Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Juneau mayoral election, 2012


 * 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   delete. The one "keep" opinion does not address the concerns raised about this article's inclusion.  Sandstein  08:28, 29 January 2012 (UTC)

Juneau mayoral election, 2012

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WP:NOTABILITY Callanecc (talk) 16:06, 19 January 2012 (UTC)


 * WP:VAGUEWAVE, WP:BEFORE, WP:ATD. Please discuss.  postdlf (talk) 19:43, 19 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Alaska-related deletion discussions.  • Gene93k (talk) 01:09, 20 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politics-related deletion discussions.  • Gene93k (talk) 01:10, 20 January 2012 (UTC)


 * Keep - This article was intended to be part of a series on U.S. elections in 2012, is referred to in this article, and directly linked to in one of the page's portals. --Lord Bromblemore (talk) 14:02, 22 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Delete - Does this mean I need to create Fairbanks North Star Borough mayoral election, 2012? Seriously, let me run through a few things.  I spent nearly a full year attempting to make a very important point to people who appeared to be promoting this notion of Levi Johnston's "mayoral candidacy," largely to deaf ears.  That being, typically, there is no such thing as open filing for municipal offices in Alaska.  There is a specific window, which normally occurs in August, though sometimes in July, for October elections.  In Johnston's case, the paperwork he filed was with the Alaska Public Offices Commission, a state agency, which allowed him to be deemed a candidate under state law for the purposes of fundraising.  Listen up, because this is very important.  That is an entirely different (though related) procedure from filing a declaration of candidacy with the municipality.  Johnston's partisans evidently chose to ignore this article, and in particular this quote: "While the field includes a quartet of men and women who have been active in local political circles for years, this year’s election is also notable for one conspicuous absence. After being the first to file a letter of intent to run for mayor last August, former Bristol Palin beau Levi Johnston did not follow through with his official paperwork with the city."  These folks instead chose to rely upon the sources already in the article.  It must be some sort of bad karmic joke to expect me to believe that Us Weekly and Entertainment Tonight would qualify as reliable sources for covering an election.  Is it "original research" or "making shit up?"  You decide.  Anyway, before I veer very far off topic, how does this relate to the Juneau election?  Well, the filing period for the office is still approximately six months off.  No one has filed for the seat yet, obviously.  According to the APOC website, no one has filed with them, either.  At this point, we're a little premature in creating this article.  In other words, come back in six months.  I looked at United States elections, 2012.  I'm guessing that someone decided that state capitals are "major American cities," because there is a great population disparity between several capitals and other "major American cities" on the list.  Juneau's 2010 Census population is 31,275.  Consider that in Juneau's case, that includes its entire populated area and a considerable amount of surrounding wilderness.  This creates another disparity, as people try to compare Juneau with other American cities, where in many cases most of the population lives in suburbs and not within city limits of the central city.  I should once again stop before I go too far off topic.  The most glaring problem is that Anchorage is also on that list.  Anchorage's election is in early April.  According to the Municipal Clerk's office, filing begins on Friday.  According to APOC and media reports, incumbent Dan Sullivan and one other candidate have filed with them.  There may possibly be others, but APOC's letter of intent form doesn't require the candidate to specify an office.  That article is the one that people need to be focusing on building right now.  Of course, it doesn't exist yet.RadioKAOS (talk) 12:27, 23 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Delete, single-line substub with no expansion possible for quite some time. When there's action and coverage, we can then look at having an article. Stifle (talk) 17:24, 28 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Without the soapbox this time, real quick and simple: best bet is that it'll be 6½ months before you see an actual declared candidate, as opposed to one "declared" (assumed) by the media or by virtue of APOC filings.RadioKAOS (talk) 17:36, 28 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Back to the soapbox quickly: looks like we already have at least 4 candidates for Anchorage mayor. Is it going to be up to me to create that article?RadioKAOS (talk) 17:54, 28 January 2012 (UTC)
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