Talk:Patrick Cannon

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• I disagree. There comes into the question of "what level of politician is inherently notable?" Generally, state legislators are considered notable just because they are state legislators. That being said, it could be argued that a state legislator in a small district in a small state is less notable than a long-standing member of the city council of a major city. Frankly, it’s a gray area and I err on the side of there being an article for him isn’t hurting anything. Eric Cable  |  Talk  12:50, 11 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

• I too disagree for similar reasons as EricCable. Plus, as a matter of history, he was "acting mayor" of a large city for more than a week. That's not going to change. He was, and remains, the highest-ranking city council official and could run for mayor in the next election. 02:41, 12 April 2014 (UTC)

• I too disagree, although I can see your reasoning. One possibility is that the investigation into Cannon spreads so big that an article is created on the controversy/investigation itself, in which case Michael Barnes (American politician) could become a section and redirect within that new article. --Smokefoot (talk) 16:51, 12 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

On that note if the investigation into Cannon spreads so big that an article is created on the controversy/investigation itself then Barnes could be a "major character" in that article which would add to his notability and reinforce him having his own article. Eric Cable  |  Talk  13:27, 16 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The current opening paragraph is accurate.

It is not "disrespectful" to call a person who has plead guilty to one or more felonies in Federal court a 'felon.' Pat Cannon knew what he was doing was wrong. He continued to do it. He defrauded the people of Charlotte. He got what he deserved. Eric Cable  !  Talk  16:30, 16 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I don't think any experienced Wikipedia editor would suggest that Cannon should be given a free pass for what he did. Wikipedia articles, however, are not a place to attempt

WP:UNDUE. It seems much more encyclopedic to word the lead sentence as something like "Patrick Damon Cannon is an American politician who served as mayor of Charlotte, North Carolina from November 2013 until he resigned from office in March 2014 after being arrested for accepting bribes from undercover FBI agents." This is just one suggestion, but there's an entire category of article written about use politicians who have been convicted of crimes (Category:American politicians convicted of crimes) which can be used as a guide for developing a more suitable version of the lead. -- Marchjuly (talk) 04:36, 25 March 2016 (UTC)[reply

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WP:UNDUE weight to put "felon" before "politician". Oh and I love how it was called accurate in spite of the first sentence containing "is a an". – Muboshgu (talk) 17:01, 4 April 2016 (UTC)[reply

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