Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/2022 Missouri State Auditor election (2nd nomination)


 * 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 was keep. The consensus across the two AfD discussions seems to be that this election is notable. Barkeep49 (talk) 01:24, 23 April 2021 (UTC)

2022 Missouri State Auditor election
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CRYSTAL and opinion pieces used as statements of fact. GenQuest "scribble" 20:06, 4 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Politics-related deletion discussions.  GenQuest  "scribble" 20:06, 4 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Missouri-related deletion discussions.  GenQuest  "scribble" 20:06, 4 April 2021 (UTC)


 * Why is this being brought up again? It was already decided to be kept. Kirby1706 (talk) 22:04, 4 April 2021 (UTC)
 * The first TAG was a PROD. This is an AfD – a different mechanism where the community will decide the article's fate, either deletion or some other solution.  Reason(s) is stated above.   GenQuest  "scribble" 04:53, 5 April 2021 (UTC)
 * The first PROD was contested and the the article was immediately nominated for AfD. There was never a 2nd PROD. Kirby1706 (talk) 14:17, 5 April 2021 (UTC)


 * Keep/Merge I removed the low-quality kitchen sink speculative source but this is otherwise consistent with other 2022 election articles. Rather strange that Missouri has auditor elections in midterm years but all of the other five statewise positions are in presidential years, but this could be merged to a future 2022 Missouri elections. Reywas92Talk 22:09, 4 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Delete Not because of CRYSTAL (it's well established that articles on the next elections are perfectly acceptable), but because we simply don't need articles like this. The election of the state auditor should be covered in the (to-be-created) 2022 Missouri elections (and I am aware that an article on the 2018 election exists – this should be merged with the respective equivalent). Number   5  7  11:03, 5 April 2021 (UTC)
 * I would assume that this would also apply to the 2014 and 2010 election. Kirby1706 (talk) 14:19, 5 April 2021 (UTC)
 * The "Crystal" is due to the speculative (unconfirmed, opinion-piece referenced) listing of possible candidates, which makes up the entire article. GenQuest  "scribble" 19:53, 12 April 2021 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks,  Sandstein   07:37, 12 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Keep There isn't much information right now since the election isn't until 2022 and the open Senate seat is getting more attention (as noted in the first AfD). There has been an article for each Auditor election since 2010 (4 total elections including this one). There are also pages for other statewide elections that don't get as much attention: Treasury, Secretary of State, etc. So overall I think the article was created too soon but will likely be recreated once the election day gets closer if deleted. Kirby1706 (talk) 20:55, 12 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Keep per WP:CRYSTAL, which literally has a point on exactly this. "Individual scheduled or expected future events should be included only if the event is notable and almost certain to take place... If preparation for the event is not already in progress, speculation about it must be well documented. Examples of appropriate topics include the 2024 U.S. presidential election and 2028 Summer Olympics."


 * 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.