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To quote Ivanvector (talk · contribs) in the 2018 Toronto mayoral election talk page - A particular candidate's prominence in the article (including their presence in the infobox) is determined by their real-life prominence in reliable sources, as it has always been. Given this - I think Tory should be the only one in the infobox until other major candidate(s) stand. Turini2 (talk) 17:20, 3 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Major Candidate

Seems too subjective a category for an encyclopedia. Why not let the lack of a wiki bio speak for itself? 2607:FEA8:1061:9230:28E5:D56F:4802:56BF (talk) 20:08, 16 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

because there are candidates who are wikipedia notable, but are not major candidates (i.e. no hope of winning). See the point above from Ivanvector in 2018. Turini2 (talk) 20:33, 16 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Still subjective. Who decides? 2607:FEA8:1061:9230:30A6:85B1:D443:7E53 (talk) 02:48, 18 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

We do, through Consensus. And at present, the consensus is the above. Turini2 (talk) 09:29, 18 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Colonial. The article reads like an ad for John Tory. 2607:FEA8:1061:9230:1838:25DA:4E38:2C (talk) 16:11, 7 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

1) please be Civil, regardless of your opinion 2) the John Tory points are merely factual (his business/political history) 3) when another major candidate joins the race, they'll be added - just like Keesmaat is in 2018 Toronto mayoral election (or others in historic races) Turini2 (talk) 18:16, 8 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Tooker Gomberg lost his life to this kind of thinking. 2607:FEA8:1061:9230:A508:7370:D04C:C72C (talk) 15:24, 9 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Hiyournameis I guess we wait for a poll that shows one of them with a reasonable percentage! (i.e. Faith Goldy has a wikipedia page - but she had no hope of winning and came a very distant 3rd place with 3% of the vote) Turini2 (talk) 08:39, 1 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

The infobox on the top right

Out of curiosity...how come only John Tory and Gil Peñalosa are the only candidates there and not the others? No photo available? MiroslavGlavic (talk) 01:42, 16 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Those are the only two major candidates running, that's why. -- Earl Andrew - talk 02:28, 16 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@MiroslavGlavic the discussion above gives more info on this! :) Turini2 (talk) 08:06, 16 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Out of curiosity. Last election there were 2 "major" Mayoral candidates. Before that one election had 6 and so forth.

Why only include major Mayor candidates? who decides who is a major candidate? MiroslavGlavic (talk) 02:42, 17 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@MiroslavGlavic As above - we do, through consensus. For a start, only 2 of the candidates are wikipedia notable at present. Maybe they'll be more. When polling starts coming out, that will also help us to decide. We want candidates that have a hope in winning the election, not no hopers.

In 2018, the 3rd place person got 3% of the vote compared to 69% and 23%. In 2014, the top three candidates got 40%, 33% and 23%, while the 4th place person got 0.4%. In 2010, the top three candidates got 47%, 35% and 11%, while the 4th place person got 0.6%. In all these examples, it's pretty clear who was (and wasn't!) a major candidate. Turini2 (talk) 07:27, 17 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@MiroslavGlavic The infobox can only hold 9 places, so we have to draw the line somewhere, considering there are often dozens of candidates running for mayor. -- Earl Andrew - talk 13:42, 17 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you @Earl Andrew. MiroslavGlavic (talk) 07:25, 8 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Turini2 Thank You for your answer. MiroslavGlavic (talk) 07:26, 8 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Gil Peñalosa

Just an FYI that Gil Peñalosa page was moved to Draft:Gil Peñalosa as per Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Gil Peñalosa. Turini2 (talk) 08:34, 4 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Inclusion of Stephen Punwasi into the main infobox

I just found out I was pinged . I am just wondering if Stephen Punwasi should be included in main infobox. I only hyperlinked his name in the box of 'Full list of registered candidates' because I didn't know if he would be considered a "major candidate". He has a wikipage but isn't generate much interest from major outlets such as the Toronto Star. Any thoughts? Hiyournameis (talk) 23:29, 9 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

If the media isn't treating him as a major candidate, he should be dropped.-- Earl Andrew - talk 12:32, 10 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Is the Star treating anyone as a major candidate other than the incumbent? 64.7.154.235 (talk) 00:31, 12 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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 I just found out I was pinged . I am just wondering if [[Stephen Punwasi]] should be included in main infobox. I only hyperlinked his name in the box of 'Full list of registered candidates' because I didn't know if he would be considered a "major candidate". He has a wikipage but isn't generate much interest from major outlets such as the [[Toronto Star]]. Any thoughts? [[User:Hiyournameis|Hiyournameis]] ([[User talk:Hiyournameis|talk]]) 23:29, 9 September 2022 (UTC)
 :If the media isn't treating him as a major candidate, he should be dropped.-- [[User:Earl Andrew|Earl Andrew]] - [[User talk:Earl Andrew|talk]] 12:32, 10 September 2022 (UTC)
+::Is the Star treating anyone as a major candidate other than the incumbent? [[Special:Contributions/64.7.154.235|64.7.154.235]] ([[User talk:64.7.154.235|talk]]) 00:31, 12 September 2022 (UTC)