User talk:Markstevepowell

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Your submission at Articles for creation: Mark Powell (politician) has been accepted
 Mark Powell (politician), which you submitted to Articles for creation, has been created. The article has been assessed as Stub-Class, which is recorded on the article's talk page. You may like to take a look at the grading scheme to see how you can improve the article. You are more than welcome to continue making quality contributions to Wikipedia. If your account is more than four days old and you have made at least 10 edits you can create articles yourself without posting a request. However, you may continue submitting work to Articles for Creation if you prefer. Thank you for helping improve Wikipedia! TeaDrinker (talk) 05:18, 17 February 2018 (UTC)
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Mark Powell (politician)
Hello and welcome to Wikipedia. I've gone ahead and created the article you wrote, Mark Powell (politician), after adding some references and changing some of the wording. As far as I read, the subject of the article goes by Mark Powell, rather than using a middle name, so I created the article under the usual name. I also notice your username is close to the subject of the article's name. Please be aware of Wikipedia's guideline on autobiographies; I have taken the liberty of adding a tag to the article's talk page. If you have any questions or concerns, please let me know (just write a note on my talk page, User talk:TeaDrinker). Thanks again! --TeaDrinker (talk) 05:28, 17 February 2018 (UTC)

Notability
I want to raise the question (in a low-key way on this talk page rather than templating the article) of whether you think your article (about yourself, right?) meets the criteria set out in WP:NPOL (notability for politicians). I think TeaDrinker may have erred in accepting it as an article. Would you care to explain how the criteria are met?  &mdash; jmcgnh  (talk) (contribs)  07:50, 17 February 2018 (UTC)

Notability: Mark Powell has been referenced in several news publications. Although I am not very good at navigating Wikipedia I will give it a shot. Mark Powell’s political activities and leadership in the school choice movement has been highlighted in several publications. Is this what is needed to outline notability for politics? http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/sdut-upset-on-county-ed-board-2016jun08-story.html https://www.voiceofsandiego.org/topics/education/incoming-county-of-ed-board-members-want-a-say-on-new-superintendent/ https://www.voiceofsandiego.org/topics/education/getting-to-know-school-board-candidate-mark-powell/ https://www.voiceofsandiego.org/topics/politics/worstmailers2016/ https://www.voiceofsandiego.org/topics/education/was-school-board-candidate-mark-powell-fired-fact-check/ https://ballotpedia.org/Mark_Powell_(California) http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/education/sd-me-educaiton0113-story.html http://votersedge.org/ca/en/ballot/election/area/39/contests/contest/11101/candidate/126146?election_authority_id=37 https://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/politics/Guide-to-Decide-SDUSD-School-Board-Race-177319621.html https://sandiegofreepress.org/2012/11/the-educated-voter-san-diego-school-board-races/ http://politicalpropaganda.org/?propaganda_pieces=mark-powell-chalk-board https://ivn.us/2012/10/10/san-diego-unified-school-board-election-two-races-to-watch/ http://www.kpbs.org/news/2012/nov/06/san-diego-unified-school-board-john-lee-evans-mark/ http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/sdut-u-t-ballot-recommendations-2012nov05-story.html