Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/2021 Virginia Attorney General election

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The result was keep. ♠PMC♠ (talk) 05:22, 11 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

2021 Virginia Attorney General election

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This is WP:TOOSOON and Wikipedia is not a WP:CRYSTALBALL ~ Amkgp 💬 06:19, 25 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Politics-related deletion discussions. ~ Amkgp 💬 06:19, 25 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Virginia-related deletion discussions. ~ Amkgp 💬 06:19, 25 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Keep - This election is less than 17 months away, as are 2021 Virginia gubernatorial election and 2021 Virginia lieutenant gubernatorial election. Those pages have not been recommended for deletion, so I'm unclear how this one is WP:TOOSOON? As far as this page violating the WP:CRYSTALBALL policy, each prospective candidate and declared candidate is cited with a reputable source. SeekerofTruth90 (talk) 13:41, 25 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]
~~Weak delete~~ Draftify while it's the next election in the cycle and there has been some amount of speculation about who's gonna run as well, there's been no coverage of declared candidates. Ideally this would be redirected to 2021 Virginia elections for now, but the article doesn't exist yet. (changed vote to draftify) Eddie891 ^Talk _Work 13:12, 27 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Keep WP:TOOSOON is only an essay and doesn't apply in any case because GNG is satisfied. WP:CRYSTALBALL states that "Individual scheduled or expected future events should be included only if the event is notable and almost certain to take place." which is the case here.----Pontificalibus 09:58, 26 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Move to draft pending more substantial coverage, which is more likely to come after the 2020 U.S. election season has run its course. BD2412 T 03:44, 27 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - As noted by SeekerofTruth90, both the 2021 Virginia gubernatorial election and the much less covered 2021 Virginia lieutenant gubernatorial election already have pages. Additionally, we are approaching the time period for candidates to start announcing their candidacy for next years statewide races. One Republican has already declared. While two Democrats, one a notable Commonwealth's Attorney from Henrico, and one being a state delegate have formed exploratory committees. It is my belief that this page does not violate WP:TOOSOON as coverage for this specific race is now starting to pick up media coverage. It is also my belief that this page does not violate WP:CRYSTALBALL as there is no speculation of who's running. All candidates, both Exploratory and Declared, comes from the candidates themselves and reputable news outlets. ThisUserIsTaken (talk) 18:20, 28 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]
ThisUserIsTaken, how are you related to SeekerofTruth90 ? ~ Amkgp 💬 19:56, 28 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I am not related to them. I do not know who they are. I referenced them in order to piggy back what they said. As I agreed with them and the point they made. ThisUserIsTaken talk 20:17, 28 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]
* Closing Admin do note that the above two editors are under investigation of sock-puppetry at Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/SeekerOfTruth90 ~ Amkgp 💬 05:07, 29 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Speedy keep As a rationale which could not possibly be applied to the article in its current state and as an evident lack of WP:BEFORE (googling the exact article title yields 1 2 3). There are also other sources already in the article about potential candidancies, and WP:TOOSOON does not appear to apply as this is not so far in the future as to be unreasonable (unlike, say, 2040 United States presidential elections), and there is already some coverage... RandomCanadian (talk / contribs) 01:54, 2 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Sandstein 07:41, 3 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Keep it's not that far in the future, there are enough reliable sources to say something useful about it, and the election is almost certain to take place. Hut 8.5 12:40, 3 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Media coverage already exists, and keeping the article makes adding coverage more convenient than having to recreate it at some point in the future (when it will certainly need to be recreated). Many other similar articles for future elections exist, and deleting them all would be incredibly inconvenient. Elliot321 (talk | contribs) 00:51, 10 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Keep, WP:TOOSOON and WP:CRYSTAL do not mean Wikipedia is not allowed to have articles on things happening in the future. Devonian Wombat (talk) 00:33, 11 July 2020 (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.