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I've reverted a series of edits by User:RBaker, an WP:SPA whose username suggests a possible WP:COI. That, however, was not the reason for my reversion.

Some of the reverted edits inserted what's presumably a currently complete list of Baker's descendants: children and grandchildren. This is undesirable for two reasons. First, it's subject to becoming outdated, as generation begets generation. Second, descendants who aren't notable in their own right are tangential to the article.

Other reverted edits inserted what appeared to be a complete list of legislation that Baker introduced and that passed the legislature and was signed into law. This risks overwhelming the reader with information on material that's not all that notable: imagine, for instance, what the Strom Thurmond article would look like if that approach were taken. Rather than listing every bill that a legislator introduced, and every vote that the legislator cast, we should limit ourselves to bills and votes whose notability has been established by significant media attention. — Ammodramus (talk) 02:07, 28 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]