Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Elaine Kennedy


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The result was Merged to Green Party candidates, 2007 Ontario provincial election. utcursch | talk 08:22, 7 September 2007 (UTC)

Elaine Kennedy

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Non-notable activist, who has so far failed in her election attempts in Ontario. Sources claim her as recipient of a medal, but it turns out there's more than 20,000 others who got it as well. Just doesn't quite clear the bar of notability. (If she wins her election, she will, and we can reconsider this issue at that time.) Realkyhick 17:00, 29 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Update: Move to merge into Green Party candidates, 2007 Ontario provincial election and close discussion. Prior convention does appear to dictate listing in an article covering all candidates by a party in an election cycle unless they are notable for other reasons, such as prior office-holding. (Didn't know about this convention when I nominated to delete.) Realkyhick 04:49, 7 September 2007 (UTC)


 * Delete, NN local activist-politician, fails WP:BIO. --Dhartung | Talk 17:59, 29 August 2007 (UTC)

I honestly don't understand Realkhick's continued efforts to have this article deleted. In response to his comments above, this is the first time Elaine Kennedy has run in an election, so to say she has failed in her election attempts is inaccurate. I agree that Ms. Kennedy is not notable to Realkyhick in Kentucky, but she is without a doubt notable to the 98,900 residents of her district in Ontario and the provided references already establish that. How does the number of people who have received an award deminish its notability? The Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal is a well known award (in Canada) for people who have "made a significant contribution to their fellow citizens, their community or to Canada." Please see my other notes on the article's talk page before deleting. I am actively tring to find other online sources for references - the bulk of the information for this article was taken from non-online sources at the local library. As media coverage increases with the lead-up to the election in October, I will be able to improve this article and its references. SDSGResident 19:32, 29 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Comment: If this is her first run for office, that is even more reason why she is not notable by Wikipedia standards. If she had run multiple times and lost, she might be notable just for all the attention she got in the process. But that is not the case here. Sorry for the math error, but you actually hurt your case by pointing that out. Realkyhick 07:04, 30 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete the world is full of such people - interest in a cause, join a committee, run for office. A paragraph in a local rag announcing candidacy does not make a person notable. Even winning an election does not guarantee notability per WP:BIO, so announcing does not contribute at all. And Wikipedia is not a crystal ball - future media coverage is not relevant here. MarkBul 20:15, 29 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep seems notable to me.--Zingostar 20:20, 2 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom & MarkBul. Carlossuarez46 21:20, 6 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Ontario-related deletions.   -- John Vandenberg 03:37, 7 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Per prior discussions, candidates for elected provincial or federal office in Canada are always entitled at minimum to inclusion in a merged list. Merge to Green Party candidates, 2007 Ontario provincial election. Bearcat 03:48, 7 September 2007 (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.