Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Candidates for the 54th United Kingdom Parliament


 * 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 of the debate was no consensus to delete. Angr/ talk 14:28, 10 March 2006 (UTC)

Candidates for the 54th United Kingdom Parliament
This article has no precedent for earlier elections, but more importantly there are more convienient ways for this information to be collated. The existing election "main page" and Constituencies in the next UK general election article bring together the information attempted to be listed here. This list is nowhere near complete, and seems unlikey to be adequately completed without massive duplication of information on individual constituency pages. Delete on the grounds of listing information which can be adequately covered on existing articles. doktorb | words 08:25, 5 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep on the condition that the chart gets filled out. This is no less valid than the lists on United States presidential election, 2008, and I can see how having this information in one place, rather than scattered across various articles, could be useful. --djrobgordon 08:54, 5 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Comment I agree but the UK system means, in over 600 constituencies, over 3,300 candidates from an array of parties. This table has never been attempted before and I wonder if it the potential for duplication and inaccurate information means it would be acutally easier to keep the information in the current articles rather than this. I am interested in any clean up suggestions people may have... doktorb | words 09:17, 5 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Comment I'm admitedly ignorant to UK electoral process, and would welcome suggestion from anyone more familiar. Perhaps there's a way to divide this regionally. An Americentric example would be having separate pages for House of Representatives candidates from each state. --djrobgordon 17:31, 5 March 2006 (UTC)
 * That's certainly possible. It could be done by region, for instance, like the Templates for constituencies are. David | Talk 10:42, 6 March 2006 (UTC)


 * Comment. You could possibly have it organised on the grounds of Government Office Regions for England and for Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland as well as constituencies. Perhaps this would be better discussed over at the UK Noticeboard as well as the noticeboards for Scotland, Northern Ireland and Welsh noticeboards rather than here for the moment. We will have plenty of time before it becomes a concern. Capitalistroadster 02:15, 6 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete. To include every candidate and every party would make this table enormous and sprawling. This information is much more useful on a per-constituency basis, and pages for each constituency already exist on WP. Qwghlm 10:39, 6 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep. Needs good maintenance but it is encyclopaedic. I have at home a publication which included prospective candidates (as they were called then) from 1971 for the 1974 general election. David | Talk 10:42, 6 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete, cruft. -- Alpha269 16:54, 6 March 2006 (UTC)
 * User's first edit was today and has done nothing but add their opinions to AfDs. David | Talk 21:43, 6 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep assuming someone adds info to it, renominate if that doesn't happen within a reasonable time. Kappa 09:04, 7 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete because it will become original research, if it isn't already, and I strongly doubt that necessary updates will be performed. Stifle 09:46, 9 March 2006 (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.