Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/2019 Texas's 4th congressional district special election


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The result was delete. The Blade of the Northern Lights ( 話して下さい ) 01:35, 14 August 2019 (UTC)

2019 Texas's 4th congressional district special election

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Not sure what to do with this but my instinct here is to delete. This is an article about an election that might have taken place had John Ratcliffe gotten the job as Director of National Intelligence. He did not and his name was only floated for a few days before Trump changed his mind so I suspect that nobody actually spent much time in preparation of this non-existent election. (Note that Ratcliffe never resigned his congress seat) Pichpich (talk) 22:56, 6 August 2019 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Politics-related deletion discussions. Pichpich (talk) 22:56, 6 August 2019 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of United States of America-related deletion discussions. Pichpich (talk) 22:56, 6 August 2019 (UTC)


 * Delete Abbott never called for the election because the congressperson had to resign and become DNI before it was declared. It's a hypothetical that never hypothesized;, next time wait for things to happen, because jumping the gun on elections in the end burns time when we have to delete articles dealing with something that never happened.  Nate  • ( chatter ) 23:29, 6 August 2019 (UTC)
 * Delete There's no need for this, the election isn't happening. Squeeps10 00:28, 7 August 2019 (UTC)
 * Delete The election is no longer being held, there is no need for this. I highly regret creating this, it was a big mistake. Dbwarrak (talk) 00:59, 7 August 2019 (UTC)
 * Speedy delete Completely inappropriate creation even before the withdrawal, ridiculously premature. Reywas92Talk 06:17, 7 August 2019 (UTC)
 * Delete I have seen a valid article for an election that didn't happen, but it needs to be something that generated coverage, where there are reliable sources to write something about it, not just that it didn't happen. Bondegezou (talk) 10:06, 7 August 2019 (UTC)
 * DeleteThere is no election, it didn't happen. --SalmanZ (talk) 21:59, 7 August 2019 (UTC)
 * Delete The election was not.John Pack Lambert (talk) 07:38, 8 August 2019 (UTC)
 * Delete I don't mean to say this to pile on,, but I have to point out some problems here. The first edit, and the version of the page as it stabilized after its first few edits, stated "Incumbent Republican Congressman John Ratcliffe resigned when he was appointed" to the position of DNI. There's two major inaccuracies there. First, Ratcliffe never resigned. There would be no reason for him to resign, unless he was confirmed to the position, which was never close to happening. Second, he was never appointed. Nobody can be "appointed" to a cabinet-level position. Trump announced his intention to nominate Ratcliffe, but had never submitted a formal nomination to the Senate. The current version of this page still includes this "appointed" inaccuracy. Less significant, but also an inaccuracy, is that the article implies Coats has resigned already, when he's still in office today. He submitted his resignation, effective August 15.
 * My only intention in highlighting these issues on a WP:SNOW discussion is to remind us all to be careful when we read sources and not engage in WP:CRYSTALBALLing. – Muboshgu (talk) 20:43, 9 August 2019 (UTC)


 * Delete per nom. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 73.209.29.11 (talk) 05:02, 10 August 2019 (UTC)
 * Delete Per WP:WHATCOULDHAVEBEEN . The election is not happening and thus there is no reason for an article on it. Josalm64rc (talk) 01:35, 11 August 2019 (UTC)


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