A fact from Preselection appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 25 January 2008, and was viewed approximately 483 times ( disclaimer) ( check views). The text of the entry was as follows: Did you know... that preselection is the process by which a candidate is selected, usually by a political party, to contest an election for political office, an example being the United States presidential primary? A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2008/January.

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Preselection is a fundamental process in democratic political systems, though it receives far less scrutiny or research than elections and parliamentary activity. I do not think there can be any question of notability, but the creation of the article was intended only as a stub and will need some expanding. I will leave the tag until i have added some more material. hamiltonstone ( talk) 01:39, 22 January 2008 (UTC) reply

Does the (unusual?) instance of an existing elected representative being deselected not merit a wee section in this article? -- Mais oui! ( talk) 16:20, 20 November 2008 (UTC) reply