Talk:Robert J. Healey
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Notability edit
There are currently 3 court briefings, 1 state historical society, 1 NGO, and 4 news articles, including two from the state's paper of record. If there are statements which you feel need a citation, please say so. If there are citations you think are inappropriate, please say so. I accidentally used his campaign's journal as a reference, but I removed that and replaced it with a valid news article.
There are thousands of articles about this guy spanning over a couple decades. He has influenced the politics of an admittedly small state (though not the smallest by population). If these facts aren't enough for notability, let me know why. If you want to improve this article, please offer suggestions rather than just tagging it for notability without explanation.RhodeIslandGreen (talk) 19:31, 18 September 2014 (UTC)
In the "WP:articles for deletion/common outcomes: politicians" section, it clearly states that perennial candidates become notable when they receive significant media coverage. It does not say how to go about measuring that, but any search of google news shows significant regional coverage where he is the main subject. That is both recent news and old articles going back to 1994. His campaign to abolish the position of Lieutenant governor especially received wide regional media coverage. If you still think he's not notable enough, I suggest you also try deleting Myrth York's page. Then, trawl through List of third party performances in United States elections and you can find plenty of articles to delete.
The wikipedia policy also says "Leaders of registered political parties at the national or major sub-national (state, province, prefecture, etc.) level are usually considered notable regardless of that party's degree of electoral success." Robert Healey was the leader of the Cool Moose Party, which was a state-recognized political party that ran 20 candidates at its peak. Again, it also influenced election law in RI.
Robert J. Healey also doubles as the page for the Cool Moose Party. Before this article was made, there were several dead links to Robert Healey and Cool Moose Party. The CMP portion of the article definitely needs more work.
I cannot find the wikipedia policy for removing the notability tag, but I feel I have made an ironclad case here. So I will remove the tag, since it's baseless. RhodeIslandGreen (talk) 20:53, 18 September 2014 (UTC)