Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/2006 Colorado's 5th congressional district election


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The result was merge to 2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Colorado. Daniel (talk) 11:09, 11 February 2021 (UTC)

2006 Colorado's 5th congressional district election

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This article does not pass WP:SPLIT or WP:GNG. It's literally just an average election race. KingSkyLord (talk &#124; contribs) 23:26, 3 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Politics-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 23:39, 3 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Colorado-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 23:39, 3 February 2021 (UTC)


 * Merge to 2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Colorado, this appears to have been created while this election was still going on and it has not been updated since then, large chunks of the article are still in the present tense. Neither it or the main article are long enough to warrant a WP:SPLIT. Devonian Wombat (talk) 20:11, 4 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Merge per . I'll also have to point out for transparency's sake that this article had been bundled into an earlier AfD, which was closed as keep. Love of Corey (talk) 00:20, 5 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Keep. An "average" election for an idividual seat in a national legislature is definitely notable and is deserving of a standalone WP article. There are sufficient sources in the article already to pass WP:GNG. Nsk92 (talk) 12:24, 5 February 2021 (UTC)
 * No, it's not. It was not a special election, but a regular election that would've occurred in early November every two years regardless of who held that seat. That's why it's better suited to be merged into the 2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Arizona list-article thingy and nothing else. KingSkyLord (talk &#124; contribs) 15:33, 5 February 2021 (UTC)
 * That's precisely my point. Every regular election for an individual seat in a national legislature is automatically presumtively notable, as far as I am concerned, and deserves a standalone WP article if it can be properly and substantively sourced. That's definitely the case here. Nsk92 (talk) 20:33, 5 February 2021 (UTC)
 * But there are literally hundreds of regular national elections being held every two years. You're saying we should create an article for EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM? Love of Corey (talk) 01:31, 6 February 2021 (UTC)
 * It's not that we 'should", but if someone takes the time to create such articles, then yes, absolutely, they should be kept. Nsk92 (talk) 07:21, 6 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Then you're just arguing to keep an article just for the sake of keeping it per WP:ILIKEIT. The 2005 Colorado's 5th district election is not infamous and notable enough to guarantee it's own separate article. The article creator probably created it in good faith, but just because one person thought it was notable does not mean we should trust their word on it. Stop playing devil's advocate (WP:DEVIL) and give an actual argument. KingSkyLord (talk &#124; contribs) 20:44, 6 February 2021 (UTC)


 * Merge per my comments at Articles for deletion/2006 Nebraska's 3rd congressional district election. There is no basis whatsoever for automatic notability for individual seats' elections: the content can be covered just as well in the main state article. Reywas92Talk 01:57, 6 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Keep passes the GNG and too unwieldy to merge everything into general Colorado article. Morbidthoughts (talk) 08:24, 6 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Actually, merging it into the general Colorado article would be pretty easy. A paragraph is just enough, not an entire separate article. So again, it fails WP:SPLIT. KingSkyLord (talk &#124; contribs) 20:44, 6 February 2021 (UTC)
 * It doesn't need to be reduced to a paragraph, hence the standalone article. Morbidthoughts (talk) 22:10, 6 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Except it can be reduced to a paragraph in a section, hence why I suggested a deletion and a merger. KingSkyLord (talk &#124; contribs) 22:27, 6 February 2021 (UTC)
 * WP:ITSCRUFT Morbidthoughts (talk) 22:56, 6 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Comment - In furtherance of my merge!vote, allow me to point out WP:ROUTINE. These elections are held every two years, as required by law. And as ROUTINE says, "Run-of-the-mill events—common, everyday, ordinary items that do not stand out—are probably not notable." Of course, these elections do not happen every day, but the fact that they are held every two years without fail also points to a common, ordinary occurrence. It's why we automatically have articles on special elections, because they do NOT fall into a ROUTINE sort of standard when it comes to the regular election cycle. Love of Corey (talk) 04:01, 7 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Oh, please. "Common, everyday" in WP:ROUTINE refers to things like Friday night high school football games and regular meetings of a local school board, not to elections to the national parliament. National parliamentary elections and their winners affect legislation, government policy, national public debate, oversight of government agencies, foreign relations and so on. That's why we see members of Congress on TV every day. The same WP:ROUTINE section, looking at its actual context, gives ample examples of events that it actually means as applicable: wedding announcements, sports scores, crime logs, sports matches, film premieres, press conferences, etc. Not even close to national parlimentary elections. Nsk92 (talk) 15:19, 7 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Like I said before, "Of course, these elections do not happen every day, but the fact that they are held every two years without fail also points to a common, ordinary occurrence." And we're not talking about a national parliamentary election, we're talking about a national congressional election. Two different things. Love of Corey (talk) 01:35, 8 February 2021 (UTC)
 * The point is, if one looks at the actual full text of ROUTINE (which also goes under a more descriptive name WP:DOGBITESMAN) and the examples given there, it is completely obvious that the provision refers to routine everyday types of events, not elections to U.S. Congress (or to any other national legislature). Nsk92 (talk) 01:47, 8 February 2021 (UTC)


 * Merge I don't believe single seat races held as part of a general election are article-worthy. Number   5  7  17:42, 7 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Delete there is nothing super special about 2006, other than it was a time when Wikipedia was a wild-west of unfettered article creation. No one has explained why this year is special and the only year when we create articles for ach specific district election, so we should delete these non-conforming articles.John Pack Lambert (talk) 17:31, 8 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Merge per Devonian Wombat and Number 57. — Alalch Emis (talk) 09:38, 11 February 2021 (UTC)


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