Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ohio's 5th congressional district special election, 2007


 * 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. John254 01:26, 10 October 2007 (UTC)

Ohio's 5th congressional district special election, 2007
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This article seems to have been set up in anticipation of reporting the news about an upcoming election. This news event and those anticipated by the article lack historical significance and are not suitable for inclusion in the encyclopedia as an independent article. This content fork could be covered adequately in Ohio's 5th congressional district. -- Jreferee    t / c  16:46, 5 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep. Congressional elections are notable and of national significance, even special elections and elections in progress. The date is set, the candidates are declared, and it all can be verified. • Gene93k 17:29, 5 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep. I am not aware of WP's exact standard on the notability of elections. However this seems far more notable than many other topics covered. Steve Dufour 17:40, 5 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Neutral Comment: This article (if kept) should probably be renamed. Who is going to search for "Ohio's 5th congressional district special election, 2007"?  There must be some way to simplify the title. - Rjd0060 18:06, 5 October 2007 (UTC)


 * Keep. Of course a congressional election is notable and has historical significance, even if it is at the time news. Labeling this a content fork is certainly original. In any case, the name style is consistent with other articles, and imperfect, but here to stay. --Dhartung | Talk 18:26, 5 October 2007 (UTC)


 * Strong Keep. Special congressional elections are notable and historially significant. Wikipedia has articles for every special U.S. congressional election in recent years, to delete them would harm Wikipeida's significance as a source for historical information.--Tdl1060 19:42, 5 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep Elections, especially up to congress (parliamentary) level are inherently notable, since the post up for grabs is important. After all, it influence the state of the gov't.--Alasdair 20:42, 5 October 2007 (UTC)


 * Keep an historian of XXII will appreciate it.For me that I live outside US that is an interesting article that follow the guidelines of wilipedia User:Lucifero4


 * Keep This is a special election after all. Thoughtman 19:57, 6 October 2007 (UTC)


 * Keep Special elections are significant. Also if we delete this, we would have to delete all other special election pages. Comedy240 23:08, 6 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Comment The above discussion about importance/significance seems pointless. Had I thought the topic lacked importance/significance, I would have speedy deleted the article under CSD A7. Merely because the topic survived CSD A7 is not a basis to keep the article at AfD. Please focus the discussion on the comments I made in the nomination. Thanks. -- Jreferee    t / c  04:40, 7 October 2007 (UTC)


 * Keep seeing as there are three other pages like this that no one else has objected to I see no reason as to get rid of this one Gang14 05:35, 8 October 2007 (UTC)


 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. 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.