Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Next Selangor state election


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The result was no consensus.  A  Train talk 13:05, 9 January 2018 (UTC)

Next Selangor state election

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No notability and references  angys (Talk Talk) 10:12, 17 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete - this article will be dated once the next Selangor election has taken place, and thus will constantly need modification. In addition, it does not have any references. Vorbee (talk) 11:08, 17 December 2017 (UTC)
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 * Speedy keep It's well established that articles on state elections in Malaysia are appropriate for Wikipedia (see contents of this template). Being unreferenced is not a reason for deletion. Given the number of articles on state elections we have in the US or district elections in the UK, this nomination would appear to be a classic case of WP:SYSTEMATICBIAS. Number   5  7  10:08, 18 December 2017 (UTC)

Reply But why? The election aren't held at others time like Sarawak. It is not necessary to create an articleto describe it. If this keep, there will same article like Penang, Johor and other states. angys (Talk Talk) 11:36, 18 December 2017 (UTC)  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, -- RoySmith (talk) 02:19, 25 December 2017 (UTC)  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks,  Sandstein   10:17, 1 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Delete: As Vorbee mentioned above, the scope of this article is inherently dynamic as it will change after every election. The next is scheduled to take place in August. I will nominate similarly titled articles for move, and maybe they’ll end up at AfD. LaundryPizza03 (talk) 22:37, 1 January 2018 (UTC)
 * This shows a fundamental lack of understanding of election article titling. Future election of uncertain date are named "Next Fooian [type] election". See eg Next Spanish general election or Next United Kingdom general election. Once dates are set (or the electiom must occur in a certain year) the articles are moved to include the year in the title. Number   5  7  01:49, 2 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Strong Keep. Articles on upcoming (and imminent) state-wide elections are well within the scope of Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. I would also strongly second Number 57's point on systematic bias - it would send a peculiar message if this article were to be deleted while a multitudinous number of equivalent articles for English-speaking and Western countries remain. Eloquai (talk) 11:54, 8 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Reply, as you said, the state election has notability. So that means we can create more meaningless article e.g. Next Penang state election, Next Perlis state election, Next Johor state election and more. One thing you must know is that election will be held with general election. (Only S'wak for special case) So Wikipedia really needs 12 new Malaysia state election article, absolute No. angys (Talk Talk) 12:50, 8 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Articles on those subjects could be expanded with information on the parties and candidates standing, the leaders and their respective platforms, the main state-wide issues, opinion polling, endorsements, and the campaign itself. I fail to see how that would be a 'meaningless' endeavour and, as noted, this article and all those potential articles would fall within Wikipedia's notability policies, which is the key issue for us here at AfD. Eloquai (talk) 13:09, 8 January 2018 (UTC)


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