Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sayantan Basu
People do not get Wikipedia articles just for running as candidates in elections they did not win — the notability test at  is ''holding'' office, not just running for it. Rather, to get an article, Sayantan Basu would have to pass one of two other tests: either (a) he can be demonstrated and |reliably sourced as having already had preexisting notability for other reasons that would already have gotten him an article anyway (as e.g. Cynthia Nixon), or (b) he can be referenced to a depth and range and volume of |reliable source coverage that plainly marks his candidacy out as ''much more special'' than other people's candidacies for some reason that would pass the |ten-year test for ''enduring significance''. The existence of a small handful of routine campaign coverage does not accomplish that in and of itself, because ''every'' candidate in ''every'' election can ''always'' show a small handful of routine campaign coverage
— User:Bearcat, 16:45, 13 January 2020 (UTC)
Stance: delete
Cited policy: WP:NPOL||WP:RS||WP:RS||WP:10YT (Wikipedia:Notability)