Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/United States House of Representatives elections in Washington, 2012


 * 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   redirect to United States elections, 2012. Consensus is that we should not have this article (yet). Those supporting the keep position do not really articulate a valid argument. Redirecting to United States elections, 2012 because it allows for the easy re-creation of the article when the time comes, and I highly doubt those who supported outright deletion would object to this approach. Bigtimepeace | talk | contribs 14:50, 6 January 2011 (UTC)

United States House of Representatives elections in Washington, 2012

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PROD-contested. Per WP:CRYSTAL. There is simply not enough information on a state congressional race yet to provide any useful information. Right now, this article would be nothing but conjecture.  elektrik SHOOS  02:50, 21 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep My reasons for objecting to the PROD are the same as voting keep in the AfD. While throwing out names of potential candidates can be WP:CRYSTAL, it is not a violation to say that these elections will be held on that first Tuesday in 2012.  Information about candidates will be added as it comes, and candidates will be declaring their intentions soon enough. Even if this article is deleted, it will have to be recreated eventually. --Muboshgu (talk) 02:56, 21 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Can we not re-direct this to United States elections, 2012? Ottawa4ever (talk) 16:45, 21 December 2010 (UTC)
 * We could, but then we'd have to undo the redirect soon enough anyway, and restore all the current content with additional content. --Muboshgu (talk) 18:47, 21 December 2010 (UTC)
 * I disagree with this "we'll just have to make it again later" argument. See WP:ATA. Just because it may fit inclusion requirements in the future doesn't mean it fits them now. And certainly, recreating an article on Wikipedia is no trouble whatsoever.  elektrik SHOOS  19:27, 21 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Yes the event is certain to occur; but can anything verifiable and not original research be said about the event? especially isolated to the washington event?. Id lean towards deletion on this but certaintly wouldnt oppose a re-direct Ottawa4ever (talk) 19:34, 21 December 2010 (UTC)
 * It isn't speculated to meet future notability criteria; it meets it now. --Muboshgu (talk) 17:32, 31 December 2010 (UTC)

 Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ron Ritzman (talk) 23:59, 27 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Redirect to United States elections, 2012. There are no verifiable facts to report on this subject. We know it'll happen, and we know that certain seats will be up for election. But anything else is just conjecture at this early stage. I can see an argument for an earlier article if there is drama surrounding reapportionment, but even then that'll be relegated to the reapportionment article for Washington (if any), or to the US Elections page. UltraExactZZ Said~ Did 21:11, 21 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politics-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 01:11, 22 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Washington-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 01:11, 22 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Weak delete per nom until we reach 2011 or 2012 at the earliest. みんな空の下 (トーク &#124; I wanna chAngE!) 07:22, 28 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete as per Minna Sora. Untill we get about 5 candidates announcing their runs I think this page is simply too early.  Plus with the US House, each seat is up for grabs each election. Hasteur (talk) 16:19, 28 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep - This is the sort of article which candidate bios are always being merged to. Like it or not, the election cycle never stops and the 2012 campaign is underway. This is a nice framework for additional information, which will no doubt be forthcoming shortly. Inclusion-worthy topic, content already showing is accurate. Carrite (talk) 17:34, 29 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Redirect to the main elections article until there is any verifiable content about candidates. Until then, the article only attracts useless speculation (a current gem: "Rumor says that Inslee might run for governor, which would make this a race to watch").  Sandstein '  10:38, 6 January 2011 (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.