Talk:2017 Greater Manchester mayoral election

Future event notable?
There are plenty of pages on wikipedia that are questioned because the subject is perhaps "not important enough". But somehow, we see pages that do not attract such criticism, such as this one. This page isn't even about a n event in the past, which can reference information on the Internet. its about a planned future event. As it stands, it shows *one* candidate in an election that has yet to take place. IMO as it stands, it is one of the worst kinds of bias that could happen on Wikipedia. I wish I could work out how to report it. I can't. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sixareen (talk • contribs) 00:49, 8 January 2017 (UTC)


 * There is no prohibition on articles on future events as long as it is a scheduled or anticipated event which has been commented on by reliable sources, as is the case here. For instance on the same theme see Next United Kingdom general election. I also fail to see how the election of a metro mayor covering 2.7m people, one of the larger urban populations in Europe, does not satisfy the notability criteria. There are in fact currently five candidates listed, not one.  The Green candidate is missing as they recently passed away. Only one has an image at present yes, though likely due to copyright considerations.  All Wikipedia pages are a work-in-progress.  If you are concerned about the lack of details you are welcome to be bold and for instance source free images for the other candidates. ChiZeroOne (talk) 10:44, 8 January 2017 (UTC)

Tried to add a picture
I tried to add a picture of the COnservative candidate but it was beyond my limited skills. There's one here if someone else wants to do it http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/sean-anstee-announces-run-tory-11969169 2A02:C7D:B3C6:3900:AC8C:A873:262D:61D1 (talk) 22:13, 27 February 2017 (UTC)