On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 4:19 PM, Richard Symonds < [email protected]> wrote:
> Good afternoon everyone! I have a couple of things that I'm begging your > assistance with: I hope you folks can help. > > 1. [...] > 2. We've had a couple of contacts from local political parties trying > to get pages about candidates in the upcoming London Assembly elections. At > present, we only really have stubs on a few of the candidates. We told them > politely that it's not something we can help with - WP is written by > volunteers - although we did of course offer to teach their volunteers how > to edit (and edit ethically and openly) if necessary. Perhaps this is > something to keep an eye on when you're patrolling articles, or looking for > a new DYK? > > It's worth noting that traditionally PPCs have had difficulty sustaining articles, whereas incumbent MPs are all notable. I suspect the same may be true of L.A. elections. As the motto goes, sources first, article second. Although I personally don't mind helping with some of these (being a politics student). Regards, Harry (User:Jarry1250)
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