Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/United States House of Representatives elections in Missouri, 2010


 * 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   speedy keep. Nomination effectively withdrawn with no arguments to delete. (non-admin closure) Mkativerata (talk) 02:11, 17 July 2010 (UTC)

United States House of Representatives elections in Missouri, 2010

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Per WP:CRYSTAL. The author argued that it might be notable given the short time away from the election, but I'm not too sure, so I removed the PROD I originally put on the article to list it here for larger discussion.  elektrik SHOOS  19:54, 15 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Comment: I should point out too that the article right now is also nearly entirely speculation, as it consists of poll averages and whether an incumbent is expected to keep their seat - sourced speculation, no doubt, but speculation nonetheless.  elektrik SHOOS  19:56, 15 July 2010 (UTC)


 * Comment: I comment in opposition to deletion.  Waiting until after the election has occurred to create the article which consists primarily of the names of the candidates, party affiliations, and links to campaign websites is not helpful to those who wish to determine which candidate to support.  Since the primary election is less than three weeks from now it seems to me that this is exactly the point being debated.  I also disagree with the statement that the article is also nearly entirely speculation, as the speculation portion consists of only a single sentence for each of the nine districts and does not contain any poll numbers, but merely links to other sites which provide them.  That single speculative sentence is sourced to an organization that has election forecasting as one of its routine tasks and I would argue that having these forecasts is useful in getting a better understanding of the district. Hald (talk) 20:43, 15 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep- Meets the first exception to WP:CRYSTAL- Individual scheduled or expected future events should only be included if the event is notable and almost certain to take place. The election both notable, and almost entirely certain to take place. The article could use some better sourcing, but thats an issue for editing, not deleting. Umbralcorax (talk) 20:48, 15 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Speedy keep. As Umbralcorax explains, this nomination is based on a misapplication of WP:CRYSTAL. Wikipedia is full of articles about specific elections, and usually they are started well before the vote and expand as more information and discussion appears in the reliable sources. See Category:2010 elections in the United States and the numerous subcategories thereof. --Arxiloxos (talk) 22:13, 15 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Strong Keep: These articles aren't so much about the election themselves as they are about the race leading up to it, it's various challengers and various contreversy, therefor it's rather vital that this page exist before the actual election, if not then Wikipedia could be said to be doing a disservice to it's readers by not keeping them informed. --Deathawk (talk) 23:40, 15 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Outside opinion was the reason I listed the article for Afd in the first place. Move to close with speedy keep as consensus overwhelmingly supports retaining the article.  elektrik SHOOS  10:24, 16 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Missouri-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 01:56, 17 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politics-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 01:56, 17 July 2010 (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.