User talk:Sorcier du Lac

nouvelle page pour Maude Marquis-Bissonnette

Salut, j'ai vu que c'est toi qui a écrit la page pour Action Gatineau. Je voulais faire une page pour Maude Marquis Bisonnette parce qu'elle n'en a pas. Tu veux m'aider? Je devrais avoir un brouillon cette semaine. Kamacites Place (talk) 19:37, 13 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Salut, je crois personnellement qu'il vaudrait mieux attendre l'issu des élections partielles du 9 juin car je ne crois pas qu'elle réponde aux critères de notoriété de WP en tant que simple candidate. Si elle est élue mairesse, ce sera alors une bonne idée d'en créer une et je t'aiderai avec plaisir.

P.-s. : je tiens à préciser que si j'ai réalisé la traduction de la page Action Gatineau pour la version francophone de WP, ce sont Fulserish et Earl Andrew qui ont rédigé la plupart de l'article original.

Bonne journée! Sorcier du Lac (talk) 20:00, 13 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

EDIT : since it is the English Wikipedia, I will add the following translation of my answer:

Hi, I personally think it would be better to wait for the results of the by-elections on 9 June because I don't think she meets WP's reputation criteria as a candidate. If she is elected mayor, then it would be a good idea to create one and I'd be happy to help you.

P.-s. Although I translated the Action Gatineau page for the French version of WP, Fulserish and Earl Andrew wrote most of the original article.

Have a great day! Sorcier du Lac (talk) 20:00, 13 May 2024 (UTC)

Hello,

As this is English Wikipedia, I will be responding in English here. As Sorcier du Lac has mentioned, Marquis-Bissonnette has not met the WP:PERSON requirements as of this point; her only notable position is that of a city councillor in Gatineau, all of whom do not have pages except for Marc Bureau, who served as the Mayor for two terms.

Should she be elected to the position of Mayor, I would've undoubtedly jumped at creating a page for her; I was the one who took the picture that we see on Wikipedia and uploaded it to Wikimedia Commons as well. However, at this point and time, a page for her just wouldn't meet any of the necessary guidelines.

Have a great day! Fulserish (talk) 20:25, 13 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I wonder if the fact that she also holds a PhD, won multiple awards, and published multiple times would grant her that status? What about the fact she ran before (even if she didn't win, she was still the leader of Action Gatineau). I could send you a draft? Kamacites Place (talk) 23:54, 13 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

also, let us not forget this important point : a person can get a page if they are 'significant, interesting, or unusual enough to deserve attention or to be recorded". This really helps to bring to light people who have been historically marginalized, as a marginalized person cannot necessarily 'achieve' as many successes or as important events as others who don't have the same experiences. I think the fact she is a doctor, was a councilor (at a young age, as a mom and women), that she ran for mayor, is running again, was a leader of a political party, can fit into that. Kamacites Place (talk) 23:58, 13 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Kamacites Place,

I greatly admire your passion for creating this page, and from reading your User page, I understand that the work you do is aligned with marginalized groups. However, based on my own personal analysis, she does not meet the criteria for WP:POLITICIAN. I quote the page's last sentence, which reads: "Just being an elected local official, or an unelected candidate for political office, does not guarantee notability, although such people can still be notable if they meet the general notability guideline."

I've had my fair share of discussions with candidates about Wikipedia; I'm politically active in the Canadian sphere at the federal, provincial, and local levels in both Ontario and Quebec. To refer back to your point, having a PhD does not signify notability either, unless, from my experience, they've generally been a pioneer in their field or have made significant contributions to it. Being the leader of a municipal political party isn't grounds for notability either; I refer over to parties such as the Non-Partisan Association in Vancouver which does not have a page for its leader.

Gatineau is also not necessarily a big-enough city for all of its councillors to warrant pages. If we had significant coverage of all councillors, then maybe it would be worth considering.

To further this discussion, I invite @Earl Andrew, who is an administrator, to weigh in.

Regards, Fulserish (talk) 00:09, 14 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I do not doubt your expertise or passion - I had reached out initially to get help on creating the page from experts such as yourself. I do understand your point, but I want to try to find a way to work with it, not against it. I understand that each one of those items taken on their own may not be considered notable, but taken together, I think they could, especially considering the young age of the candidate and the fact she is a mom. She's already published a great number of academic and non-academic papers, presented at conferences, won awards, etc., and is also a political analyst for Radio Canada. I'll be happy to see what @Earl Andrew says. I'm also willing to draft an article, and you can see with all the facts, references, cross-references, citations, etc., if she 'deserves' a page or not.

Also, side note, I was at the Wiki North America Conference last year, the question of notability is the single most controversial barrier to a more just Wiki. It's the same as for job applications, the criteria for different people can't be the same as the experiences are different so will the breadth of their achievement. A fish climbing a tree once is much more notable, in my view, then a monkey doing it 10 times... Kamacites Place (talk) 13:50, 14 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello! It seems to me that her notability is very boder-line. Personally, I would not be opposed to an article on her, but I am an avowed inclusionist. If you write a very detailed, well sourced article, it might not be put up for deletion, but it's still no guarantee. The article would have to heavily emphasis her non political notability, of which I can't really weigh in on. Her notability as a politician may not be enough. There was a time where every Gatineau City Councillor had a Wikipedia article, but they were all deleted due to lack of notability. I am aware that MMB is a bit more notable than your average city councillor for being the leader of municipal party with city council representation. Fulserish's example of the NPA's leader not having an article is a bit moot, as they no longer have any city councillors and are basically irrelevant in Vancouver politics. But, don't know if her being a party leader is enough to warrant an article on its own. Anyway, there is one particular user that is heavily involved in putting up Canadian municipal politicians up for deletion, and I'd be worried about them swooping in and tagging her potential article for deletion. They have not put up any of my articles up for deletion, but that's probably because they are fairly comprehensive and well sourced. But I wouldn't be willing to risk writing one on MMB myself. This will all be moot of course if she wins the election! Why not just wait until then? -- Earl Andrew - talk 14:38, 14 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]