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Fails WP:NPOLITICIAN, local councillor and unsuccessful candidate for parliament, no significant coverage in local news, only passing mentions. Tone is promotional and non-neutral and although it was created in 2020 Stogia is being mentioned on social media as possibly standing in the upcoming 2026 Gorton and Denton by-election so I’m suspicious this is something of a resumé. Orange sticker (talk) 00:00, 28 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

• Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: People, Politics, United Kingdom, and England. Orange sticker (talk) 00:00, 28 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
• Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Politicians and Women. Shellwood (talk) 01:34, 28 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete without prejudice: Very much on the cusp of WP:POLITICIAN. Undeletion is an option if their career becomes more notable in future. –DMartin (talk) 06:51, 28 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

  She is on the shortlist of 3 for selection as the candidate in Gorton, so there will be some more written about her this week. Premature to delete it. Rathfelder (talk) 11:04, 28 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

  WP:NPOLITICIAN states “Just being an elected local official, or an unelected candidate for political office, does not guarantee notability” and WP:GNG requires secondary sources, not WP:PRIMARYNEWS. Orange sticker (talk) 11:10, 28 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

  Which is why I pointed out the undulation is an option. We can’t keep articles just because someone might become notable in the future. –DMartin (talk) 03:30, 29 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete: Local politician and failed in other bids at higher political levels, not meeting notability. Sourcing is simply confirming facts, nothing that shows our notability is met. Oaktree b (talk) 14:44, 28 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Wait: If she is selected as the Labour candidate for Gorton and Denton, do not delete. If not, I do not think they are notable enough for an article. F Bman (talk) 16:55, 28 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Agreed. Waiting is a good idea. Moondragon21 (talk) 16:54, 29 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Agreed. She has been selected and this bye-election will be a major political event. Busabalc (talk) 12:50, 31 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Do not delete: She has officially been selected as Labour’s candidate in the by-election. F Bman (talk) 13:03, 31 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

There are thousands of articles in Category:Local politicians in the United Kingdom. How many of them would you like to delete? Rathfelder (talk) 17:43, 29 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@Rathfelder: Anyone that isn’t notable should be deleted, feel free to bring any to AfD. Given that there are nearly 20,000 local councillors serving in any one year in the UK most (appropriately) don’t have articles. A large number of those in that category are notable for other reasons, such as later being elected to parliament. AusLondonder (talk) 11:51, 30 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete or Redirect to 2026 Gorton and Denton by-election. As my astute colleagues have mentioned, just being a candidate for political office does not make one automatically notable for WP:NPOL. Calls to keep the article and wait until the by-election happens to discuss the deletion status risk providing WP:UNDUE weight to particular candidates. Some would argue that the fact that Goodwin has an article and Stogia does not does exactly this. That’s neither here nor there in terms of what we are talking about regarding Stogia’s individual notability (i.e. if you have a problem with Goodwins article, AfD that too). Bottom line is that WP is not a candidate directory and any information about the by-election candidates should probable be added to the article about the election itself. Long story short (too late): delete or redirect, no prejudice to recreate if she wins in by-election, but not before. Bkissin (talk) 18:50, 29 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete Clearly fails WP:NPOL and article makes no attempt to claim otherwise. The majority of the article is about her unsuccessful candidacies for higher office. About 40% of the text of the article is devoted to a dispute between the council and a bus company regarding changes to a road. Completely fails WP:BASIC as lacking “significant coverage in multiple published secondary sources that are reliable, intellectually independent of each other, and independent of the subject.” Not one source currently on the article meets that criteria. AusLondonder (talk) 11:56, 30 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment: Waiting for an extra 4 or 5 days is not unreasonable. Bearian (talk) 17:49, 30 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete – Not a notable local government politician. We can re-create the article in the event that they win the by-election. IJA (talk) 10:28, 31 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete fails WP:NPOL and doesn’t seem to have any significant coverage (+ the current sources are brief and routine for a local politician and unsuccessful parliamentary candidate, they don’t confer notability). Greenleader(2) (talk) 11:07, 31 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Keep – she has now been selected for the Gorton & Denoton by-election, and given that the article was created in 202 deleting it now she has become significantly more notable would be a bad move, IMO. If the article has been in existence for 6 years it would smack of non-neutral editorial action to delete it now. Espatie (talk) 13:03, 31 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Agreed. F Bman (talk) 13:04, 31 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]