Deletion of Diane Farrell (Second nomination)

Comment: I would have no objection to merging this article, and much of Chris Shays, into the (not yet existent) Connecticut 4th congressional district election, 2006. But I do not see how deleting the information helps the encyclopedia or that article. &E is a ''guideline'' (or, rather, will be one.) It's good general practice, but {{tl|guideline}} is right to say guidelines "are not set in stone and should be treated with common sense and the occasional exception
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Copyrights (WP:C)

Comment: per the comments made above, meets  guidelines.  http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Yamaguchi%E5%85%88%E7%94%9F&action=edit&amp;section=new Yamaguchi先生 23:40, 9 October 2006
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:BIO)

Comment: Major party candidate in a closely watched house race. Definitely of interest,  guidelines or no guidelines
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:BIO)

Comment: Yes, &E ''is'' a guideline, and in this case it's both reasonable and germaine. Once we have an article for the district election this candidate has entered, only then will it be clear whether we need an article for the candidate herself. &mdash
Stance: delete
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Copyrights (WP:C)

Comment: I week ago, the article was an entirely http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Diane_Farrell&diff=79547757&oldid=79540120 unsourced entry, based only on the candidate's own website, failing to establish notability per any |reliable sources.  During the last week, and after prodding with {{fact}} tags, the article has now been (mostly) sourced to reliable sources, which are now available due to increased media attention to the election. I've written the election article which shoulda/coulda been written to provide coverage during the time when the candidate did not meet notability per 
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Reliable sources (WP:RS||WP:BIO)

Comment: I added a few links that could be used as reliable sources for the article text. This is a candidate for a national political office and is backed by one of the two major political parties. I found multiple articles discussing Farrell in a brief Google news search. The article has the potential for expansion. Assuming that the article can be sourced to the multiple news sources that are out there (I have no reason to assume that it cannot), it will be The article is |verifiable in |reliable sources and |neutral. Notability "standards" are POV and subjective; our policies are best served by keeping the verifiable portion of this article. &middot
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Verifiability (WP:V||WP:RS||WP:NPOV)

Comment: The C&E guideline has been modified to comply with , , and  so that no article is deleted because an election article was not started
Stance: comment
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Verifiability (WP:V||WP:NOR||WP:RS)

Comment: I merely wanted to point out that &E is a ''proposed'' policy/guideline only. &middot
Stance: comment
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Copyrights (WP:C)