I was looking at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Biggs_(politician) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Biggs_%28politician%29, which led me to believe that possible they are notable - if elected. There are a few sources for the candidates, but mostly local news - eg "Party X hopeful cleans up our streets with help from the local football team!"
Might possibly pass GNG.... possibly.
On 08/02/2012 16:34, Harry Burt wrote:
On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 4:19 PM, Richard Symonds <richard.symonds@wikimedia.org.uk mailto:richard.symonds@wikimedia.org.uk> wrote:
Good afternoon everyone! I have a couple of things that I'm begging your assistance with: I hope you folks can help. 1. [...] 2. We've had a couple of contacts from local political parties trying to get pages about candidates in the upcoming London Assembly elections. At present, we only really have stubs on a few of the candidates. We told them politely that it's not something we can help with - WP is written by volunteers - although we did of course offer to teach their volunteers how to edit (and edit ethically and openly) if necessary. Perhaps this is something to keep an eye on when you're patrolling articles, or looking for a new DYK?It's worth noting that traditionally PPCs have had difficulty sustaining articles, whereas incumbent MPs are all notable. I suspect the same may be true of L.A. elections.
As the motto goes, sources first, article second. Although I personally don't mind helping with some of these (being a politics student).
Regards, Harry (User:Jarry1250)
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