Talk:Shan Oakes

People who are merely candidates are not normally considered notable enough to have a Wikipedia article. Delete? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.40.111.79 (talk) 09:24, 26 June 2008 (UTC)

... and none of the citations given constitute substantial, independent, reliable source coverage of Ms Oakes.

... surely this election renders her the only notable candidate outside of David Davis and a good number of people will be interested in finding out more about her. I'd rather see this article improved (esp. sourcing) rather than removed. Other notable elections - like the London Mayoralty had pages for most of the candidates and no-one sought to have those removed, even the minor ones. JimJay —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.21.102.176 (talk) 19:44, 26 June 2008 (UTC)

This has now gone to an AfD discussion, so further comments should go there. Bondegezou (talk) 12:02, 27 June 2008 (UTC)

WP:SPS

I have WP:SPS concerns about the sentence, "David Davis himself has admitted that the Green Party are his most serious contenders in the by-election." The support for this is a Green party webpage and no direct quote is even given. Hardly reliable! Bondegezou (talk) 07:20, 28 June 2008 (UTC)

I have removed the claim from the article but have repeated it here for discussion.

According to the Green Party, David Davis himself admitted to them that the Green Party are his most serious contenders in the by-election.<ref>"Grey meets Green in by-election showdown". Shan Oakes - The real civil liberties candidate. 2008-06-26. Retrieved 2008-08-27.</ref>

The current support for the claim is a blog entry by Shan Oakes. An independent source is required before the claim can be restored to the article. Road Wizard (talk) 13:41, 28 June 2008 (UTC)