Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/2006 Town Meeting Season in Merrimack, New Hampshire


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review).  No further edits should be made to this page.  

The result of the debate was DELETE. Postdlf 00:41, 8 March 2006 (UTC)

2006 Town Meeting Season in Merrimack, New Hampshire
This article can never become anything more than a stub on a non-notable town meeting. Non-notable in its own right. Ral315 (talk) 04:42, 2 March 2006 (UTC)


 * Delete. Ral315 (talk) 04:42, 2 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Speedy Keep Ral has a vendetta against me, so he takes it out on articles I have to do with. This is an annual town election, just like any other, the winners of it will become notable, why not the election they're involved with. Karm  a  fist  04:57, 2 March 2006 (UTC)
 * No vendetta here. But it's a non-notable article.  I could write a similar article about thousands of cities across the world, and I feel that the subject is non-notable, and can't be expanded beyond a basic voter's guide (and, after the election, a news article reporting the results).  I find your assumption of bad faith here disturbing.  Ral315 (talk) 05:12, 2 March 2006 (UTC)
 * What I find disturbing is that you don't write a similiar article about the thousands of elections occuring like this across the world instead of just blithely slapping a tag on it despite the fact that you likely don't care either way. Karm  a  fist  05:29, 2 March 2006 (UTC)
 * No, I do care. I would have nominated this whether it was you, or an IP.  I would not write such articles, because I know they don't fit notability.  My city of 75,000 people, and the neighboring city of 200,000 people, don't even have articles on their respective mayors- not because they couldn't be written, but because they're not automatically encyclopedic.  Ral315 (talk) 06:05, 2 March 2006 (UTC)
 * That's where we disagree. Anyone elected to any public position is notable, as well as elections that elect them. I've put a transwiki to Wikibooks already, just as a backup in case this afd continues the way it's going. Karm  a  fist  06:14, 2 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete. Dogcatcher is an elected office in some localities -- should we also include those elections? Ewlyahoocom 14:47, 2 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom as non-notable Merrimackcruft. Would be appropriate for Wikimerrimack if there were one; Karmafist should make that part of the platform!  But good luck in the election! (Stricken in light of recent comments.) Schizombie 05:22, 2 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Comment It's alright, i'm a darkhorse in any case. But if caring for my town and trying to help its voters get some NPOV and V information costs me the luck of someone, I'm willing to accept that. I'm sorry i've offended you, that was not my intent. Karm  a  fist  13:03, 2 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete Smalltownelectioncruft. WP:NOT an indiscriminate collection of information. CrypticBacon 05:30, 2 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete. The winner of the elections will not automatically become notable. The method of city government is worth a mention on the town's article. Discussion of the elections for a particular year is probably of interest to residents but not many others. Capitalistroadster 05:52, 2 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Comment from WP:BIO
 * Major local political figures who receive significant press coverage. The question is, what is "significant"? I can almost guarantee 4-6 local papers will be covering the results, along with possibly a few radio stations and WMUR. Is that significant enough? Karm  a  fist  06:10, 2 March 2006 (UTC)
 * I would tend to say no. Significant, as I interpret it, refers either to national coverage, or extensive regional coverage (i.e. days of coverage at the state level).  Ral315 (talk) 06:29, 2 March 2006 (UTC)


 * Delete. Wikipedia is not a community noticeboard. --Carnildo 06:47, 2 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete Local politics, not encyclopædic in scope & an expectation of notability for candidates is not the same as notability itself.  (aeropagitica)   07:31, 2 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Question. I dont know much about american politics. Would the winner of the election be equivalent to a British MP, or more like a Councillor Jcuk 11:00, 2 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Basically, a councillor. Ral315 (talk) 11:37, 2 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete, unencyclopedic. Hello, we are an encyclopedia, not some notice board. --Ter e nce Ong 11:18, 2 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Userfy as legitimate background information of a Wikipedia user. Unless the town gets significant media attention (as the school board did a while back IIRC), it is not notable. NoSeptember   talk  13:13, 2 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete who cares! Guys running shouldnt create stuff even if its not an ad for them.  Defunkier 13:35, 2 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete, no evidence of notability outside the locality of Merrimack, New Hampshire.--Isotope23 15:52, 2 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete. I was elected a student council representative in 6th grade, where's my article? But this isn't even an article, it's an indiscriminate collection of junk that's being defended. Grandmasterka 17:08, 2 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Userfy per NoSeptember.  young  american  (talk) 17:47, 2 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete. We keep this up and eventually we're going to have to keep track of articles on Congressional and Parliamentary elections and...oh, wait. We already do.  My bad.--み使い Mitsukai 19:50, 2 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete completely unimportant as written. Perhaps a rewrite and rename could create a meaningful article on something to the effect of government affairs in Merrimack for 2006, but even that's dubious .  Cool3 20:45, 2 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete local politics, local political meetings, local political clubs, local schools, local churches, are not inherently notable. Carlossuarez46 22:19, 2 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete as nn per nom. Sarah Ewart (Talk) 01:36, 3 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete, do not userfy. What's next?  The minutes of my mother's TOPS meeting this morning?  User:Zoe|(talk) 19:35, 3 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete: individual sittings of a town meeting are not inherently notable. Jonathunder 21:07, 3 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom. &mdash; Scm83x talk [[Image:Hookem_hand.gif|18px]] 11:51, 4 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete, per nom. Badgerpatrol 14:46, 4 March 2006 (UTC)
 * De-freakin'-lete. C'mon Kf, you've gotta have better things to do with your time here on WP than this or, maybe not. hydnjo talk 01:53, 6 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete per above. -- Alpha269 17:49, 6 March 2006 (UTC)


 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.