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The WikiProject UK geography guide to writing about settlements can reasonably be used for guidance here. Those guidelines suggest the use of the heading "notable people" and stress that those included should indeed satisfy notability requirements under WP:NBIO, i.e. qualify for their own article. However, those guidelines also recommend a "government" section detailing parliamentary and local government arrangements, including listing representatives where appropriate – so the councillor could be included there.

This would mean that the IOC cllr could be mentioned with an appropriate reference, but without embellishment or use of exteranl links in the text. Ben Mac Dui 20:12, 7 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

As I “talked” with Mutt Lunker about this, the Living Orkney magazine article cited (not the OIC link) says that SC was the community council negotiator with SSE, which successfully secured the wind turbine community benefit mentioned in the Wikipedia entry. So he is certainly relevant as a person associated with Sanday, and the entry on Sanday is incomplete without mention of SC. Local notability is relevant in an article such as this, for example John D Mackay (also listed under “People associated with Sanday”) is "notable" because "he is remembered locally for writing to The Times in 1967".

It is not often I contribute to Wikipedia, but almost whenever I do, it is a battle, which puts me off bothering. The whole project seems to be WP:OWNed by the regulars, which is a shame for those of us interested in the dissemination of knowledge and the recording of facts. Therefore, I am reinstating this good faith contribution to the article in the hope you will treat it with good faith and allow it to remain for the reasons given in the paragraph above.

88.144.84.128 (talk) 21:37, 7 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

It really isn't a question of WP:OWN. Wikipedia can be infuriating but a whole raft of policies and procedures have been agreed over the years and you'll find your experience here more positive if you take the trouble to stick to them - or ask for help in doing so. Ben Mac Dui 14:22, 9 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]