Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/2017 Western Australian machinery of government changes

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The result was delete. ✗plicit 11:11, 29 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

2017 Western Australian machinery of government changes

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Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Australia-related deletion discussions. JarrahTree 09:41, 22 July 2022 (UTC) [reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Politics-related deletion discussions. JarrahTree 09:41, 22 July 2022 (UTC) [reply]

Not sure how this ever got an article - it's the kind of routine new-government departmental restructuring that happens after every change of government, and there's nothing that was unusually controversial, interesting, or notable outside of primary sources. The Drover's Wife (talk) 09:16, 22 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

The sources at the time would contradict your assertions - it was substantial change, and the sheer number of changes were and still have ramifications as to how the wa government operates if you ask a senior public servant. Its all very hohum, if there is need to delete it, maybe some of the content can be reassigned, I have no interest in defending or asserting anything about the article - maybe someone else has more interest to go one way or the other, there's a lot more rubbish on wp than this that needs attention. JarrahTree 09:35, 22 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

It doesn't seem like there was public attention at the time, let alone after the fact - if its ramifications are only known to senior public servants in the state, then that's probably not indicative of notability. The Drover's Wife (talk) 12:46, 22 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Delete At most this should be a couple of lines in the Government of Western Australia article under the heading '2017 Reforms'. Best Alexandermcnabb (talk) 12:50, 22 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Delete This was actually an election promise by McGowan in order to reduce costs. I seem to recall some public attention to if at the time, but I can't seem to find much evidence of that using Google. The content is certainly relevant to Wikipedia, but I don't think there is enough there to justify its own article. All it needs is a paragraph or two on Mark McGowan and a few sentences on the relevant departments. Steelkamp (talk) 13:56, 22 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - Does not meet notability guidelines Proton Dental (talk) 05:21, 23 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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