Talk:Justin Coussoule

This biography doesn't seem to me to meet notability requirements; as per WP:POLITICIAN, this should be a redirect to whatever election he's contesting, but I'm insufficiently versed in US politics to tell where to redirect this. I suggest Ohio's 8th congressional district but am uncertain. Accounting4Taste: talk 20:13, 10 May 2010 (UTC)

Thank you for your observations. I believe there is a substantial amount of quality secondary source material published about Coussoule to qualify the article as meeting the basic criteria. I will add more references. JdKinne (talk) 14:43, 12 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Since references 4 through 8 are actually about Mr. Coussoule's opponent, and my examination of a number of pages of Google hits revealed nothing worthwhile, I am finding your suggestion of quality secondary source material difficult to accept. Should I assume that if I did turn this into the above-captioned redirect, you'd simply change it back?  Accounting4Taste: talk 19:39, 12 May 2010 (UTC)

I would certainly rather work with the Wikipedia community than against it. Local newspapers covered John Boehner, extensively since he is the incumbent, and since his race was contested. While Boehner is well known, the first place I (and others in my neighborhood) went to learn about Coussoule was Wikipedia. I was disappointed that there was no article on him even though there were articles on some other contenders for the 8th seat who were less notable than Coussoule. A Google search on "Justin Coussoule" finds over 7,000 results. I worked through many of these but selected the ones in the article because they had the information I was looking for and because I thought them the most well known. I expect that Coussoule will be very known by the November election given the fight he is attempting. JdKinne (talk) 20:41, 12 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Unfortunately, this gentlemen is not qualified for his own article in Wikipedia. He has never held elected office and there is nothing on him.--InaMaka (talk) 23:26, 12 October 2010 (UTC)
 * There is no chance of a merge to the suggested article, all they accept there is a name. Candidate seems fairly well cited and able to pass the WP:GNG WP:BIO - Off2riorob (talk) 16:23, 13 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Rather than merging into the article about the district, it should be merged into the article about the election -- United States House of Representatives elections in Ohio, 2010 Arbor832466 (talk) 17:47, 13 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Its a bio, with citations, why merge? Off2riorob (talk) 17:54, 13 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Because it fails WP:POLITICIAN, unless he's received significant independent media attention (?) Arbor832466 (talk) 18:02, 13 October 2010 (UTC)
 * I have found that such articles are sometimes supported, AFD discussion is the location for that. Off2riorob (talk) 18:09, 13 October 2010 (UTC)