Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/United Kingdom general election, 2015 (West Yorkshire)


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The result was delete. Randykitty (talk) 11:19, 26 September 2015 (UTC)

United Kingdom general election, 2015 (West Yorkshire)

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Although I am an avid fan of election articles, having created several thousand myself, there doesn't really seem to be any point to articles like this. West Yorkshire is a ceremonial county, but not an electoral district, so this ends up just being about the results in a small number of constituencies. Results at the county level do not have any particular importance in British elections. I am also nominating the other West Yorkshire article for deletion (United Kingdom general election, 2005 (West Yorkshire)), and if this is successful, I will do a further AfD on the various other articles in this vein (e.g. Cornwall, Edinburgh, Lancashire, London etc). Number  5  7  19:52, 3 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Hello there User:Number 57. May I ask how you found this article? AusLondonder (talk) 20:04, 3 September 2015 (UTC)
 * I found it ages ago, probably after spotting it appearing on the new article bot feed. As you may recall, I prodded it at the time, but you removed the prod and we had a discussion on the talk page that ended when I asked for evidence of consensus that these articles were noteworthy (this discussion would suggest otherwise). I just forgot about it until I saw today that you were still creating them. Why is that of interest to you? Number   5  7  20:09, 3 September 2015 (UTC)
 * This may interest you WP:Articles for deletion/2010 United Kingdom general election result in Cornwall given your plans to nominate other article such as London and Cornwall. AusLondonder (talk) 20:16, 3 September 2015 (UTC)


 * Speedy Keep Per consensus at WP:Articles for deletion/2010 United Kingdom general election result in Cornwall AusLondonder (talk) 20:16, 3 September 2015 (UTC)
 * I don't think this is a speedy keep situation, particularly when an identical AfD the previous week resulted in the articles being deleted. The more recent discussion linked above suggests that consensus may have changed. Number   5  7  20:20, 3 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politics-related deletion discussions. North America1000 02:16, 4 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of United Kingdom-related deletion discussions. North America1000 02:16, 4 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of England-related deletion discussions. North America1000 02:16, 4 September 2015 (UTC)


 * Speedy Keep Elections receive substantial, ongoing coverage in the news, as such election articles are nearly always notable, I can't think of a time when they wouldn't be. SuperCarnivore591 (talk) 02:39, 4 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Yes, elections always receive significant coverage, and all national elections are deemed automatically notable, hence why we have the United Kingdom general election, 2015 article and why I have written so many articles myself. However, this AfD is on an article about the results in a small number of constituencies with no apparent reason why West Yorkshire's results are notable enough to be singled out (i.e. it seems to be a rather pointless WP:CONTENTFORK. Number   5  7  08:58, 4 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Delete Not a necessary article for this arbitrary land area. Just use the constituency pages.  Rcsprinter123    (drone)  @ 16:31, 4 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Events-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 04:22, 5 September 2015 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America1000 06:02, 10 September 2015 (UTC)  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, — ☮ JAaron95  Talk   15:17, 17 September 2015 (UTC)
 * As this has been relisted again, I am pinging who all commented on the existence of these types of pages at Talk:United Kingdom general election, 2015/Archive 4.  Number   5  7  15:25, 17 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Having been pinged... Delete I appreciate the effort, but I cannot see the point of this article. We have an article for the election, indeed many related articles (on polling, for each individual constituency). This article merely collates information on other articles. While the results tables cites the Yorkshire Post, the newspaper does not give the data in that form, so it all becomes a bit original research-ish. I can see some value in separate articles for England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales given the distinct political cultures in each, but not in these articles at county level. Bondegezou (talk) 16:14, 17 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Comment On a somewhat tangential note, the prior Cornwall AfD encompassed a rather different sort of article that I feel warranted re-consideration, thus I have done this: Articles for deletion/Parliamentary candidates in Hertfordshire. People here may wish to comment there. Bondegezou (talk) 16:23, 17 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Comment Shouldn't United Kingdom general election, 2005 (West Yorkshire) have some sort of AfD notice so people no it's included in this discussion? Bondegezou (talk) 09:05, 18 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Good point, now added. Number   5  7  09:44, 18 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Delete; West Yorkshire not really existing as a jurisdiction anymore, I don't see a practical benefit to this article. This is different from Cornwall, which is an actual jurisdiction currently.  Nyttend (talk) 00:13, 23 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Delete Unlike Wales and Cornwall, "West Yorkshire" isn't a distinct jurisdiction. Tiller54 (talk) 22:36, 23 September 2015 (UTC)


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