Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Opinion polling for the Republic of China presidential election, 2012


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The result was   keep. (non-admin closure) Armbrust, B.Ed. Let's talk about my edits? 13:07, 3 January 2012 (UTC)

Opinion polling for the Republic of China presidential election, 2012

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Nothing more then a crystal boll. Fails WP:GNG Night of the Big Wind  talk  14:53, 26 December 2011 (UTC)
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 * Keep The topic would fall under WP:CRYSTAL only if it were for an election where no polling had yet taken place. However, many reliable sources are now reporting on polling for this specific and notable election, so the nominator's argument lacks merit. In addition, we have many similar polling articles for other elections, so the community seems to accept this type of article.  Cullen 328   Let's discuss it  21:05, 26 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep Similar articles exist for many other elections; well-cited published polling is a key piece of information about upcoming elections, and it clutters the main election page when not broken into its own page.
 * Comment. Strangely, we seem to have lots of similar articles for opinion polls in USA, UK and Canada (see sub-categories to Category:Polling) but not for any other country.  But there clearly seems to be a precedent. --Legis (talk - contribs) 22:05, 29 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete or rewrite. A notable topic for sure, but the article needs to be more than a linkfarm. If this were cleaned up to our WP:EL and WP:NOT standards, there wouldn't be any content left.  Them From  Space  19:54, 31 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep Notable topic due to news coverage and reliable sources. Numerous precedent articles exist. Obviously not a crystal ball due to real data. hello, i'm a member  |  talk to me!  22:20, 31 December 2011 (UTC)
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