Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Abigail Spanberger
This is not showing the depth of coverage it takes to make a candidate notable just for being a candidate — that requires coverage that explodes to Christine O'Donnell proportions, and is not instantly passed by every candidate the moment one extralocal media outlet ''mentions'' her name — every single candidate who runs ''at all'' is ''always'' going to have her name ''mentioned'' in national media at least once or twice. Appearing on TV as an interview guest is not support for notability either, as that makes her the ''speaker'' and not the ''subject''. Wikipedia's notability test is not "has she been in the news lately", it is "has she been in the news for reasons that would pass the |ten-year test for enduring significance" — the notability test is showing evidence that people will ''still'' be looking for this article in ''2028'' because she accomplished something, like ''winning'' the election and thereby ''holding'' office, that makes her ''permanently'' notable. Having an article about every single person whose name happens to get into the news cycle is ''not'' what we're here for, and the volume of coverage actually being shown here is ''not'' enough to make her a special case over and above most other candidates in most other districts who are also getting their names into the news cycle right now
— User:Bearcat, 18:17, 21 July 2018 (UTC)
Stance: merge
Cited policy: WP:10YT (Wikipedia:Recentism)