Talk:2007 Edmonton municipal election

References

So far, all the references come from forum postings. It would be preferable to see some real references using appropriate citation methods. I am giving this 2 weeks before I start to delete some information, which I do not doubt as not being true, but not being credible as an article on the web/Wikipedia. Crazyjz 02:03, 21 July 2007 (UTC)

The forum postings in question are all actually direct copies of articles that appeared in the Edmonton Journal (there's a person that posts on those forums basically by just copying and pasting material from the Journal's site). If you'd prefer, I could change the references to the Journal articles themselves, although that would lead to the disadvantage that people couldn't actually check the references themselves unless they happen to have a copy of the Journal in question laying around. Sarcasticidealist 02:10, 21 July 2007 (UTC)

I think that would be better given that you wouldn't reference forum postings if you were writing a research paper. I think there needs to be some professionalism, even though it may hurt the disadvantaged who cannot check the references.Crazyjz 02:18, 21 July 2007 (UTC)

Well, I do want to make the point that verifiability is not an abstract concept: if the references you post are ones that 99.9% of Wikipedia users have no way of actually checking, the material isn't really verifiable at all. That being said, I think I've come up with the best of both worlds - tell me what you think.

Unrelatedly, you should change your settings so that your signature provides a link to your page, unless you have some particular reason for not wanting it to. Sarcasticidealist 02:48, 21 July 2007 (UTC)

Now what?

I think we shoudl add some reactions (properly cited) from the local media, and move most of the Candidate summer stuff onto the pages of those individuals. Kevlar67 03:29, 17 October 2007 (UTC)

I definitely agree with the first part - there's lots of room to flesh this out, but I'm not sure about the candidate info, since most of the candidates don't have articles of their own. I think there's room to leave some candidate information in the article. Sarcasticidealist 16:44, 17 October 2007 (UTC)

Agreed.Bdell555 (talk) 05:49, 23 September 2010 (UTC)

Removal of candidate info

Consensus above appears to be to continue to at least some candidate information. If you disagree, please engage here on the Talkpage. Also, keep in mind the admin-utilized template below.--Bdell555 (talk) 05:13, 16 October 2010 (UTC)

Some rewrite is required to better weight the article, trimming the long summaries, and expanding the missing ones, namely Ward 4. I have been spending my spare time on completing the articles for the election that is only one day away now, and I still haven't caught up. But the entire section is unreferenced, and should be deleted per WP:GRAPEVINE. 117Avenue (talk) 19:12, 17 October 2010 (UTC)

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