Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Christine Innes


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review).  No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was  Keep, consensus to merge/redirect, will perform Fr33kman talk  APW 22:16, 13 September 2008 (UTC)

Christine Innes

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Running for political office does not qualify for notability. EncyclopediaUpdaticus (talk) 02:48, 9 September 2008 (UTC)

I disagree. When someone runs for office they are of public interest and therefore worthy of notability. If having been elected is the minimal criteria for political notability then the incumbant has an advantage over other candidates by having their profile accessible through Wikipedia. This makes Wikipedia a tool that can cause imbalance in an electoral race.Rybada (talk) 04:15, 9 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Comment. While that's a good point, it's an argument for a policy change, not for including this article, which most definitely fails the longstanding notability guidelines for politicians. I also vote move and redirect. justinfr (talk/contribs) 14:50, 9 September 2008 (UTC)
 * This AfD nomination was incomplete. It is listed now. DumbBOT (talk) 12:04, 9 September 2008 (UTC)


 * Move to Liberal Party candidates, 2008 Canadian federal election, which should contain info about all Liberals currently not in office, but who are candidates in this election. (See also, for example, Liberal Party candidates, 2006 Canadian federal election, and those for 2004, 2000, 1997, and 1993.) This article may be re-created if she wins a seat in the election, but until then a redirect to this new article is sufficient. Mind  matrix  13:27, 9 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Ontario-related deletion discussions.   -- • Gene93k (talk) 13:46, 9 September 2008 (UTC)
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 * I have no problem with a listing of candidates and their information, but I notice that in the 2006 Liberal candidates list there are links to individual profiles for people who were not, and have not been, elected. I don't understand why this page shouldn't stand as have others.Rybada (talk) 14:30, 9 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Please see WP:WAX. That's a good argument for removing those articles, not for including this one. justinfr (talk/contribs) 14:50, 9 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Especially during an election campaign, such articles are naturally going to proliferate. Wikipedia might not catch them all right away, but their existence doesn't justify more of them. Also, keep in mind that some unelected candidates may already be notable for other reasons independently of their candidacy, such as their prior career (e.g. Marc Garneau, Peter Kent) or having previously served in a different political role (e.g. Marilyn Churley). Bearcat (talk) 22:32, 11 September 2008 (UTC)


 * Move per Mindmatrix. -Royalguard11 (T) 17:51, 9 September 2008 (UTC)
 * FYI, we're currently trying to solve this problem en mass before it happens. Discussion here. -Royalguard11 (T) 04:16, 10 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Move and Redirect per Mindmatrix. Suttungr (talk) 02:09, 10 September 2008 (UTC)


 * Keep Dont know the exact guidlines to deletion, but I specifically sought this page out after reading on electionprediction.org (forgive the spam its just where i heard about the riding) that the riding could go eitherway. I think the page provides useful information and is infrmative. I do think the article is longer than it needs to be at this point but defineatly doesnt require deletion (at least in my thoughts)Ottawa4ever (talk) 19:37, 10 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Redirect to Liberal Party candidates, 2008 Canadian federal election. Bearcat (talk) 06:39, 11 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Redirect per Bearcat. Even if she was sufficiently notable, it would only be for one event, this election. (See BLP1E. If she is elected, she can have an article. DigitalC (talk) 09:04, 12 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Living people-related deletion discussions. --Erwin85Bot (talk) 20:17, 13 September 2008 (UTC)


 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.