TheDuck21

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@Qwerty6811: Thank you for the welcome! I'm not certain how my suggestion isn't neutral. It is a fact that there is Freedom Party of Ontario -- has been since 1985, and it is a fact that I am a candidate. We are listed on the official website here: https://www.elections.on.ca/en/political-entities-in-ontario/political-parties/registered-political-parties-in-ontario.html#accordion49 . I am listed in official results, the latest of which are here: https://www.elections.on.ca/content/dam/NGW/sitecontent/2016/resource/election-results/ED100%20Whitby-Oshawa%20-%20Official%20Return%20from%20the%20Record.pdf . I'm not trying to be difficult, just trying to understand. Thanks! TheDuck21 (talk) 00:05, 1 May 2018 (UTC)

Requesting admin assistance here: {{Admin help}} qwerty6811 :-) Chat Ping me 16:26, 1 May 2018 (UTC)

Not an admin, but I've substituted a slightly more relevant message. As far as I can see, you're doing the right thing - putting a request at Talk:Ontario general election, 2018#Semi-protected edit request on 29 April 2018 and disclosing your conflict of interest (as a candidate in the election). Depending on how active the article talk page is and the edit request patrollers are, it might take a while for someone to accept or reject your request. I don't see anything else that needs addressing, whether by an admin or non-admin, so I'm disabling the help template. If you have any further questions, please feel free to visit our teahouse as well. Rotideypoc41352 (talk) 20:10, 1 May 2018 (UTC)