Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Next German presidential election


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The result was   delete.  MBisanz  talk 00:42, 13 January 2013 (UTC)

Next German presidential election

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An election taking place in 2017 is simply pure crystalball Shadowjams (talk) 13:06, 5 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Not being neutral as the author, I do think that "the event is notable and almost certain to take place". I do not really understand why the very crystalball guidelines state that the inclusion of the 2016 U.S. presidential election is appropriate (I do agree with that assessment) while an election which is scheduled to take place two and a half months later is not. --EBB (talk) 13:13, 5 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Speculation about the 2016 presidential election in the U.S. seems premature as well, but that's not my focus atm. Shadowjams (talk) 13:21, 5 January 2013 (UTC)


 * Keep Per WP:CRYSTAL, which states "Individual scheduled or expected future events should be included only if the event is notable and almost certain to take place." Compare with this article, for example.  Lugnuts  Dick Laurent is dead 13:25, 5 January 2013 (UTC)
 * delete This isn't actually an article about any specific election; it's just talking about the presidential election process. As such it simply duplicates information in the main article on the German federal presidency. Mangoe (talk) 14:09, 5 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Delete and rewrite it in a more relevant manner at German presidential election, 2017. I agree with Mangoe's assessment on the current article. Lukeno94 (talk) 16:32, 5 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Delete This is better covered at Elections in Germany and/or Electoral system of Germany; the article runs afoul of WP:CRYSTAL. It would be very different if the title was 2014 German Federal Elections or something like that, but not being very familiar with the system over there I can't say if that's even practical for the topic. No prejudice against a move to a more appropriate title. Yes we do have an article about the 2016 US Presidential Elections, and as far as I'm concerned that's just a bunch of smoke and mirrors too, but the likelihood that the election will take place is high enough. § FreeRangeFrog croak 17:47, 5 January 2013 (UTC)
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 * Delete - per WP:CRYSTAL...and named badly. --Sue Rangell ✍ ✉ 20:57, 7 January 2013 (UTC)


 * Delete So many problems with the article title to subject matter. Way too early and context is too ambiguous. Mkdw talk 04:25, 12 January 2013 (UTC)
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