Deletion of Carlos Cortiglia

Comment: to London mayoral election, 2012) &mdash; The subject clearly fails to meet . The subject has had some recent coverage, but not over long enough of a period to warrant notability in its own right
Stance: merge
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:POLITICIAN)

Comment: The subject is |notable by virtue of the coverage in numerous reliable and independent sources and notability does not expire.  Our |editing policy tells us to keep such well-sourced information
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:GNG||WP:PRESERVE)

Comment: to London mayoral election, 2012 per  and long standing convention that simply being an unsuccessful candidate is not sufficient for notability
Stance: merge
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:ONEEVENT)

Comment: Could Colonel Warden provide links to these sources? There is a related AfD for another of the losing candidates at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Siobhan Benita. What I said there seems relevant here: there were some profiles of all the candidates in the London mayoral election, as there are often profiles of losing candidates in various elections around the world. These pertain purely to the candidates' roles in the campaign for that election. Thus, any useful content can be merged to London mayoral election, 2012.  is a brief statement, so let me go through the underlying rationale.  includes this note: "Editors may reach a consensus that although a topic meets this criterion, it is not appropriate for a stand-alone article. For example, such an article may violate what Wikipedia is not". OK, so let us consider WP:NOT, in particular  is useful guidance here: I quote, "Wikipedia considers the enduring notability of persons and events. While news coverage can be useful source material for encyclopedic topics, most newsworthy events do not qualify for inclusion." I see no enduring notability for in either this or the Siobhan Benita case. There's also, critically, "Who's who. Even when an event is notable, individuals involved in it may not be. Unless news coverage of an individual goes beyond the context of a single event, our coverage of that individual should be limited to the article about that event, in proportion to their importance to the overall topic." The news coverage of Mr Cortiglia is within the context of a single event, the London mayoral election, 2012, ergo our coverage should "be limited to the article about that event
Stance: comment
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:POLITICIAN||WP:GNG||WP:NOTNEWS)