Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Andre Barnett
If we are going to Redirect/Merge this, a move that I as the nominator am agreeable to, it should be redirected to Reform Party of the United States#2012 presidential candidates given that he is already listed there. Not to mention that the current standard for United States presidential election, 2012 is to list only candidates that meet the |notability threshold and have a stand-alone WP article. I am in agreement with Valenciano's reasoning for not lowering the notability threshold for all presidential candidates. I have no problem with a "lowest of all possible barriers for inclusion" for candidates who become the official nominee of a notable party (however obscure) or for independent/non-affliated candidates who attain ballot status in multiple states in the general election. In fact, this appears to be the existing de facto policy per longstanding consensus. However, consider there are http://www.fec.gov/press/press2011/presidential_form2nm.shtml 350+ declared candidates in the 2012 race, and such a figure is typical in recent election cycles. If we were to have an article for every candidate that (at best) had only a small handful of articles written about their campaign in relatively obscure sources (and that had no evident claim(s) to notability outside thier candidacy), we would easily have hundreds - and eventually more than 1,000 - articles on candidates who were either (for lack of better terminology) one-shot also-rans or perennial candidates who never managed to be so much as a blip on the radar screen of reliable sources. Certainly this would defeat the purpose of having notability standards. In Barnett's case, he has http://rochester.ynn.com/content/575800/local-tea-party-hold-caucus/?ap=1&MP4 only one reliable secondary source in which he is given "significant coverage" (and just barely at that) and http://www.kxan.com/dpps/news/strange/so-you-want-to-run-for-president-just-sign-here-ob11-jpe_3976714 another in which he is given only brief mention in two sentences. The other citations are primary sources or blogs. He clearly does not meet the crieria of either  or . That said, in light of the fact that his candidacy is recognized by the Reform Party and has received minimal coverage, redirecting as suggested would seem a fair and reasonable alternative to deletion
— User:JayJasper, 18:29, 16 March 2012 (UTC)
Stance: comment
Cited policy: WP:N||WP:BIO||WP:POLITICIAN (Wikipedia:Notability)