Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of Australian federal elections


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The result was keep. Nomination withdrawn. I have taken the advice from these users and have realised my error.(non-admin closure) - &#124;&#124; RuleTheWiki  &#124;&#124; (talk) 08:13, 15 October 2016 (UTC)

List of Australian federal elections

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There are two articles entirely discussing basically and fundamentally, the same thing, who heads the federal government, so we have to decide, which one is worth keeping? Because if List of Prime Ministers of Australia exists then why does this page, when they both explain the same things? That's why i'm recommending this article for deletion. - &#124;&#124; RuleTheWiki  &#124;&#124; (talk) 14:27, 14 October 2016 (UTC)


 * Keep. A prime minister and an election are very different things. And very important different things. And very different series of articles that both need coherent indexes. Readers who want information on an election will go to our list of elections; people who want an article on a prime minister will go to our list of prime ministers, and they will probably have some overlapping links for people who want both. This nomination is a bit absurd. The Drover&#39;s Wife (talk) 15:09, 14 October 2016 (UTC)
 * I would like to add a comment, because Australia has a quasi-unified executive and legislative, when we talk about electoral history, we are also generally talking about Leaders of government history, because they are elected along with the legislative and need the confidence of the legislature to govern. I would also like to comment on the fact that most of the polling stats taken from the List of elections page are ripped from the Elections in Australia page, just as a side-note. - &#124;&#124; RuleTheWiki  &#124;&#124; (talk) 15:28, 14 October 2016 (UTC)
 * No, electoral history and leaders of government history are not the same at all. Leaders of the government are elected members of the legislature, but they are not elected as leaders with the legislature but by the legislature, a key difference and an entirely separate vote. I could do without the polling stats on this particular page, though. Frickeg (talk) 04:19, 15 October 2016 (UTC)


 * Keep. This is not the same as PMs at all, and suggesting that it is betrays a severe lack of understanding of Westminster democracy - any democracy, frankly. Note that this page includes things like seat results, dates of the election (which are not the same as the date the PM assumes office), and Senate information which would have no place in the PM article at all. I'm not enormously fond of some of the table formats used in this article (it would be nice to have actual vote figures somewhere, and I think the two separate tables could be consolidated), but there is no question that this is a notable list. I'm baffled by this nomination, because it really makes very little sense. Frickeg (talk) 04:17, 15 October 2016 (UTC)


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