Category talk:Conservative Party (UK) people

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Definition?[edit]

Tracey Emin has been repeatedly added to this category. Once again read the wikipedia article and read the category as it is there for supporters! Do not revert this again! Now there is an interview source that she voted Tory, and another than Ed Vaizey considers her as a support. Yet this is no more a level of "support" than millions of other Tory voters. Is that the purpose of this category? It's going to be a big one!

This category (and the related cats) should be limited to those who have expressed some active support for a party: contributed to it financially, spoken for it on some platform, or at the very least made some public statement of support for it, beyond divulging their personal voting habits.

I'm not claiming that Emin shouldn't be here – but the sourcing for her so far is nothing like what we'd need to label her as such. Andy Dingley (talk) 00:18, 16 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I agree. This is similar to the case of Gary Numan who was once an outspoken supporter of the Conservative Party but has since disavowed support. Categories are for defining characteristics. In this case, politicians and people well known for supporting the party.- Mr X 01:07, 19 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard/Incidents#New_editor_making_usual_edits_to_political_party_categories._Sock.3F Andy Dingley (talk) 09:27, 21 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Is it worth adding subcategories of "Conservative Party (UK) supporters" and "Former Conservative Party (UK) supporters"? (And the same for Category:Labour Party (UK) people.) We've got subcategories for "politicians‎" and "officials", and using a generic "people" for the rest seems unnecessarily opaque. --McGeddon (talk) 18:05, 29 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Does "people" mean "people with a direct connection to the Conservative Party"?

If not, then stick anyone you like into it, including those with no connection to the Party and just a vague fellow traveller relation with small-c conservatism. They don't even have to be UK – after all, many of those brown envelopes had foreign stamps on them.

Otherwise (and I favour this) limit it to people with a direct connection to the Conservative Party. Politicians are a subcat of this. Supporters, who aren't directly connected to the party would be a parent cat (if you think such a category can be managed, per BLP). Party members are supporters, but not all supporters are party members. Andy Dingley (talk) 20:25, 29 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]