Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Palestinian local elections, 2012

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The result was Snow Keep. Mark Arsten (talk) 13:55, 17 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Palestinian local elections, 2012

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A future event, supposed to take place on October 20, 2012, after being already postponed several times. Per WP policy, it should not have a page until the actual event takes place (also WP:NOTNEWS) Greyshark09 (talk) 20:24, 11 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Keep Ridiculous nomination. Why not delete United States presidential election, 2012 or 2014 FIFA World Cup whilst you're at it? Number 5 7 20:51, 11 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

There is almost no question that US would hold elections. Per Wikipedia:Future event, however, we don't put events, which might not happen. Considering several postpones, there is no solid evidense to my view,in order to keep the article.Greyshark09 (talk) 16:13, 13 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Keep – Per WP:GNG. Northamerica1000^(talk) 03:58, 12 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]
"Per WP policy, it should not have a page until the actual event takes place..." No policy says that. postdlf (talk) 05:27, 12 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Welcome to wikipedia, please learn more on the policy here Wikipedia:Future event.Greyshark09 (talk) 16:14, 13 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Actually I'd advise that you read it, particularly the sentence "Only if planning or preparation for the event is already in progress", and also look at the CEC website. Number 5 7 16:48, 13 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

First off, that's an essay; second, and more importantly, it makes clear that there ARE instances in which we have articles on events that have not yet occurred. It's rather bad form to offer as support for a proposition something that actually establishes the contrary. postdlf (talk) 17:01, 13 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

There are instances we make articles on future events, but only in cases where indeed planning and preparations take place. I'm pretty sure, the PNA local elections, which have already been postponed 2 (or three?) times have no 100% chance to take place in 2012... or ever.Greyshark09 (talk) 14:19, 14 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

So you wouldn't say that candidate nomination (closed) and voter registration (ongoing) count as planning and preparation? Number 5 7 15:29, 14 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Keep Satisfies WP:N, the only relevant guideline — Malik Shabazz ^Talk/_Stalk 17:44, 12 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Palestine-related deletion discussions. — Malik Shabazz ^Talk/_Stalk 17:46, 12 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politics-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 12:06, 13 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Keep Delays in the election are no reason to delete the article. They are clearly being planned as evidenced by voter registration, CEC preparations and official govt. announcements. As editors we are not in the business of speculating on whether or not elections occur because of current instability. We can just update the article with RS on the matter of postponement (and the reasons behind it i.e. ongoing unity talks, factional tensions, mass protests against govt., etc.) --Al Ameer son (talk) 16:12, 16 September 2012 (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.