Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ohio's 11th congressional district special election, 2008

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 per overwhelming consensus. Keeper ǀ 76 22:08, 22 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Ohio's 11th congressional district special election, 2008[edit]

Contested prod. Violates WP:CRYSTAL as there are no sources stating a special election will take place. --Clubjuggle ^T/C 13:10, 21 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Delay. I suggest waiting a little while. It won't take long for the Ohio Governor to announce if/when a special election will be held.—Markles 13:15, 21 August 2008 (UTC) (I changed my mind. See my "Delete" below.—Markles 18:14, 22 August 2008 (UTC))[reply]

Comment. The delay should have been in creating the article, I would think. Wikipedia doesn't have a deadline, and we're not here to "scoop" anyone, so why not wait until an actual announcement is made before creating it? --Clubjuggle ^T/C 13:35, 21 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy Delete - which I would have done myself (perhaps controversially, I admit) if I had seen this article. Pure conjecture, and at any rate, it's premature. I disagree with any delay; we are NOT in the business of predictions by any stretch of the imagination. It's hard enough for us to keep up with things that actually are verifiable. Frank | talk 13:17, 21 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Ohio-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 13:22, 21 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politics-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 13:22, 21 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per WP:CRYSTAL. This is an event that is not certain to happen. An article should be created when and if the governor declares an election. • Gene93k (talk) 13:27, 21 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Source dealing with special election: Officials examining options to fill Tubbs Jones’ seat, special election likely. Is it a crystal ball to ask for just a few days to consider?—Markles 13:29, 21 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Right. I found that source, and it just speculates that a special election is "likely" and that the governor is studying the law to review the options. If Governor Strickland doesn't know what will happen, why do we think we do? --Clubjuggle ^T/C 13:35, 21 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Comment - I think that the nature of AfD discussions is such that the delay requested above is more or less built in, unless somebody decides to CSD as a result of this discussion. If a decision hasn't been reached by the 4 or 5 days these discussions usually stay open, that would be a default delete, in my opinion. If a decision has been reached, then this discussion would de facto be decided. Frank | talk 13:59, 21 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

True, but I'm kind of expecting a snowball result here. --Clubjuggle ^T/C 14:04, 21 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I hope so. This article is precisely what Wikipedia is not. Frank | talk 15:55, 21 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Delete per WP:CRYSTAL. Recreate if election is declared. -- _{Escape Artist Swyer} ^{Talk to me} _{The mess I've made} 14:11, 21 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Delete This can be recreated if a special election is ordered. The content right now would not seem particularly useful towards that article, it's all speculation. --Rividian (talk) 14:31, 21 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Delete' Article can be restored/recreated if election is officially announced. Until then, it fails WP:CRYSTAL. RC-0722 ^361.0/1 23:41, 21 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Delete It's not necesarily going to happen... wait for a citable source.--Dr who1975 (talk) 04:26, 22 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Comment: This report cites the legal requirement that a special election be held: "Special elections needed to pick interim successor to Stephanie Tubbs Jones".—Markles 14:34, 22 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, I put that in the article because it seemed relevant, however...I'm pretty sure we're still in WP:CRYSTAL and/or WP:OR territory here. It's not for us to decide if that court case applies here or not, even though it does look like it to me...we need sources. Frank | talk 14:53, 22 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Reply to comment. Attempting to interpret the law and predict future actions by reading court cases, while well-intended, is the very definition of original research. Until the reliable sources says there will be a special election, we cannot say that on Wikipedia, no matter how much our own research, or even the reliable sources, say that there should be such an election. --Clubjuggle ^T/C 16:02, 22 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. It can always be recreated if the election is called. Violates WP:CRYSTAL. —Markles 18:14, 22 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
'Request Can someone WP:SNOW this? --Clubjuggle ^T/C 18:35, 22 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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