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Non-notable politician, fails WP:NPOL. Fhektii (talk) 12:23, 5 March 2024 (UTC)

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• Comment: Subject appears to have had a career far exceeding just politics, so not passing WP:NPOL alone is not a sufficient argument for deletion. Curbon7 (talk) 22:28, 5 March 2024 (UTC)

  Nominator has been CU blocked. Curbon7 (talk) 05:29, 6 March 2024 (UTC)

• Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Academics and educators-related deletion discussions. Curbon7 (talk) 22:29, 5 March 2024 (UTC)
• Keep The WP:NPOL clearly dictates "Major local political figures who have received significant press coverage" following are the links I have found so far which in my humble opinion, does not only fulfills WP:NPOL, but also fulfills WP:GNG and WP:GNP, as the subject is notable, and received significant coverage for "other reasons besides their political careers alone".

Following are the links, I could find. Ms.Aloisia (talk) 23:36, 5 March 2024 (UTC)

https://www.jacksonville.com/story/news/state/2017/10/16/she-claimed-tall-blond-aliens-kidnapped-her-child-now-she-s-running-congress/16290875007/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2018/08/20/she-claimed-aliens-kidnapped-her-child-major-newspaper-endorsed-her-bid-congress/

https://apnews.com/article/5adaacef468642c4930d1ad76ff09b69

https://www.reviewjournal.com/news/nation-and-world/florida-candidate-for-congress-said-she-was-abducted-by-aliens/attachment/bettina-rodriguez-aguilera-facebook/

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/florida-candidate-who-claims-she-was-abducted-by-aliens-doesnt-want-that-to-define-her/

https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/miami-dade/article178813586.html

https://edition.cnn.com/videos/politics/2018/08/21/florida-congressional-candidate-bettina-rodriguez-aguilera-aliens-vpx-es.cnn

https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/403426-florida-candidate-i-was-abducted-by-aliens-but-that-doesnt/

https://www.npr.org/2017/10/21/559143650/close-encounters-with-congress

https://thenewtropic.com/bettina-rodriguez-aguilera/

https://www.inverse.com/article/37501-bettina-rodriguez-aguilera-aliens-abduction-congress

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2017/10/congressional-candidate-believes-she-was-visited-by-aliens.html

https://www.thecut.com/2018/08/bettina-rodriguez-aguilar-flordia-more-than-just-an-alien-abductee.html

https://www.miaminewtimes.com/news/miami-herald-endorses-bettina-rodriguez-aguilera-who-claimed-alien-abduction-10647753

https://indianexpress.com/article/world/aliens-took-me-aboard-their-ship-at-age-seven-says-florida-congressional-candidate-4894267/

https://www.newsweek.com/aliens-abduction-miami-herald-republican-candidate-bettina-rodriguez-aguilera-1081360

https://www.salon.com/2018/08/25/republican-house-candidate-claims-she-was-abducted-by-aliens-wins-major-newspaper-endorsement/

https://movieweb.com/alien-invasion-ufo-miami-congress-bettina-rodriguez-aguilera/

https://www.cnet.com/science/congressional-candidate-says-she-was-abducted-by-aliens/

https://www.thespec.com/news/world/she-claimed-tall-blond-aliens-kidnapped-her-as-a-child-now-shes-running-for-congress/article_0a51405a-b4d4-55ea-94cf-c60f871775cb.html

https://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/florida-candidate-says-alien-abduction-doesnt-define-her-bettina-rodriguez-aguilar/172630/

https://gazette.com/she-claimed-tall-blond-aliens-kidnapped-her-as-a-child-now-shes-running-for-congress/article_2a6e1fd6-9078-5586-b504-39085a4e1c19.html

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/florida-house-candidate-who-claims-she-was-abducted-by-aliens-endorsed-by-major-newspaper

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/miami-herald-bettina-rodriguez-aguilera_n_5b7c1500e4b05906b417862e

https://www.10tv.com/article/news/politics/florida-gop-candidate-says-alien-abduction-doesnt-define-her/530-72f20830-8349-487f-ae16-29dc4d5165f5

https://fox5sandiego.com/news/gop-house-candidate-i-was-abducted-by-aliens/

https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/she-claimed-tall-blond-aliens-kidnapped-her-as-a-child-now-shes-running-for-congress-1763835

https://www.bustle.com/p/congressional-candidate-bettina-rodriguez-aguilera-claims-she-was-abducted-by-aliens-as-a-kid-10186243

