Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Palestinian general election, 2007


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The result was delete. No election took place, no election was scheduled to take place, having references doesn't stop it being original research. Neil ( ► ) 08:35, 13 May 2007 (UTC)

Palestinian general election, 2007

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Article entirely based on a speculation, a speculation that seems to proven wrong. No material to be included here not already covered in other articles Soman 22:20, 6 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete If it didn't happen, it fails WP:CRYSTAL retroactively. Placeholder account 22:39, 6 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep The article doesn't say they are "future" elections, but rather "threatened" elections. The article has multiple reliable sources and is well put-together.--Thomas.macmillan 23:10, 6 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete unless the elections are actually called. This is just confusing if they don't happen at all or happen later. --Dhartung | Talk 23:24, 6 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Question What of ? Just because an election is canceled does not make it unremarkable. --Thomas.macmillan 23:26, 6 May 2007 (UTC)
 * This election was only threatened to be called. It was never formally initiated as far as I can tell. Maybe move to 2007 Palestinian government crisis? Most of this information is already in Palestinian factional violence, which might be misnamed for the severity of the crisis. --Dhartung | Talk 00:18, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep The preparation for and cancellation of the elections was a major news story in many countries. Article's sources just need an update.  DGG 00:24, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
 * They were not cancelled, they were never officially called. From what I can glean, Abbas "called" for elections even though he is not entitled to under the Basic Law. Hamas, in control of parliament, said that he did not have the authority the same day he "called" for the elections, and there the problem sat for two months until the Mecca agreement. At that point they just disappeared, poof, as if the idea had never existed. It was a threat or a bluff or brinksmanship, but it never got to the point of printing ballots or having a date, so it's even iffy to call it the "2007" election. I'm not saying the events in qustion aren't notable, I'm just questioning whether a basically fictional, what-if article is the appropriate way for us to organize this information. What word would you use in the lead? Hypothetical election? Proposed? Suggested? You can't even say they were cancelled. --Dhartung | Talk 03:56, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete. Threatening to call elections is a common political tactic; it would be incoherent to create an article for each of these threats as though the elections were actually planned. Any notable information can be merged into other articles per above. Djcastel 15:21, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
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