Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The West Wing presidential election, 1998


 * 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   no consensus. Stifle (talk) 08:14, 17 October 2008 (UTC)

The West Wing presidential election, 1998

 * ( [ delete] ) – (View AfD) (View log)

Article does not meet Notability (fiction). It is unlikely the article ever can, as no secondary sources are likely to be found as this election took place before the start of The West Wing series. Current references are West Wing episodes. Article is also marked as containing suspected original research. Million_Moments (talk) 17:05, 12 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete, not because of notability (which isn't a policy), but because large portions of the article constitute original research and speculation by fans of the show. If reliable sources can be found for the information contained here, then the article could be kept or re-created. *** Crotalus *** 20:11, 12 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Television-related deletion discussions.   --  Fabrictramp  |  talk to me  22:55, 12 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Merge to the season 1 article. 70.51.10.188 (talk) 05:51, 13 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Weak Keep not 100% sure of the fiction criteria but, an outright delete seems over the top and the above merge suggestion doesn't work as the "event" takes place before, during, and after season one with some of the informations "verification" taking effect in the later seasons. Article definitely needs some cleanup. Maybe merge the three fictional elections from the series into one Elections in the West Wing article or something. Jasynnash2 (talk) 14:09, 13 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep - Most (but not all) of the information is merely information direct from the primary source (the series). The page does need cleanup, but AfD isn't cleanup. - jc37 09:10, 14 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete Primary sources do not indidcate notability in any way. Merging owuld damage the target article, as this is far to much an in depth plot recap. There is no independant source for any of this, therefore it should not be covered on wikipedia.Yobmod (talk) 12:34, 16 October 2008 (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.