Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/AAP 2014 Lok Sabha Candidates
WP:POLOUTCOMES does indeed recognise the use of articles like this as dumping grounds for minibios such as {{u|Bearcat}} alludes to. But this is a classic case of . WP:POLOUTCOMES (which is only an essay anyway) also states: {{xt|"Note that such articles are still subject to the same content policies as any other article, and may not contain any unsourced biographical information that would not be acceptable in a separate article."}} In other words, it specifically does not say that candidate lists like this should always be retained. In fact, the candidate list that it mentions, New Democratic Party candidates, 2004 Canadian federal election, has never been through an AfD, so how could it be considered an example of an outcome? (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=New_Democratic_Party_candidates,_2004_Canadian_federal_election&action=history Its history shows one AfD, but this refers to Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Steve Willcott, which resulted in a merge.)Articles like this are subject to the content policies just as much as any other article. We don't say that all articles on authors (for example) should be retained just because we have some articles on authors. By the same token, we shouldn't say that all candidate lists should be retained just because some are. Where we have IINFO, we should delete
— User:Stfg, 17:18, 30 March 2014 (UTC)
Stance: delete
Cited policy: WP:COATRACK (Wikipedia:Coatrack articles)