Deletion of Lisa Duffy (politician)

Comment: A person does ''not'' get a Wikipedia article just for being a ''candidate'' for the leadership of a political party — if you cannot credibly demonstrate and |reliably source that she was ''already'' eligible for a Wikipedia article ''before'' she became a candidate, then she does not become eligible for a Wikipedia article until she ''wins'' the leadership. But nothing here makes or sources any credible evidence of preexisting notability, so for the moment she's just a  who should be covered in the article that relates to the ''event''. No prejudice against recreation if she ''wins'' the leadership, but nothing here entitles her to already have an article ''today
Stance: merge
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Reliable sources (WP:RS||WP:BLP1E)

Comment: as suggested above (there's not really anything to merge) for the moment. It's reasonable to incorporate candidates at the campaign unless they can show individual notability outside the campaign, and a redirect is more useful than a deletion at the moment. She doesn't appear to quite meet #2 or #3, although she's received more passing mention (of her roles as a party director and campaign manager) in nonlocal sources than might be common for a local mayor. The argument for keeping that a couple of editors were wondering about is , but having looked at a sampling of sources up to the beginning of this year, I don't think that it's quite met in this case (If NPOINTS were met, NPOL would almost certainly be met). Suggest for those arguing keep to provide a reasonable sample of reliable pre-2016 sources such as ongoing national news coverage of her mayoracy, or more than passing coverage of her roles in the party hierarchy, that can demonstrate her notability
Stance: merge
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:NPOL||WP:NPOINTS)

Comment: per . Local councillor status is not notable enough
Stance: merge
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:NPOL)