Talk:Leighton Baker

Latest comment: 7 years ago by Kiwichris in topic Notability

Publish?

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Should we publish this draft? J947 17:53, 1 February 2017 (UTC)Reply

Published. J947 04:31, 2 February 2017 (UTC)Reply

Notability

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I'm unsure about the notability of this page. He would fail WP:POLITICIAN and doesn't seem to yet meet the GNG, although he may due if he receives more coverage in the months leading up to the election. Mattlore (talk) 22:23, 2 February 2017 (UTC)Reply

It's debatable, but he is arguably a "major local political figure who has received significant press coverage". You could say he's a major figure in that he is the leader of a registered party that at the last election came close to entering parliament. And he is mentioned in many news articles. So I'd say he meets the criteria. HenryCrun15 (talk) 12:59, 4 February 2017 (UTC)Reply
As there are currently only four sources, two of which are press releases from his party and two are just election results stats, I very much doubt he reaches the "significant press coverage" level at the moment. Mattlore (talk) 22:57, 6 February 2017 (UTC)Reply
Well, we could move it back to the politics project draft biographies section. If Baker receives more coverage we can re-move the article. HenryCrun15 (talk) 23:35, 6 February 2017 (UTC)Reply
I'm fine with that if you think so. I should have gained more consensus for the move. However, I don't have a doubt that Baker will receive more coverage as the campaign for the election comes on, so I weakly oppose the move. J947 02:25, 7 February 2017 (UTC)Reply
The article now has seven independent sources cited (not counting party press statements and election results) which seems good enough for notability in my book Kiwichris (talk) 09:41, 5 March 2017 (UTC)Reply