Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Todd Akin rape and pregnancy controversy
This has received a lot of coverage in the UK, ie more so than the average US election gaffe/spat, and will no doubt be the one main thing he is remembered for in future - but it is still basically an election-driven news event and one incident in one politician's career. No reason apparent currently for it to have a whole standalone article. If this is the standard WP works to, we could spin every politician's article out into 101 sub-pages, focused laser-like on every single utterance or passing controversy they've ever been involved in. The point of encyclopedic biography is to pull all those together into a coherent and balanced whole. As  says - "most newsworthy events do not qualify for inclusion ... While including information on recent developments is sometimes appropriate, breaking news should not be emphasized or otherwise treated differently from other information
— User:N, 13:05, 22 August 2012 (UTC)
Stance: delete
Cited policy: WP:NOTNEWS (Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not)