Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of elections in 1786


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The result was keep. (non-admin closure)  NNADI GOOD LUCK  ( Talk &#124; Contribs ) 07:04, 9 January 2020 (UTC)

List of elections in 1786

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Previously prodded with rationale: "Only one article on page, and only one article on a 1786 election in Wikipedia, which is also the only article in all related categories (so I'm deleting those too.)" This still applies. While the article might be potentially useful in future if other elections are mentioned and LISTN is demonstrated, I can't see how it is useful in its current form. Perhaps could be merged into List of 1780s elections. buidhe 06:33, 2 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of History-related deletion discussions. buidhe 06:33, 2 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Politics-related deletion discussions. b</b><b style="color: White">uidh</b><b style="color: White">e</b> 06:33, 2 January 2020 (UTC)
 * <small class="delsort-notice">Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Lists-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 11:50, 2 January 2020 (UTC)


 * KEEP Hundreds of articles like this, it just looks incomplete in the template to have any of them not listed. Obviously the list is incomplete since other states surely had elections that year also.  Nothing gained by deleting this.   D r e a m Focus  14:27, 2 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Keep I agree with DreamFocus, because we have listing for every year, it would be odd to leave out 1786.NotButtigieg (talk) 14:58, 2 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Keep per WP:LISTN informational and navigational purposes. Lightburst (talk) 18:20, 2 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Keep per WP:DINC, the list is easy to expand, and just because it hasn't been expanded yet, doesn't mean the solution is to delete. For example, there were over a dozen U.S. states that year that held elections for their state legislatures and state executives, as well as the Confederation Congress.  Elections of all of those bodies could be fodder for future articles, and several of them likely had elections in 1786.  While there may not yet be Wikipedia articles on them yet, that still isn't a reason to delete this list, which can easily be expanded in the future.


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