Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/2018 Virginia Beach mayoral special election

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The result was redirect to Mayor of Virginia Beach#Election results. Eddie891 ^Talk _Work 14:12, 2 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

2018 Virginia Beach mayoral special election

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A special election for mayor, so this was entirely a local election about a single issue. Article does not meet WP:GNG or WP:EVENTCRIT. There is routine mill coverage all local elections have in a significant media market, but nothing that demonstrates notability. // Timothy :: t | c | a 02:08, 16 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

There are grounds to nominate it for deletion. But the distinction that it was a special election, rather than one coinciding with other elections, is not something that makes sense being grounds. SecretName101 (talk) 02:18, 16 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I mentioned it to explain why it was a single local issue election. // Timothy :: t | c | a 02:33, 16 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Virginia-related deletion discussions. Spiderone 11:24, 16 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Politics-related deletion discussions. Spiderone 11:24, 16 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Events-related deletion discussions. Spiderone 11:24, 16 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Daniel (talk) 02:22, 24 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Delete: WP:EVENTCRIT talks about 'water cooler' stories, which is what this is. It is really not notable outside Virginia Beach, even though there is a population of 150,000+. Here's WP:EVENTCRIT, para 4: Routine kinds of news events (including most crimes, accidents, deaths, celebrity or political news, "shock" news, stories lacking lasting value such as "water cooler stories," and viral phenomena) – whether or not tragic or widely reported at the time – are usually not notable unless something further gives them additional enduring significance. So, delete. --Whiteguru (talk) 07:30, 24 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect to Mayor of Virginia Beach#Election results, where the results table is presented. While this is too local of an election to have overall notability for a stand-alone page, we should at least leave a redirect pointing readers to where the results are listed. Hog Farm _Talk 19:04, 31 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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.