Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Labour Party (UK) leadership election, 2016


 * 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 Speedy Keep. per WP:SNOW and WP:COMMONSENSE. There is clearly a political leadership crisis in both of the main parties which is indisputably WP:NOTABLE. We may quibble over the title but this article is simply not going to be deleted. -Ad Orientem (talk) 16:03, 30 June 2016 (UTC)(non-admin closure)

Labour Party (UK) leadership election, 2016

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There is no confirmation that there will be a leadership election -- this article is entire speculation. Wikipedia is not a crystal ball, and it's not our place to declare something will happen that is very much unconfirmed. Besides, the candidate Angela Eagle hasn't even confirmed that she would be standing. We even have unverified twitter accounts as citations!

Perhaps in the next couple of days this will be rendered incorrect, but for the time being this is total guesswork. —  Richard  BB  12:13, 30 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Keep, the sources do need to be cleaned up. However, Eagle is making an announcement later today at which point we will know for certain (what looks almost certain now) if she is running against Corbyn. If, for whatever reason, she isn't running then the page can be deleted. Philip Stevens (talk) 12:20, 30 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Keep, same reasons as Philip Stevens. Earthscent (talk) 12:30, 30 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Keep, given the non-confidence vote and subsequent events a leadership election is obviously underway. Electoralist (talk) 12:39, 30 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Wait Delete See update below Nothing would surprise me in UK politics today (well, nothing that hasn't already happened) but it does seem the eagle has, basically, landed. Assuming the announcement this afternoon is actually what we expect (and let's face it, there have been two so far today that haven't been) this is a keep.  Normally I'd agree with the WP:CRYSTAL arguments and say delete, but we'll know well before this AfD is closed.  GoldenRing (talk) 12:44, 30 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Update Eagle has announced that she will not announce a challenge today. She says she will, but when is not at all clear.  GoldenRing (talk) 15:29, 30 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Keep (or even Snowball). Sending this to an AFD is overkill, it's an important current event. At most, add "potential" or "rumoured" to the title. KaisaL (talk) 12:51, 30 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Keep Whilst I don't think this article should've been created (frankly, since the result on Thursday there have been about a dozen articles created that should be deleted under WP:CRYSTAL, WP:BREAKING, WP:109PAPERS or WP:MASK but are being kept alive by people's emotions clouding their judgement) the event has progressed along far enough and it seems incredibly likely this leadership election will happen, making it pointless to delete it today. MoreofaGlorifiedPond,Really... (talk) 14:26, 30 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Keep. This is obviously a notable political situation. If appropriate, a name change (perhaps to "leadership challenge" instead of "leadership election" if an official election timetable doesn't develop soon) can be discussed on the talkpage. Newyorkbrad (talk) 14:55, 30 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Note The introduction has been improved to reflect that this is not yet a formal election and current events as a whole. KaisaL (talk) 15:19, 30 June 2016 (UTC)


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