Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/2026 South Australian state 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 keep‎__EXPECTED_UNCONNECTED_PAGE__. Seraphimblade Talk to me 18:30, 2 May 2023 (UTC)

2026 South Australian state election

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Too soon. Remind when 2026 is? Isn't this just an example of someone wanting to be the creator of what will be an article eventually? 🇺🇦 Fiddle Timtrent  Faddle Talk to me 🇺🇦 17:24, 7 April 2023 (UTC) Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Less Unless (talk) 07:18, 15 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Politics and Australia. 🇺🇦  Fiddle Timtrent  Faddle Talk to me 🇺🇦 17:24, 7 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Keep: It's fairly standard and acceptable to have an article on the single next election, even a few years away. Template:Politics of Australia has the upcoming election for every state. In some cases if there's little to say a redirect to a main article can be better, but that doesn't seem to be the case here. Reywas92Talk 18:42, 7 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Keep per Reywas92. We have articles titled 2024 Australian Capital Territory general election, 2024 Northern Territory general election, 2024 Queensland state election! 2025 Western Australian state election, 2026 Victorian state election, 2027 New South Wales state election, next Australian federal election and next Tasmanian state election, so this article makes sense. In fact we have a whole category called Category:Future elections in Australia that has several subcategories. Thiscouldbeauser (talk) 03:19, 9 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Comment I'm somewhat agnostic on this, but I think AfD precedent is against keeping this and there's a policy hole. Articles for deletion/List of upcoming elections in Germany was recently resolved to delete which was sourced and only contained elections up to 2026. In 2011, Articles for deletion/United States Senate election in Alabama, 2014 was resolved to delete (incorporated 16 other state articles). Articles for deletion/2024 elections in India, two years out from the election, with a great deal of sourcing, while producing a keep result, still showed a very drawn out discussion with strong arguments for delete.   There's a lot of other examples, but the tendency, other than the US, appears to be around the two year mark as that is often the point at which sourcing begins to appear for many state and national elections. While one came overcome WP:CRYSTAL as this is a certain event, the problem is that there is no actual sourcing; it fails the GNG. As an AtD it could be moved to Next South Australian state election, athought we have precedent for deleting those types too when four years away (see for example, Articles for deletion/Next Indian general election in West Bengal). Regards, --Goldsztajn (talk) 04:17, 13 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Keep, appears that once a previous election is completed, that it is normal to establish an article for the next one, e.g. 2024 United States presidential election was moved from draftspace in November 2020, after that year's election was over. While it is a bit light on at the moment, that will improve as events happen closer to the date. Yetdelph (talk) 06:33, 14 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Comment I have similar concerns to Goldsztajn above, since this event is a few years away. The current sourcing doesn't seem to be sufficiently in-depth to meet WP:GNG. MrsSnoozyTurtle 05:42, 15 April 2023 (UTC)
 *  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Randykitty (talk) 15:44, 22 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Delete: Appropriate WP:AfC were not followed for Draft:2026 South Australian state election. Attempting to bypass the process by moving the page, or cutting and pasting it into a new mainspace article, may lead to the page being moved back into draftspace again, speedy-deleted or listed for AFD, and repeated attempts may even lead to you being temporarily or permanently blocked from editing Wikipedia due to disruption. In the meantime, we hope that you expand some of our already existing articles.  --DilatoryRevolution (talk) 00:38, 22 April 2023 (UTC)
 *  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Again, keep and speedy close because we have other articles about upcoming state/territory/federal elections, including some that are further away. Anyway, I've added an opinion polling section, so the election has had some coverage. Thiscouldbeauser (talk) 07:07, 23 April 2023 (UTC) Duplicate !vote struck. --Randykitty (talk) 07:34, 23 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Regarding other upcoming elections, please see the discussion here.--DilatoryRevolution (talk) 07:41, 24 April 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.