Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Aryandra Sharma

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The result was delete. Sandstein 08:51, 1 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Aryandra Sharma

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Fails WP:N — Hemant Dabral (📞 • ✒) 07:09, 25 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete: Fails WP:NPOL as he lost elections. Article unsourced. Venkat TL (talk) 08:08, 25 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

There are some sources on the man in question:

https://www.financialexpress.com/elections/uttarakhand-assembly-elections-2017/uttarakhand-elections-angry-over-congress-ticket-distribution-aryendra-sharma-supporters-vandalise-party-office/519445/

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/Aryendra-Sharma

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3VWS4Pge3s

https://www.news18.com/assembly-elections-2022/uttarakhand/aryendra-sharma-sahaspur-candidate-s28a017c04/ Rlink2 (talk) 15:58, 25 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Rlink2, I checked all the links you shared. Such minor coverage related to an ongoing election is routine. See WP:ROUTINE. We will have to wait till he actually wins an election to satisfy WP:NPOL. Venkat TL (talk) 16:12, 25 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Ok, I do not live in India so I didn't know what coverage is considered major or minor over there. I was thinking that these sources would meet the 2nd requirement, which isMajor local political figures who have received significant press coverage. Rlink2 (talk) 16:14, 25 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Rlink2 unfortunately no. While it is true that there are politicians who are popular due to their substantial work, this guy is not one of those. Venkat TL (talk) 16:56, 25 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. People don't get Wikipedia articles just for standing as candidates in elections they did not win, and having a role in a political party's internal org chart is not "inherently" notable either. The thing about campaign coverage is that every candidate in every election always gets some of that, so it isn't necessarily enough in and of itself to hand a person a WP:GNG-based exemption from having to pass WP:NPOL — if that were how it worked, then every candidate would always get that exemption and NPOL itself would be meaningless. So the question is not just "can his name be found in newspaper articles about the election he didn't win": it's "does the campaign coverage show a credible reason why his non-winning campaign should be seen to have much greater and more enduring significance than other people's non-winning campaigns", and those sources listed above don't really do that. Bearcat (talk) 17:41, 26 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Delete fails WP:NPOL and WP:GNG.Pharaoh of the Wizards (talk) 17:44, 26 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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