Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/2023 Aurora, Colorado, mayoral election


 * 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 merge‎__EXPECTED_UNCONNECTED_PAGE__ to Mayoral elections in Aurora, Colorado (yet to be created). There is consensus against keeping this as a stand-alone article (rooted in WP:NEVENT and other policies/guidelines) but no arguments presented against merging as an alternative to deletion. Extraordinary Writ (talk) 23:29, 15 May 2023 (UTC)

2023 Aurora, Colorado, mayoral election

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The election is of very very little importance.

The election could be & should be easily summarized as a section in Mike Coffman's article. This article was created purely because Coffman ran last year and is the incumbent this year.

Wiki is WP:NOTNEWS and it seems that this article has recieved very little news coverage from traditional media as is.

The 2023 Aurora, Colorado election has not established individual notability for this election. Grahaml35 (talk) 14:17, 17 April 2023 (UTC) Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, CycloneYoris talk! 21:10, 24 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Politics and Colorado. Shellwood (talk) 14:21, 17 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Keep City of more than 350,000 people. Certain future event with available sourcing, eg Over in Aurora, will Republicans stay in charge of a left-leaning city? (Denver Post March 2023), Aurora Democrats prepare to challenge conservative majority this fall (Axios Denver Jan 2023. Satisfies WP:CHRYSTAL and the WP:GNG. Regards, --Goldsztajn (talk) 10:18, 18 April 2023 (UTC)
 * The population does not meet the criteria for notability. It also does not pass CRYSTAL as you are speculating and presuming that this will be notable due to these articles. Grahaml35 (talk) 23:46, 22 April 2023 (UTC)
 *  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Relisting comment: Delete or Merge seem to be 2 options now Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Less Unless (talk) 11:16, 3 May 2023 (UTC)
 * Delete Non-notable. We can come back and see if it is notable after it occurs. QuicoleJR (talk) 00:11, 25 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Delete (although from a personal level, reluctantly because I think local electoral coverage should be wider as I argued in my AfD example here) per the consensus established at the 2023 Carmel mayoral deletion discussion. Per WP:EVENTCRIT, the election hasn't established national coverage or any kind of lasting effect from it, and it is a routine mayoral election. This election article can be re-created if it reaches that threshold, but for now, it fails to meet the mark. Nomader  ( talk ) 17:57, 25 April 2023 (UTC)
 * There's sourcing to satisfy the GNG and CHRYSTAL makes clear, articles about certain future events are acceptable where there is sourcing (even events that are not certain, eg Human mission to Mars). As mentioned at a similar current AfD, I'd disagree that the AfD cited establishes a generalised consensus, given the difference in city sizes, Aurora being 3.5 times the population that of Carmel. Finally, I would disagree that "national" is the appropriate scale here in determining notability, certainly state and regional level coverage is acceptable. Regards, Goldsztajn (talk) 15:12, 27 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Merge to a list article for all of this city's mayoral elections (the articles for 2019 and 2011 should also be merged there). We can cover this information without having an individual article for each race; this is typical for less notable elections. Elli (talk &#124; contribs) 00:21, 29 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Merge to a list, per above. I don't see how the coverage rises above the routine coverage in local papers that a local election would generate. Vanamonde (Talk) 23:11, 2 May 2023 (UTC)
 *  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Merge: Although (1) its plausible this entry is or may one day be of value to Aurora Wikipedians, (2) the claims contained in the article are supported by reliable sources, and (3) retaining this entry would assist in addressing WP's systematic deficiencies in coverage...
 * ... the lack of coverage, both in-depth, and assessed collectively means that this entry doesn't meet SIGCOV requirements of GNG or an SNG.
 * Sadly, this is an instance where applying guidelines requires destruction of a knowledge source, irrespective of other considerations; including collateral damage to this website's wider mission and purpose Jack4576 (talk) 08:49, 14 May 2023 (UTC)


 * Merge or Keep This isn’t some small city, Aurora has a significant population and I do believe that it is worthy of an article and passes WP:GNG. However, I do hear Elli and Vandamonde93 argument and can agree that this might exist better in a list with all past Aurora Colorado Mayoral Elections. I support either merge or keep but certainly not delete. 2 kewl fer skool (talk) 12:06, 3 May 2023 (UTC)


 * Merge to Mayoral elections in Aurora, Colorado as per Elli. The articles for the two previous elections (2011 and 2019) are fairly light in contents as well, merging into one list similar to this might be a better option. Tutwakhamoe (talk) 01:54, 10 May 2023 (UTC)
 * Merge As per the suggestion by Elli. MrsSnoozyTurtle 00:38, 13 May 2023 (UTC)
 * Weak delete Per WP:TOOSOON and WP:CRYSTALBALL GoldenBootWizard276 (talk) 00:40, 13 May 2023 (UTC)
 * Merge per above to Mayoral elections in Aurora, Colorado along with the two previous elections (2011 and 2019)  // Timothy :: talk  20:21, 15 May 2023 (UTC)
 * Keep the election is only six months away and will happen. WP:FUTUREEVENT guideline applies. Lightburst (talk) 23:11, 15 May 2023 (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.