Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/United States Senate election in Virginia, 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   delete. \ Backslash Forwardslash / {talk} 00:55, 7 July 2009 (UTC)

United States Senate election in Virginia, 2012

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

It is now four years before the election will take place. This is a page focused only on speculation (because the news sources won't cover this race for a few more years.) We have no sources saying Webb or Davis are running for the seat. Also other similar senate races have not been introduced yet (the exception being Connecticut where there is activity going on and polling this early in the race) BrianY (talk) 03:44, 30 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete. I can't even use WP:NOTNEWS here, because it isn't even news! Btw, the CT race is in 2010, so even if I don't like an indiscriminate list of Senate, House, Parliament election articles, it's still closer and has coverage. -SpacemanSpiff (talk) 04:04, 30 June 2009 (UTC)
 * That's the Dodd race (2010). Lieberman is up for reelection in 2012 (the article I was talking about) and that article is created. But unlike Virginia, there has been polling and news on that race because of the possibility of Lieberman getting ousted by a democrat or Lieberman switching back to the Democratic party to win reelection. BrianY (talk) 04:16, 30 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Hmmm, I've got to take a look at that. -SpacemanSpiff (talk) 04:57, 30 June 2009 (UTC)


 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politics-related deletion discussions.  -- TexasAndroid (talk) 12:08, 30 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Virginia-related deletion discussions.  -- TexasAndroid (talk) 12:08, 30 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete, usual WP:CBALL reasons apply. Stifle (talk) 13:18, 30 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete, no way we can maintain a sourced article on this topic. Nyttend (talk) 23:27, 30 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete. WP:CRYSTAL. Way too early to start predicting candidates. Niteshift36 (talk) 13:26, 1 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep The article as it was violated WP:CRYSTAL, but the article itself doesn't, as we know there will be a Senate election in Virginia in 2012 for the seat currently held by Jim Webb. I considered an AFD for North Carolina gubernatorial election, 2012 for the same reason, but instead chose to rewrite it.  I rewrote this article so that it should merit keeping. --Muboshgu (talk) 17:55, 4 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep I agree with Muboshgu Gang14 (talk) 05:28, 6 July 2009 (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.