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A bit about external links and campaign websites: Campaign websites almost always fail WP:ELOFFICIAL because of their promotional and transient nature. However, we regularly make exceptions during political campaigns in the External links section of the individuals' own article. They don't belong in any other articles except perhaps if there was an article specifically about an individual's political campaign. --Ronz (talk) 16:26, 29 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]
I've gone ahead and removed campaign website links from the examples you gave. Other problems exist, but that's no reason for creating and keeping further problems.
Campaign sites are promotional and transient, so have little if anything encyclopedic to offer short term, and far less long term in the rare cases where the websites are actually maintained. --Ronz (talk) 18:55, 29 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Then you have a long ways to go, as there are literally hundreds (if not more) of campaign websites in the external links of election pages. And while I understand the WP:OSE argument is often not accepted, I feel that for continuity purposes that website links should be included. Election pages give people the ability to become more informed on a race, and the candidate's websites, I would argue allow for that as well. And I also disagree with the notion that having links are strictly promotional. By including all campaign websites, no endorsement is made, but more information can be digested by the populace, especially regarding candidate's stances on the issues. RyanSaathoff (talk) 19:09, 29 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]
