Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Thomas McNutt
People do not get Wikipedia articles just for being ''candidates'' in future elections — if you cannot show and properly source that he was ''already'' notable enough for an article for some other reason ''besides'' the fact of being a candidate, then he has to ''win'' the election and become an actual ''holder'' of political office, not just have his name on the ballot, to get an article for his political activities. But nothing here demonstrates that: all of the sources here are either |primary source references to his own campaign literature, or local election coverage of the type that's |routinely ''expected'' to exist for ''all'' elections, so nothing here demonstrates that his candidacy would somehow qualify as that exceedingly rare "notable because his candidacy exploded to garner a lot more coverage than normal" special case either
— User:Bearcat, 22:25, 3 August 2017 (UTC)
Stance: delete
Cited policy: WP:PRIMARYSOURCES||WP:ROUTINE (Wikipedia:No original research)