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Your submission at Articles for creation: Gil Peñalosa (October 13)

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by Bearcat was:

This submission's references do not show that the subject qualifies for a Wikipedia article—that is, they do not show significant coverage (not just passing mentions) about the subject in published, reliable, secondary sources that are independent of the subject (see the guidelines on the notability of people). Before any resubmission, additional references meeting these criteria should be added (see technical help and learn about mistakes to avoid when addressing this issue). If no additional references exist, the subject is not suitable for Wikipedia.

The comment the reviewer left was:

Please note that candidates for political office do not get Wikipedia articles just for being candidates; the notability bar for politicians is holding a notable political office, not just running for one, while a candidate gets to have a Wikipedia article only if you can properly establish that he already had preexisting notability for other reasons that would already have gotten him an article anyway.
So none of the sources that exist in the context of the mayoral race (representing fully half of all the footnotes) are establishing permanent notability at all, which means I can evaluate this only on the basis of whether the other half of the sourcing is properly establishing his prior notability as an urbanist.
The problem, however, is that it isn't: even after I discount the campaign coverage, the majority of what's left is still unreliable or primary sourcing that isn't support for notability at all, and the few sources that are worth something (Bloomberg, New York Times) don't add up to enough.

Please check the submission for any additional comments left by the reviewer. You are encouraged to edit the submission to address the issues raised and resubmit after they have been resolved.

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Bearcat (talk) 02:44, 13 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, The Starlost! Having an article draft declined at Articles for Creation can be disappointing. If you are wondering why your article submission was declined, please post a question at the Articles for creation help desk. If you have any other questions about your editing experience, we'd love to help you at the Teahouse, a friendly space on Wikipedia where experienced editors lend a hand to help new editors like yourself! See you there! Bearcat (talk) 02:44, 13 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]