Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Toronto mayoral election, 2018


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The result was   delete.  → Call me  Hahc  21  03:41, 5 April 2014 (UTC)

Toronto mayoral election, 2018

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We haven't even gotten through the 2014 election yet (pray for us, I beg thee all), so I'm really struggling to think of a single remotely plausible reason why we would already need an article about the next one after that. For extra astonishment, this is referenced exclusively to sources that are about the current election and don't even offer hints about 2018 — I especially love the assumption that the election will be held on October 27, 2018 just because the current one is happening on October 27, 2014. (Er, no, not how that works, especially given that October 27, 2018 is going to be a Saturday!) Delete until we can actually write much more substantively about the 2018 election than just a two-line stub acknowledging that there's going to be one. Bearcat (talk) 04:14, 29 March 2014 (UTC)
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 * Delete. WP:TOOSOON for this article.  Let's wait until we have something worthwhile to say before we rush off to create articles on future elections.  Could also be redirected to what I suppose is the main article, List of mayors of Toronto. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 06:20, 29 March 2014 (UTC)
 * 'Delete as reliable sources are discussing the 2014 election, not one 4-1/2 years in the future. Though tempted to make a Rob Ford joke, I will refrain.  Cullen 328  Let's discuss it  06:59, 29 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Delete - I'd be really curious to know why the article was created. If the creator could chime in, that would be great. Too soon for this article. Bali88 (talk) 16:15, 29 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Although I'm the delete-nominator and not the creator, I can offer some insight into that anyway. The creator is a frequent editor of Prvoslav Vujčić, a poet in Toronto who recently on his own website asserted that he was going to run for mayor in 2018 — but obviously has garnered no substantive media coverage for that claim since it means nothing 4.5 years out — and they created this article shortly after adding said claim to Vujčić's article. (For the record, though, I've already stripped the statement from his Wikipedia article as a primary-sourced claim of no practical significance at the present time. If and when he actually registers as a candidate in the actual registration process beginning in January 2018, then it'll warrant mention. But until then, stuff can change.) Bearcat (talk) 16:54, 29 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Interesting. Thanks. Bali88 (talk) 18:08, 29 March 2014 (UTC)
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 * Delete - why is WP:WAYTOOSOON a redlink? ansh666 17:24, 29 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Delete Fails WP:V, WP:NOTNEWSPAPER, WP:CRYSTAL.  If pre-election coverage is wp:notable, in a way such that the election itself will not change the pre-election article, then such an article would be appropriate.  Incubation is not currently practical for events more than a year out.  Unscintillating (talk) 20:31, 29 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Delete per the above arguments. Northern Antarctica (₵) 03:37, 30 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Strong delete. As stated previously, WAY too soon. 209.90.140.72 (talk) 00:10, 31 March 2014 (UTC)
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