Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Next Egyptian presidential election

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The result was keep. L Faraone 00:57, 12 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Next Egyptian presidential election[edit]

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WP:CRYSTALBALL. No election date. Sorry to say it but there is no certainty there will be one anytime soon.

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Egypt-related deletion discussions. ...William 22:58, 4 July 2013 (UTC) ...William 22:58, 4 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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I have moved the article to Egyptian presidential election, 2014. The source is provided on that page. David O. Johnson (talk) 06:04, 9 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per WP:CRYSTAL. Ansh666 02:42, 5 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
- ~~Struck, barely passes notability IMO. Ansh666 22:57, 9 July 2013 (UTC)~~[reply]
  - ~~On second (third?) thought, not enough to pass. Delete still. Ansh666 03:47, 10 July 2013 (UTC)~~[reply]
    - To clarify, this line from WP:CRYSTAL is what has me saying delete: "Individual scheduled or expected future events should be included only if the event is notable and almost certain to take place" (emphasis is mine). This election is not "almost certain to take place" by any means. Besides, there is no set date, per the links below - the closest mention is "which could be held early in 2014", nothing close to a set date. On that note, I suggest an admin move it back to the original title. Ansh666 06:19, 10 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  - Actually, userfy to David (the author). Ansh666 06:27, 10 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Delete or merge with 2013 Egyptian coup d'état. Pburka (talk) 03:45, 5 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Keep, one way or another this election is going to happen at some point, we might as well hold on to it (after all we have an article for the next Palestinian election, because we know it's going happen, if not when).
- Well, the Palestinian election has a definite date, and has attracted enough attention (including delays, so it should already have happened, anyways) to meet WP:GNG. This one simply has not. When a date is established, we can create a new article including it, as it won't fall as afoul of WP:CRYSTAL at that point. (On a side note, having the link be piped is very misleading - the actual article is Palestinian general election, 2013.) Ansh666 17:58, 5 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Keep nothing wrong with keeping "next election" articles as we have around WP. There is sourced info yet no date. So there is notability there...and precedence (see National electoral calendar).Lihaas (talk) 04:35, 6 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Keep Ample precedent for articles on next elections that have not yet been scheduled with a date. Not every country has a rigid fixed term elction timetable for one reason or another. Timrollpickering (talk) 12:22, 6 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

It could be decades before the next election, and the information in this article will date quickly. There's not enough concrete information to form a reasonable article. All we have right now is a handful of potential candidates. If the election were held ten years from now, it's unlikely that any of these candidates would participate. Pburka (talk) 17:01, 6 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Delete This is WP:CRYSTAL -we don't know if there will be an election and what kind of election will it be. Merge whatever sourced information in articles about the Egyptian politics. -- cyclopia^speak! 20:53, 7 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Keep A general date has been set; see [1] David O. Johnson (talk) 23:56, 8 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Obviously we need to improve content, but just because a date hasn't been set doesn't mean that there is nothing to write about. People are declaring their candidacy, we know what parties there are, and we have a context of the coup and political pressure from major countries suggesting that there needs to be another election. I would also support reanaming this to something like Egyptian Presidential Election following the 2013 Coup d'etat Edited to add: Hey look, Adly Mansour just issued a timetable! link Peace, MPS (talk) 00:54, 9 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
- Then add it to the article. See WP:HEY. Ansh666 02:04, 9 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
I have moved the article to Egyptian presidential election, 2014. The source is provided on that page. David O. Johnson (talk) 06:04, 9 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
- I've moved it back. See above for why. Ansh666 06:19, 10 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Keep, obviously. A scheduled event, we've got thousands of articles for those. —Nightstallion 10:08, 9 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
- WP:CRYSTAL suggests we keep scheduled events only if they are "almost certain to take place". I think that this event falls well shy of that bar, and still believe that the content is more appropriate in 2013 Egyptian coup d'état. Pburka (talk) 01:35, 10 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Keep, per above. --Norden1990 (talk) 22:42, 9 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Date of the elections was set. --Meno25 (talk) 05:55, 10 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Comment See what I said above for why there is not actually a set date for the elections. I suggest an admin move this article back to its original location for that reason. Ansh666 06:19, 10 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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