Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Arpan Khanna
People do not get Wikipedia articles just for being as yet unelected candidates in future elections — the notability test at  is ''holding'' office, not just running for it. And just having a couple of hits of "party chooses candidate" in the local media is not a free pass over GNG that exempts a candidate from having to win the seat first, either, because ''every'' candidate in ''every'' riding can ''always'' show a couple of hits of "party chooses candidate" in the local media. Rather, the only way he would already be eligible to have an article today is if he were demonstrable as having already been notable enough for an article for other reasons ''before'' he was selected as a candidate for anything — absent that he remains non-notable unless and until he ''wins''. So no prejudice against recreation on or after election day if he wins the seat, but nothing here is a reason why he would already qualify to keep an article today. And no, our rule is not "keep candidates pending the election results and then delete the ones who lost", either — it's "wait until election day before starting articles only about the new MPs who won
— User:Bearcat, 15:29, 23 July 2019 (UTC)
Stance: delete
Cited policy: WP:NPOL (Wikipedia:Notability)