Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sheila June Nezhad

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The result was merge to 2021 Minneapolis mayoral election. ♠PMC♠ (talk) 17:14, 9 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Sheila June Nezhad

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WP:BLP of a person whose only stated notability claim is having been a non-winning candidate for mayor of a city. As always, this is not a notability claim that passes WP:NPOL #2 -- the notability test for politicians is holding a notable office, not just running for one -- but there's no indication here that she had preexisting notability for other reasons that would have gotten her into Wikipedia independently of a political candidacy.
And as for the sourcing, there are four run of the mill hits of local campaign coverage of the type that every candidate for mayor of anywhere can always show, one hit from a local news blog, one from an advocacy organization that isn't a media outlet, and one Q&A interview in which she's talking about herself in the first person on a podcast. Which means that three of the seven footnotes aren't WP:GNG-worthy support for notability at all, and the other four aren't nearly enough to establish that her non-winning candidacy was more special than everybody else's non-winning candidacies. Bearcat (talk) 12:36, 25 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Selective Merge and Redirect to 2021 Minneapolis mayoral election. I have not found support for WP:NPOL "major local political figures who have received significant press coverage" i.e. per footnote 8, A politician who has received "significant press coverage" has been written about, in depth, independently in multiple news feature articles, by journalists, or WP:GNG. What I have found tends to focus more on the incumbent mayor Frey and the election generally, e.g. A ballot initiative on overhauling police after George Floyd’s death is tearing Minneapolis apart (WaPo, Oct. 22, 2021, one paragraph about and a quote from Nezhad), The Trailer: Don’t say ‘defund’: Minneapolis votes on whether to replace its police department (WaPo, Oct. 26, 2021, limited focus on Nezhad), Minneapolis Mayor Faces Voters With Policing on Their Minds (AP/US News, Oct. 28, 2021, brief mention, e.g. "Two top challengers, Sheila Nezhad and Kate Knuth, both support replacing the current department. Nezhad was a leader of the campaign behind the ballot question."), Buffalo, Boston and the progressive run on mayoral elections (Politico, Oct. 29, 2021, brief mention of Nezhad, with context). There is also After George Floyd: Minneapolis Activist Sheila Nezhad Reimagines Policing (Vanity Fair, Apr. 23, 2021, an interview, e.g. "Nezhad gives an eyewitness account of the scene when former officer Derek Chauvin was convicted"), with what appears to be minimal WP:SECONDARY context and commentary, and Minneapolis mayoral candidate Sheila Nezhad works to sway voters on transforming policing (StarTribune, Jul. 5, 2021, includes a limited focus on her advocacy career). There does not appear to be sufficient support for WP:GNG/WP:BASIC notability due to the brief burst of coverage and the lack of in-depth reporting focused on her, her campaign, and her career. There is some support for her candidacy being more special than a typical non-winning candidacy due to the national coverage and her reported role, and there seems to be a potentially useful page history with sources and content that could help improve the election article. Beccaynr (talk) 17:26, 26 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Extraordinary Writ (talk) 15:42, 2 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Delete or redirect Failed candidate isn't notable. Move any relevant content to 2021 Minneapolis mayoral election. – Muboshgu (talk) 17:03, 7 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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