Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Liberal Party candidates, 2008 Alberta provincial election


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The result was   Redirect to Alberta general election, 2008 for the time being, enabling spinout of any actually notable people. The rest can safely be deleted, and I will re-visit the article at some point to do this. Black Kite 18:38, 2 May 2008 (UTC)

Liberal Party candidates, 2008 Alberta provincial election

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This page is simply a dumping ground for non-notable bios. This type of list/article is a common problem on Wikipedia.. The people weren't notable enough to get their own bio, yet here we are giving them each a bio. A major reason for deleting nn bios, is they tend to receive little editorial attention, and are neglected. Dumping them here simply ensures they won't get any attention. It also bypasses some of the monitoring that occur, for articles in Category:Living people. If you read this article (and earlier versions), we're basically publishing the kind of trivial stuff a candidate normally gives to the local newspaper to print in their profile during the election. Most people never had substantial independent coverage. If anybody did have sufficient coverage for a bio, then they should be given a bio, under their name, where it would actually be found. Rob (talk) 01:53, 24 April 2008 (UTC)


 * Split the ones with sufficient notability into their own articles (the one with the order of Canada for instance), Delete the rest. TallNapoleon (talk) 03:43, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Mike Robinson (Alberta politician) (who had the Order of Canada), had his own article previously, and I just re-instated it as a separate article. --Rob (talk) 05:12, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete. I don't see anything notable about the article now that Mike Robinson has been spun off. -- JulesN   Talk  10:27, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Split out anyone who might pass WP:BIO by themselves, and then Delete the rest. Lankiveil (speak to me) 11:22, 24 April 2008 (UTC).


 * Keep, but remove bios of any non-notable individuals, expand to name all of 82 fielded candidates, and expand/merge to list all candidates of the election. It is appropriate to record all candidates in a notable election, but it is not appropriate to record biographical material that is not explicitly sourced to independent, reliable publications.  If someone is not ready to make these substantial changes now, redirect to Alberta general election, 2008 for the meantime.  --SmokeyJoe (talk) 11:53, 2 May 2008 (UTC)


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