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The result of the discussion was: keep. CambridgeBayWeather, Uqaqtuq (talk), Huliva 04:13, 23 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:WikiProject New Zealand/politics/New MPs/Wayne Walford[edit]

Outdated draft which was last edited in September 2017, it is now unlikely that Wayne Walford will enter Parliament again. Villian Factman (talk) 15:25, 12 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Delete In the spirit of WP:G13 * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 16:57, 12 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Comment - It appears that he was elected to a national parliament, in which case he passes political notability. Robert McClenon (talk) 18:54, 12 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Draftify - Move to draft space to get it properly sourced so that it can be moved to main space. Robert McClenon (talk) 18:54, 12 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Comment - Do not delete. Robert McClenon (talk) 18:54, 12 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. Unelected candidate in 2014, but plausibly notable. Chide User:Mattlore for drafting that the candidate “was elected” before the actual election date, that is misleading wrong information to publish, even in WikiProject space. Do not move to draftspace, leave in WikiProject for the WikiProject to manage. —SmokeyJoe (talk) 22:54, 12 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]
User:Villian Factman, please notify the WikiProject at Wikipedia:New Zealand Wikipedians' notice board when nominating WikiProject subpages. SmokeyJoe (talk) 23:01, 12 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Or, I guess, Wikipedia talk:WikiProject New Zealand/politics. SmokeyJoe (talk) 23:03, 12 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

SmokeyJoe, your comment is out of line. The instructions given by the project specifically ask that these articles be written assuming that candidates have been successful. The point is that we have bios that are ready for publication on election night as soon as the results are stable. Schwede 66 02:46, 13 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]
The comment about writing into the draft that the candidate was elected? I stand by that statement. At the time of writing, it was a false statement, and has remained a false statement ever since, for eight years. It has misled, evidence in this discussion. At MfD, we routinely delete false and misleading things, on the basis that they should never have been written, despite normal very generous leeway. SmokeyJoe (talk) 07:22, 13 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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