Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Melanie Stansbury
Candidates in forthcoming elections do not qualify for Wikipedia articles just for being candidates — if you cannot demonstrate and |reliably source that she was ''already'' notable enough for a Wikipedia article for some other reason besides her candidacy, then she has to ''win'' the election and thereby ''hold'' the seat to become notable as a politician. But this does not offer any evidence that she had preexisting notability for her prior work — the references are entirely to directly affiliated |primary sources, and nothing claimed in the article text is "inherently" notable enough to ''exempt'' her from having to get over  on real |reliable source coverage. Also, this is written more like a campaign brochure than an encyclopedia article (giveaway: capitalization of job titles like "PhD Candidate" and "Consultant" and "Program Examiner".) No prejudice against recreation in November if she wins the seat, but nothing here entitles her to already have a Wikipedia article eight months ''before'' the election
— User:Bearcat, 15:50, 28 March 2018 (UTC)
Stance: delete
Cited policy: WP:RS||WP:PRIMARYSOURCES||WP:GNG||WP:RS (Wikipedia:Reliable sources)