Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Exit Day of the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union


 * 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 redirect to Glossary of Brexit terms. Consensus seems to be that this doesn't warrant an article at this time. This can be reassessed by editors if more good sources specifically about the day (rather than just about Brexit generally) appear and if the content is improved accordingly.  Sandstein  14:00, 11 January 2020 (UTC)

Exit Day of the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union

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Content dublication of Brexit among other Brexit-related articles. If there is no ceremony or any special events (except Big Ben chiming) planned for the date, there is no reason for having an article for the date itself. Should rather redirect to Glossary of Brexit terms (which, for full disclosure, I have created). ― Hebsen (talk) 15:24, 27 December 2019 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of United Kingdom-related deletion discussions.  CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 18:09, 27 December 2019 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Politics-related deletion discussions.  CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 18:09, 27 December 2019 (UTC)
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 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Delete and merge - Don't think any of the information in the article is unique, it's all contained in other articles such as Brexit where the section specifically on Exit Day is artificially small as to presumably justify the external article. Merge back to there. As currently (perhaps WP:TOOSOON applies) a bell-ringing and presumed busy news day isn't notable enough for its own article. eeveeman (talk) 19:17, 27 December 2019 (UTC)
 * Delete There's nothing here that justifies an independent article. Ralbegen (talk) 12:15, 28 December 2019 (UTC)
 * Keep for now as the day approaches we may hear more about what will actually happen on that day, the article could be useful for reactions and also events or incidents that are likely to occur on the day. I'd say keep until end of January at least.Theprussian (talk) 23:46, 1 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Keep for now as we don’t fully know yet what the day will entail as it’s only very recently due to the UK election that we have known for certain that the UK was leaving on the 31 January 2020 and events on that day are still only being planned for at the moment. (2A02:C7F:5622:2000:9C01:59B8:2A0A:DEB7 (talk) 15:41, 2 January 2020 (UTC))
 * Redirect to Brexit or a related article. The arguments above are backward - "we don't know yet whether there will be stuff to write about" is not a reason to keep an article, it is a reason to hold off on creating it until it's clear that there exists sufficient material that a separate article is required. -- Elmidae (talk · contribs) 16:56, 3 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Well it's too late now the article exists now whether we like it or not. Also what you are basically saying is we should just go and delete the article but in 23 days time it would be recreated anyway when Brexit comes back into media limelight. So deleting the article is a token gesture and pretty much a massive waste of time for everyone, all I am arguing for is to wait 2 weeks until coming to a "delete" decision, is that really a big deal in the gand scheme of things? Theprussian (talk) 13:47, 9 January 2020 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, RL0919 (talk) 01:42, 4 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete as proposed above. Qexigator (talk) 17:20, 4 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Keep Events are being planned to mark Brexit Day. Will edit this into the article now, please don’t delete this article just because you think it’s pointless. (MOTORAL1987 (talk) 17:03, 6 January 2020 (UTC))
 * Delete as it is confusing/conflating two different concepts: Exit Day, a term defined in the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 to synchronise legal changes, and Brexit Day events to mark the UK's withdrawal from the EU. With respect to events that may occur on Brexit day, it is based on pure speculation of events which have not been agreed or planned yet, so contravenes WP:CRYSTAL. -- DeFacto (talk). 07:31, 8 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Redirect to Glossary of Brexit terms, confusing WP:FORK and the only truly separate information in the article is WP:CBALL. Eggishorn (talk) (contrib) 00:34, 9 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Keep Brexit Day is being discussed in the media and will have long-term significance. Andysmith248 (talk) 16:12, 9 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Redirect to Glossary of Brexit terms. The first category is an explanation of what the Withdrawal Agreement and Transition Period are, and the second section says that the government may or may not hold commemerative events 'to be announced in due course'. Less than three weeks to go now, so I don't think it is going to get any more notable. If people think that Nigel Farage's party is worth mentioning, that could be added either to the Brexit Timeline or an expanded entry at the Glossary of Brexit terms. Although if it can be updated to a good standard, without contravening WP:CRYSTAL BALL and WP:FORK, then by all means keep it if people really want a separate article. PinkPanda272 (talk) 10:55, 11 January 2020 (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.