Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Hesse state election, 2013


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The result was   keep. (non-admin closure)  →TSU tp* 01:40, 10 June 2012 (UTC)

Hesse state election, 2013

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WP:CRYSTAL, not the place to record opinion polls. Callanecc (talk) 06:29, 3 June 2012 (UTC)
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 * Keep I do not see this as an AFD matter. Unless there is serious doubt that the elections will take place in 2013, and I do not think there is, I suggest letting the article run. The German WP article has more on the context and problems can be fixed by editing. I note that WP has had an article on the 2012 US presidential election since 2008 and articles about forthcoming elections are common; where a country's constitution does not fix an electoral date it would be unreasonable to require that the date had actually to be declared (which might only be a month or so ahead) before permitting an article when the media and the minds of politicians might have been concentrated on it for a long time. --AJHingston (talk) 08:53, 3 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Keep Per WP:CRYSTAL, which states "Individual scheduled or expected future events should only be included if the event is notable and almost certain to take place."  Lugnuts  (talk) 13:07, 3 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Keep Per the Keep arguments above. The objection to including opinion articles based on opinion polls is strange, given that such polls are typical in upcoming election articles where the information exists..  So long as the polls are referenced and reliable third party surveys, there can be no specific objection to including such polls here.  DJ Silverfish (talk) 19:43, 5 June 2012 (UTC)
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