate running in a competitive house race that has significant coverage outside of his district and is going to be one of the most expensive in the country..keep it. Bellz (talk) 18:05, 17 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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