Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/John Conyers III
or '''delete'''. This is a plausible search term, but a person does not qualify for a Wikipedia article just for being a prospective candidate in a future congressional primary. Even being a ''confirmed'' candidate in the primary still isn't a notability criterion per se, and even winning the primary and thereby getting on the general election ballot ''still'' isn't grounds for a standalone Wikipedia article — to pass , a person has to actually win the general election and thereby hold the office, not just run as a candidate. And until that happens, the only other way a candidate qualifies for an article is to properly demonstrate that he was already notable enough for one for some reason entirely independent of the candidacy, but this makes no other claim of preexisting notability for any other reason. No prejudice against recreation on or after election day 2018 if he wins the seat, but absolutely nothing here already gets him a standalone BLP today
— User:Bearcat, 22:36, 14 December 2017 (UTC)
Stance: merge
Cited policy: WP:NPOL (Wikipedia:Notability)