Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Next Assam Legislative Assembly Election


 * 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 keep. Users are kindly asked to refrain from moving (renaming) articles while they are on AFD as it breaks a number of maintenance scripts. Stifle (talk) 11:20, 18 May 2022 (UTC)

Next Assam Legislative Assembly Election

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Per WP:CRYSTALBALL. The event that may take place after 4 years from now. Presented sources are basically about the previous election. Entire article is based on speculation. The article was draftified initially so that the creator may take an opportunity to fix references but entire article appears to be based on presumptions. Hitro talk 08:25, 22 April 2022 (UTC) Note: CiteInformation has been repeatedly removing the AfD notice on this article. -- NotCh arizar d 🗨 08:39, 22 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Politics and India. Hitro talk 08:25, 22 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Keep The next scheduled election can be an appropriate exemption to WP:CRYSTALBALL as mentioned and can include the addition of opinion polls or changes to the Legislature such as through by-elections subsequent to the last election. I note by-elections have been held. AusLondonder (talk) 09:42, 22 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Comment Just a note that this article has been moved to a different page, Next Assam Legislative Assembly election. Liz Read! Talk! 02:14, 23 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Keep As far as I can see, there have been two AfD discussions previously on an Indian state/territory upcoming election: Articles for deletion/Next Karnataka Legislative Assembly election and Articles for deletion/Next Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election. For obvious reasons (ie the disbanding of that state) the latter was deleted. In the case of the former, there was clear sourcing in existence to justify the article and nothing to indicate that the upcoming election was anything but certain. There's nothing to indicate otherwise with Assam; no reason the article cannot be cleaned up to act as a placeholder of information. Regards, --Goldsztajn (talk) 03:19, 26 April 2022 (UTC)
 * @Goldsztajn
 * Articles for deletion/Next Karnataka Legislative Assembly election was brought at AfD 15 months before the scheduled election that is why there were enough coverage to warrant a standalone article. You were the one to point that out during the discussion which led to the withdrawal of nomination. This election is going to take place after 48 months from now. Just 12 months have passed since last edition of these elections. I do not think referring that AfD to make case for keeping this article has any relevance. Unless WP:GNG is met, this is a case of WP:CRYSTALBALL. Hitro talk 13:21, 26 April 2022 (UTC)
 * @HitroMilanese To quote myself, quoting, from that same AfD: WP:CHRYSTAL: "Individual scheduled or expected future events should be included only if the event is notable and almost certain to take place." This format of "Next XXXX election" is standard in dealing with regular elections which have a unspecified cycle. There's nothing to suggest the election will not take place. Moreover, at some point we're going to move from "Next Assam election" to "2026 election", which would entail another round of deletes... or just leave this in place as a placeholder and save everyone the bother. FWIW - electoral politics in India is on a scale no where else on earth...there's already sourcing discussing the 2026 Assam election and even 2031. Regards, Goldsztajn (talk) 02:52, 28 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Question/Comment - In 2026, this will be the previous Assam legislative assembly election. Why should it have a name that is going to be wrong later? If it is to exist, shouldn't this be called something like Assam 2026 legislative assembly election instead of Next Assam Legislative Assembly election? Jacona (talk) 18:39, 27 April 2022 (UTC)
 * @Jacona As mentioned above, "Next XXX election" is a somewhat common format for dealing with elections which do not have a specified cycle (eg UK elections as against US elections). Often elections can be called with only a few weeks notice, although it is well known that an election is approaching because of the term limit of a parliament. So, we can have both, and when an election has been called with an official date, for a period, the "Next" article can redirect until that election has completed. Regards, Goldsztajn (talk) 02:57, 28 April 2022 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks,  MBisanz  talk 19:01, 30 April 2022 (UTC) Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Star   Mississippi  01:37, 9 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Comment: - Inclusion criteria clearly suggest that the topic is deemed notable if it has received significant coverage in multiple independent and reliable sources. Presented rationales for inclusion are not policy based. Whether this topic is exempted from WP:CRYSTALBALL is a discussion for another day, currently for retaining this article, demonstration of notability per WP:GNG is required. Hitro</b><b style="color:#FF00FF; font-family:courier; font-size:small"> talk</b> 09:36, 30 April 2022 (UTC)
 * <p class="xfd_relist" style="margin:0 0 0 -1em;border-top: 1px solid #AAA; border-bottom: 1px solid #AAA; padding: 0px 2em;"> Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * <p class="xfd_relist" style="margin:0 0 0 -1em;border-top: 1px solid #AAA; border-bottom: 1px solid #AAA; padding: 0px 2em;"> Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.


 * Keep: Not actually WP:CRYSTALBALL, this event actually will occur. It needs some work though for sure. Amadeus22  🙋 🔔 01:44, 9 May 2022 (UTC)


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