Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Canada and the 2016 United States presidential election


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The result was Delete. Michig (talk) 07:59, 19 May 2016 (UTC)

Canada and the 2016 United States presidential election

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First sentence is "So far Canada has played a very minor role in the upcoming US presidential election." It's WP:TOOSOON to determine the impact Canada has had on the US presidential election. Also has an WP:OR vibe, with sections on "Ted Cruz controversy", "Donald Trump", and "Keystone XL" lumped together to make this an article. Wickypedoia (talk) 20:20, 11 May 2016 (UTC)
 * While articles like this have occasionally been created for Canada's relationship to some past US presidential elections, it's not a standard thing that should automatically exist for every election (none was ever created for 2012, frex, and before 2000 the only other one that does have one is 1960) — in reality I'm not convinced that any of them should exist at all, but that's beyond the scope of this particular discussion unless and until the others are nominated for deletion as well. There might be a case, much later in the year, for an article like this if some genuinely substantive reason for it emerges, but nothing here is substantive or encyclopedic enough for this to already be necessary today — there's got to be much more substantive reason for it than simply listing every single time Canada has any tangential connection at all to anything that happens and/or public opinion polling about who Canadians would vote for if they could vote in it. Delete. Bearcat (talk) 15:31, 12 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politics-related deletion discussions. /wiae  /tlk  16:08, 12 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Canada-related deletion discussions. /wiae  /tlk  16:08, 12 May 2016 (UTC)
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 * Keep – KnowledgeBattle | TalkPage | GodlessInfidel ┌┬╫┴┼╤╪╬╜ 07:03, 13 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Please read WP:JUSTAVOTE. It's not enough to just say keep; you need to support that with reasons why it should be kept. Bearcat (talk) 14:43, 13 May 2016 (UTC)


 * Delete Not a notable topic. WP:OR and fails WP:GNG. Another example of fanatical over-coverage of the US election AusLondonder (talk) 17:09, 13 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Delete per nomination, Bearcat, and AusLondonder. Arguably fails WP:OR and WP:GNG, definitely fails WP:TOOSOON.--Ddcm8991 (talk) 18:39, 13 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Delete, a WP:COATRACK and WP:INDISCRIMINATE listing of every time Canada has been invoked in the United States election. Just the opening phrase "so far Canada has played a very minor role in the upcoming US presidential election" suggests such an article shouldn't exist, or at least not currently.  Satellizer el Bridget (Talk)  10:49, 14 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Delete cannot find enough to support an article.E.M.Gregory (talk) 01:29, 16 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Delete - clear WP:SYNTH - no sources discuss namely this particular subject: influence of Canada on 2016 US elections. Staszek Lem (talk) 16:40, 16 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Delete as simply nothing minimally notable to suggest its own article. SwisterTwister   talk  22:30, 18 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Bilateral relations-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 01:52, 19 May 2016 (UTC)


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