User talk:Littlebirdie

Please stop removing speedy deletion notices from articles as it is considered vandalism. You may place hangon on the page and make your case on the article's talk page if you oppose an article's speedy deletion. Thanks. Brian 05:03, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

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By the way, I see that you haven't been welcomed yet --- so:

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Fair?
I keep trying to write an article on a candidate I'm supporting in an election. I find the person to be notable, as she is linked to on several pages regarding the upcoming midterm elections, has earned the endorsement of several nationally recognized organizations, and has garnered a significant amount of name recognition. However, she is only a candidate for a Massachusetts-wide election, and so if the article is deleted because it's irrelevant to anyone living outside the state, I understand that. I am though having a bit of trouble understanding why two of her opponents continue to have articles of their own up, neither of which is formatted to Wikipedia standards, and neither of which cites any viable sources. Am I doing something incorrectly that these other two articles have succeeded in fixing?
 * There are two issues that I see here. One is the question of why there would be articles about the other two candidates. In fact, they are both proposed for speedy deletion as well for the same reason the article about the candidate you support was deleted. The CSD process goes pretty quickly (usually within 24 hours), so if, in fact they are deleted then all three candidates will be at parity (no article on Wikipedia).

The second issue is the fact that the article about Claire Naughton was already reviewed for deletion and the decision was to delete it. In that situation the process to follow, if you disagree with the decision, is to appeal the AfD (I gave you that link earlier). You're welcome to follow that process --- but from what I see here, I think all three articles should go. Wikipedia is not a soapbox. It's not a forum for political debate.

You *might* make a different argument (but I haven't seen it, so this is just hypothetical). If there's some reason that Claire Naughton is notable *outside of this election* then you might write a *totally different* article about her than the one that was deleted per AfD. If that's the case and you want help with that, let me know, just leave a message on my talk page.

For the next 24 hours, I suggest you let the CSD process take its course. If, for some reason the other two candidates articles remain and you want help appealing the AfD for Claire Naughton, I'll be willing to help. But, just to be completely clear and transparent, I think all three articles should be deleted... Brian 05:51, 23 July 2006 (UTC)btball

Thanks
Thanks for your help Brian. The process seems totally fair. Thanks for explaining, and sorry to have caused any trouble.--Littlebirdie 21:33, 24 July 2006 (UTC)