Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jen Perelman
People do not get Wikipedia articles just for being unsuccessful candidates in party primaries — the notability test for politicians is ''holding'' a notable office, not just running for one. And the fact that some routine local campaign coverage happens to exist is not a -based ''exemption'' from having to pass NPOL: ''every'' candidate in ''every'' election ''everywhere'' can ''always'' show some evidence of local campaign coverage, so if that were how it worked then every candidate would always get the exemption and nobody would ever actually have to pass NPOL at all anymore. To qualify for an article, rather, a candidate has to pass one of two other tests: either (a) you can show that she was ''already'' notable enough for an article for some other reason ''prior'' to standing as a candidate, or (b) you can show a credible reason to consider her candidacy a ''special case'' of significantly ''greater'' notability than the norm for unsuccessful candidates, in some way that would pass the |ten year test for ''enduring'' significance. I call the former the Cynthia Nixon test, and I call the latter the Christine O'Donnell test — you can call them other things if you wish, but they're still the tests that a candidate has to pass to qualify for an article despite having lost the election. But neither of those tests have been passed here at all, so running in a primary that she lost does not make her permanently notable in and of itself
— User:Bearcat, 16:14, 26 August 2020 (UTC)
Stance: delete
Cited policy: WP:GNG||WP:10YT (Wikipedia:Notability)