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Darializa Avila Chevalier

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Candidate currently running for Congress in New York. Per WP:NPOL, political candidates aren't inherently notable. Much of the article reads as WP:PROMO and fails WP:GNG. EaglesFan37 (talk) 07:22, 10 February 2026 (UTC)

• Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: People, Politicians, Politics, and New York. EaglesFan37 (talk) 07:22, 10 February 2026 (UTC)
• Delete Candidates routinely attract media attention, this does not establish notability of them as individuals. Wikipedia is not a repository for candidate biographies. AusLondonder (talk) 14:04, 10 February 2026 (UTC)
• Delete: Non-notable individual, running for office isn't notable. Has a non-notable career otherwise. PROMO concerns. Oaktree b (talk) 15:13, 10 February 2026 (UTC)
• Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Women-related deletion discussions. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 17:55, 10 February 2026 (UTC)
• Delete. As always, people do not get articles just for standing as candidates in elections they haven't already won — the notability test at WP:NPOL is holding a notable office, not just running for one, while candidates get articles only if they were already eligible for articles on other grounds as it is. But this claims nothing of the sort, and is depending far, far too heavily on primary sources that are not support for notability, with not even close to enough WP:GNG-worthy reliable source coverage to claim that she should get special treatment that most other candidates don't get.
  Obviously no prejudice against recreation in November if she wins the seat, but nothing here is already grounds for an article now. Bearcat (talk) 18:05, 10 February 2026 (UTC)

Keep. She has been a leader in the Columbia University pro-Palestinian campus protests during the Gaza war which are notable enough to have their own page. Her prominence is evidenced by writing an op-ed in a national publication that probably helped free Mahmoud Khalil from detention; plus she also is notable enough that the Canary Mission decided to dox her for her advocacy. She also received national coverage for her role in advocating for removing statues in Central Park of people who dehumanized enslaved people. Normally, running for office alone isn't enough for WP:GNG, but this article seems like an exception. Those articles were all years before she was a political candidate. Edittttor (talk) 19:46, 10 February 2026 (UTC)

@Edittttor Chevalier is not mentioned in the Columbia University pro-Palestinian campus protests during the Gaza war article, and being involved in an event with a wikipedia article doesn't mean that everyone involved merits their own article. Her op-ed was written almost 100 days before Khalil was released, and the impact of the Op-Ed is speculation. Canary Mission has roughly 5,000 people listed, and nearly all of them would fail WP:GNG. The source you listed about the Central Park statue protests mentioned her name once, and only mentioned the protests itself in one paragraph. EaglesFan37 (talk) 20:36, 10 February 2026 (UTC)

• Delete - candidates for political office are not automatically notable, although a redirect might be appropriate to the election article. I note that several friends and a close relative live in the district, although I !vote the same way for all such articles. Bearian (talk) 19:04, 12 February 2026 (UTC)

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