Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Qatari legislative election, 2013

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The result was delete. -- Cirt (talk) 18:17, 7 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Qatari legislative election, 2013[edit]

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Classic crystal ball. As shown in edit history, the election has been repeatedly cancelled/postponed. Sources don't support 2013 claim. Discussion of elections belongs in Politics of Qatar. There's no content to merge. Rob (talk) 11:08, 27 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Delete If they were originally scheduled for 2008 and then for 2010, I'm not betting that the Emir will let them take place in 2013... Mandsford 14:04, 27 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. Though I could live with merger to Politics of Qatar and recreation when they are actually held – how do we know that beforehand? They are just like any other election which are bound to happen and for which we create articles years in advance (though I usually create them only the year before they are to be held). —Nightstallion 10:05, 28 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

But as both the sources show, there's nothing showing anything actually scheduled for 2013. The article itself says "sometime by 2013" and that's an assumption based on the latest decree extending council terms. Arguably, multiparty elections in North Korea are destined to happen someday. I prefer your approach, i.e., creating an article a reasonable time before events are scheduled to take place. Mandsford 14:10, 28 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Why do you say they are "bound to happen"? The national election has *never* happened, and may never happen. We don't even have a planned year. It's like creating an article Qatar earthquake 2013 because it might happen, and Earthquakes tend to happen eventually. Per WP:V nothing in this article is verifiable, not even the title of the article. --Rob (talk) 17:38, 28 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Merge to Politics of Qatar. It appears this information isn't in the that article. Given that there is no fixed election dates, and the past history, there is no reason to beleive that 2013 is going to be the actual election year at this point in time. -- Whpq (talk) 15:21, 28 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Middle East-related deletion discussions. -- Jclemens-public (talk) 00:01, 29 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politics-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 01:53, 29 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:44, 3 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - create an article when there is a concrete pronouncement. dramatic (talk) 00:56, 3 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

That's easy. KON-kreet. Mandsford 17:01, 3 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Delete per WP:CRYSTAL: "Individual scheduled or expected future events should only be included if the event is notable and almost certain to take place." Since Qatar has never held a legislative election before, and the election under discussion has been postponed twice, it can't yet be considered "almost certain to take place". --Metropolitan90 (talk) 03:16, 3 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per Mandsford and Metropolitan90. Unlikely to happen before shoulder angels dance on the Emir's head. Bearian (talk) 01:28, 4 February 2011 (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.