Talk:Steve Southerland (Florida politician)

Merge?
I've proposed merging this article into United States House of Representatives elections in Florida, 2010 because Mr. Southerland doesn't seem to meet the criteria of WP:POLITICIAN or WP:BIO. We can discuss here or at Talk:United States House of Representatives elections in Florida, 2010. Thanks! Arbor832466 (talk) 15:44, 7 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Yes for a redirect. I have been looking through the list of congressional challengers, and unless they are already notable for other things (e.g. state congress, notable business leader, etc...) they should just redirect to the appropriate district on an elections page. Tarc (talk) 15:32, 21 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Revisit request after the election, which is only about a week away. We don't play games at this point, as it's too late to do proper merges. Flatterworld (talk) 14:28, 25 October 2010 (UTC)
 * We also don't give out free campaign advertising either, which is precisely what a biographical article about a failed WP:N person is. Tarc (talk) 14:33, 25 October 2010 (UTC)
 * No need for merge or redirect until after the election--which is only 6 days away. Also, there is no need to destroy the page and destroy the work done on it--espcially since it looks like Southerland is going to win the election.  The Hill has reported that Southerland as of October 21, 2010, is 12 points ahead of Allen Boyd.  This article looks like a keeper. You can verify that fact here: District by district--Florida, 2nd Congressional District--InaMaka (talk) 16:14, 27 October 2010 (UTC)
 * I don't see it as "free campaign advertising". He won the primary election, he's the nominee of a major party, there's a lot of media interest in him as he's likely to win the election. Tarc, you are free to tag the article for improvement, or improve it yourself. The Washington Post would be one source of information. Flatterworld (talk) 16:22, 27 October 2010 (UTC)

This issue is a moot point now that he has been elected to the House. かんぱい！ Scapler (talk) 16:52, 3 November 2010 (UTC)