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The result was delete. ♠PMC♠ (talk) 08:35, 7 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

2026 Kerala Legislative Assembly election[edit]

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Per Wikipedia:Too soon. This is a potentially notable topic, but currently, it has no significant coverage in relevant sources. If there is any, those are merely speculations. In short, the topic, as of today—January 31, 2022—is not notable. – Kavyansh.Singh (talk) 17:50, 31 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

• Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Politics-related deletion discussions. Kavyansh.Singh (talk) 17:50, 31 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]
• Note: This discussion has been included in the list of India-related deletion discussions. Kavyansh.Singh (talk) 17:50, 31 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]
• Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Kerala-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 18:08, 31 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]
• Speedy delete: per nom. and legislative elections may be held before time (if the house dissolve earlier). This article should be deleted for now. Nitesh003(TALK) 19:39, 31 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete: as the nomination and Nitesh003, it is strongly irrelevant to list/create a page about an election that will be or may not be in 2026. It is too early to create the page on basis of the presumption of the election year. Nothing is certain as mentioned on the page, hence it should be deleted. --Arunudoy ^(talk) 07:17, 1 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
• Speedy delete: Per WP:TOOSOON Itcouldbepossible^Talk 07:32, 1 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
• Speedy delete: too early to create article. WP:TOOSOON.--Ts12rAc^{talk to me} 08:32, 1 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
• Rename to Next Kerala Legislative Assembly election. We expect the election to happen. We just aren't 100% sure that it will be in 2026 or not. -MPGuy2824 (talk) 08:45, 1 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • @MPGuy2824: Yeah, that exactly why I called it a 'potentially notable topic', but as the things stand, I don't expect there to be any reason to create an election page 4 years before the estimated date. It is not notable currently, and is WP:TOOSOON. – 09:09, 1 February 2022 (UTC) (-- re-signed Kavyansh.Singh (talk) 13:48, 1 February 2022 (UTC))[reply]
• Speedy delete per TOOSOON. AryKun (talk) 13:07, 1 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment To all the people voting "Speedy Delete", under which speedy deletion criteria do you think it should be deleted? "TOOSOON" is not a valid reason to speedy delete something. 163.1.15.238 (talk) 16:29, 1 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

It overlaps SNOW quite a bit, and, although an essay, seems an accepted Wikipedia way of saying this has no chance. When I put on my thinking cap I think that the term TOOSOON should probably be upgraded to guideline level with a link to the essay. Randy Kryn (talk) 19:57, 1 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I think the issue here is that there is no fixed time limit as to when it is appropriate to create article for far-future events, especially elections. AfD is better as it helps determine the consensus that there is no notability, than speedy deleting it just because it is created 4 years ago. For instance, 2026 Kerala elections has no notability, but maybe 2026 United States Senate elections does. Just like 2032 Summer Olympics. – Kavyansh.Singh (talk) 20:09, 1 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

• Speedy delete TOO SOON Onmyway22 talk 16:35, 1 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete Wikipedia is not a crystal ball. Cullen328 (talk) 20:19, 1 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete - clearly a case of WP:TOOSOON. Onel5969 ^{TT me} 20:50, 1 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
• Draftify At some stage the page will be needed and having it as draft will give people somewhere to add information as it comes to hand. Fall back position is to delete and recover in a few years. Gusfriend (talk) 05:39, 2 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • @Gusfriend: I agree that at some stage, this page will be needed, but till that stage (presumably at-least over a year later), I don't think it would be appropriate to keep this even in the draft space, when the content is merely a speculation. As Cullen says: "Wikipedia is not a crystal ball". It can be created later whenever there is notability for the topic, but should be deleted for now. – Kavyansh.Singh (talk) 08:49, 2 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

    Fair comment. I am fully happy to go with DeleteGusfriend (talk) 11:06, 2 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete, WP:TOOSOON. Alex-h (talk) 16:42, 4 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete WP:TOOSOON.Pharaoh of the Wizards (talk) 02:38, 7 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete or Speedy Delete because WP:CRYSTALBALL and WP:TOOSOON. ThePremiumBoy (talk) 07:09, 7 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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