https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/republican-house-candidate-says-abducted-aliens-communicates-extraterrestrials-wins-big-endorsement-003318150.html

https://www.boston.com/news/politics/2018/08/23/florida-candidate-says-alien-abduction-doesnt-define-her/

https://www.orlandosentinel.com/2018/08/24/florida-candidate-for-congress-alien-abduction-doesnt-define-me/

https://www.fox35orlando.com/news/florida-candidate-says-alien-abduction-doesnt-define-her

https://www.naplesnews.com/story/news/local/watercooler/2017/10/17/florida-candidate-congress-aliens-took-me-aboard-their-ship-age-7/772280001/

https://www.fox6now.com/news/gop-house-candidate-i-was-abducted-by-aliens

https://www.irishexaminer.com/world/arid-30810135.html

https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2017/10/17/Florida-candidate-says-she-was-visited-by-aliens-as-a-child/2761508214075/

https://www.wsls.com/news/weird-news/congressional-candidate-claims-shes-been-on-alien-spaceship/

https://www.express.co.uk/news/weird/867454/Alien-abduction-politician-Republican-Bettina-Rodriguez-Aguilera-Mike-Pence-Miami-UFO

https://miamiherald.typepad.com/nakedpolitics/2017/07/former-doral-council-member-may-run-for-ileana-ros-lehtinens-seat.html

https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg23931942-700-feedback-us-politician-claims-she-was-abducted-by-aliens/

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/aliens-spoke-to-me-claims-us-politician-mnlwscx0t

https://www.hawaiipublicradio.org/2017-10-21/close-encounters-with-congress

https://www.ouest-france.fr/monde/etats-unis/etats-unis-elle-affirme-avoir-ete-enlevee-par-des-extraterrestres-5324352

https://www.fox17online.com/2018/08/21/gop-house-candidate-i-was-abducted-by-aliens

https://www.wtvr.com/2018/08/20/gop-house-candidate-i-was-abducted-by-aliens

https://news.wgcu.org/2017-10-21/close-encounters-with-congress

https://www.nydailynews.com/2017/10/16/congressional-candidate-claims-she-was-abducted-by-aliens-can-communicate-extraterrestrials/

https://www.palmbeachpost.com/story/news/2017/10/16/florida-politician-who-saw-aliens/7128272007/

https://www.keranews.org/2017-10-21/close-encounters-with-congress

https://www.politicalcortadito.com/2013/04/18/doral-recall-busts-whos-behind-brito/

https://rollcall.com/2017/10/16/florida-republican-who-once-claimed-alien-abduction-announces-house-bid/

https://www.wgbh.org/news/2017-10-21/close-encounters-with-congress

https://www.local10.com/news/2017/10/16/south-florida-congressional-candidate-claims-shes-been-on-alien-spaceship/

https://myfox8.com/news/gop-house-candidate-i-was-abducted-by-aliens/

https://nationalpost.com/news/world/she-says-three-blond-aliens-took-her-aboard-their-ship-when-she-was-7-now-shes-running-for-u-s-congress

https://www.dallasnews.com/espanol/al-dia/espectaculos/2017/10/17/bettina-rodriguez-aguilera-candidata-de-florida-al-congreso-dice-que-extraterrestres-la-secuestraron/

https://www.thestar.com/news/world/florida-congressional-candidate-says-she-was-abducted-by-aliens-at-age-7/article_6113cb3d-4060-58a2-a5bf-bf8e13a5391f.html

https://www.texarkanagazette.com/news/2017/oct/17/miami-candidate-says-aliens-took-her-spaceship/

https://www.iowapublicradio.org/2017-10-21/close-encounters-with-congress

Comment, and request for clarification. Let's look at WP:POL (cited above). It says (after I remove notes, etc):

The following are presumed to be notable:

• Politicians and judges who have held international, national, or (for countries with federal or similar systems of government) state/province–wide office, or have been members of legislative bodies at those levels.
• Major local political figures who have received significant press coverage.

Just being an elected local official, or an unelected candidate for political office, does not guarantee notability, although such people can still be notable if they meet the general notability guideline.

She's not international, national, or state whatever. I don't see how she is or was a major figure in local politics. As I understand (or perhaps misunderstand) it, this person has never been elected to any position. (Was she elected as vice-mayor? The article isn't clear.) To judge from their URLs, the sources provide variants on "She says she was abducted by aliens, but she's running for office." Which I suppose is an unusual combination, even in Florida. Have I got this wrong? -- Hoary (talk) 00:56, 6 March 2024 (UTC)