Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mark M. Noble
People do not get Wikipedia articles just for running as candidates in elections they did not win, and the existence of a smattering of campaign coverage does not hand a candidate a GNG-based exemption from NPOL either — ''every'' candidate in ''every'' election can ''always'' show the existence of some campaign coverage, which would mean NPOL would ''never'' apply to ''anybody at all'' anymore. A candidate only gets a GNG-based exemption from having to hold an NPOL-passing office if either (a) they had preexisting notability for other reasons that ''already'' got them over GNG ''independently'' of the candidacy, or (b) their coverage nationalizes to such an extent that they have a credible claim to being a special case of much greater notability than most other candidates in some way that passes the |ten year test for enduring importance — but neither of those things are in evidence here
— User:Bearcat, 16:47, 31 July 2021 (UTC)
Stance: delete
Cited policy: WP:10YT (Wikipedia:Recentism)