Talk:Jessica Hammond

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No consensus, 22 June 2021, see discussion.
keep, 22 June 2021, see discussion.

This page was proposed for deletion by Less Unless (talk · contribs) on 23 February 2021.

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Discussion on deletion[edit]

I’d like to discuss the proposal to delete Jessica Hammond, understand where you’re coming from, and also say what I think.

I also invite Schwede66 to join the conversation because they added the Jessica Hammond page as “supported by the New Zealand politics task force” and “within the scope of WikiProject New Zealand”

I also welcome the politics and government work group, the New Zealand politics task force, and anyone else this is of interest to.

The argument is made that she fails WP:NPOL because she was unelected. I believe you can still meet the notability criteria with significant media coverage, even if unelected.

It is also argued that all references being about the election or post-election process cause the article to fail WP:GNG.

My first reason being I disagree that all articles are about the election process. There is a section on her personal life which refers to her attempts at stand up comedy and multiple pieces on her children’s allergies, (second article) for example.

My second reason is she is a political candidate who has coverage consistently which is more than a trivial mentions.

I’ll name several:

New Zealand's national news station 1 News covered Ohariu and deemed her worthy of interviewing alongside the National, Labour, and New Zealand First candidates. This excludes the 6/10 other candidates running in Ohariu in 2020. It can be found here

I also want to add The Opportunities Party specifically poured resources into her campaign as they saw it as the only seat they can win, (article). She has won third place in Ohariu twice, beating the Green Party, which was a surprise for many given how much larger the Green Party (226,757 votes in 2020) is to The Opportunities Party. (43,449 votes in 2020).

Most local political candidates in New Zealand only have trivial mentions, or barely any mentions about them at all, but she has a consistent pattern of being well-covered both about her political campaign but also events in her private life, and likely will continue to if she runs again, so I believe it displays notability.

Because of these reasons, I'd say I object to deletion.

Just wanted to clarify my thoughts on this, am happy to hear your thoughts, would also like to hear Swede66’s thoughts if possible, and anyone else's this is of interest to. I hope we can work this out. Nexus000 (talk) 23:20, 23 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Don't read anything into me adding talk page tags; I do that routinely for all new pages with a New Zealand scope. This is a WP:PROD (I suggest you read this page) and if you disagree with it, what you do is you remove the PROD tag. It's good and helpful that you've outlined why you disagree with the PROD. Schwede 66 02:59, 24 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]