Talk:Philadelphia City Council

Style Wars
Boothy443 - I put the matrix up first. Most of your changes have been stylistic. Please stop changing it. --evrik 16:15, 29 September 2005 (UTC)
 * How about no, learn how to edit. --Boothy443 | comhrá 21:24, 29 September 2005 (UTC)
 * My edits make the page cleaner and easier to read. --evrik 19:26. 02 October 2005

Council members without articles
Seven of the seventeen council members do not have articles about them. Can someone please add stub articles about them? --DThomsen8 (talk) 13:26, 9 February 2010 (UTC)


 * I did them all. Now for photos. --DThomsen8 (talk) 19:56, 1 December 2010 (UTC)

New City Council for 2012-2016
When the results of the November 8, 2011, general election are final, I will prepare a new table listing the members. Several are new members, and we will need articles about them. The new council will be sworn in on January 2, 2012. --DThomsen8 (talk) 01:05, 16 November 2011 (UTC)


 * Should every Philadelphia City Council person have a Wiki page? Many have not been updated in 10+ years. Nnev66 (talk) 18:13, 17 March 2024 (UTC)
 * @Nnev66 it's a large city and the actions of these councilmembers impact many people. which ones haven't been updated in 10+ years? Narsk (talk) 15:06, 8 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Looks like Average Pennsylvanian made some updates since my original message but then deleted their account... The Cindy Bass page needs an update and Draft:Anthony Phillips (politician) (which I helped edit) looks ready to re-submit (am waiting for Arjsd to comment). Looks like someone attempted to make one for Jim Harrity but it was deleted. Jeffrey Jones Jr. is brand new so make take some time to get enough coverage of him to be notable enough. Nnev66 (talk) 00:44, 12 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Nnev66, I am a fairly infrequent Wikipedia editor so your edits slipped by me, but they look good. Regarding resubmitting, I'd be happy to resubmit. Personally I thought it was clear from the initial submission that the subject met the requirements of WP:NPOL, but hopefully the additional edits make that even more clear. Arjsd (talk) 01:22, 12 April 2024 (UTC)
 * And now it's officially resubmitted. Arjsd (talk) 01:24, 12 April 2024 (UTC)
 * I think the page was on the line before although IMO showed more notability than pages for council members Mark Squilla, Quetcy Lozada, Brian J. O'Neill, or Nicolas O'Rourke. Phillips has had some accomplishments since then which have been reported in The Philadelphia Inquirer and CNN so hopefully that will help. Also, he replaces and was mentored by the current mayor - I think that adds to notability but we'll see what the reviewers think. I'm trying to understand the reviewer process, where someone crosses Wikipedia's notability line, and how pages are normalized relative to each other. Nnev66 (talk) 21:33, 12 April 2024 (UTC)

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it is to take effect in 2016
It's 2018.Xx236 (talk) 12:53, 4 October 2018 (UTC) It's 2024, and with Dthomsen8 passing it seems this effort does not have a leader. Nnev66 (talk) 16:22, 5 April 2024 (UTC)

City Council 2022-2027
Bringing discussion down to a new section. Looks like Narsk, Phillypaboy123, and Arjsd have created Philadelphia City Council member pages in the past couple of years. I did some edits on Arjsd's page Draft:Anthony Phillips (politician) which has been re-submitted for review. Regarding Philadelphia City Council member pages, User:Average Pennsylvanian made some recent edits in mid-late March but then deleted their account. It looks like the Cindy Bass page needs updating. Maybe also Curtis J. Jones Jr.. Did one of you do one for Jim Harrity? It appears to be deleted but I think there's enough out there to start another one. Also, Quetcy Lozada has a "notability" template on it so should be updated if possible. I'm thinking about doing a page on councilmanic prerogative but may be a while until I have time. Nnev66 (talk) 23:55, 12 April 2024 (UTC)


 * Hi @Nnev66, I've been trying to add harder to find info like their bios and birth dates. I've just started my Wiki account and am working thru how the editing process works, so apologies if it appears I deleted my account haha. As a native Philadelphia (area) native this was my way of familiarizing myself and putting some needed info out there.
 * I'm definitely interested in adding info for these councilmembers since many of them definitely fit the notability guidelines, but it's not a priority for me atm, since the info can be found pretty easily (imo) on newssites, archived newspapers, and such. My main goal for now is gathering data from my university databases before I lose access, so don't expect more from me other than a few things here and there for now. Average Pennsylvanian (talk) 03:52, 13 April 2024 (UTC)