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@Howard the Duck and RioHondo: Is "Philippine" disambiguation really necessary? I mean, there are no barangays outside the Philippines. —hueman1 (talk • contributions) 03:23, 16 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I believe these articles use the naming convention at WP:NCELECT where all articles covering multiple elections to bodies or positions of the same type are named according to the year adjectival country name type election format. And it makes sense to me at least, because 1998 barangay elections look ambiguous or incomplete, (i.e, which barangays had an election in 1998?) compared to 1998 Philippine barangay elections where you know it was a nationwide elections for barangay officials. As much as possible, these barangay election articles should be included in Philippine local election articles, unless they were conducted separately for which separate articles may be warranted. Has there even been a barangay election conducted only in specific areas? That too would justify separate articles if ever using a title format like 1998 Cebu barangay election. See the difference? ;)--RioHondo (talk) 05:38, 16 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@RioHondo: Thank you for your insights. I didn't think of it that way but now it makes sense to me. Sometimes, it's just hard to spot these guidelines and not all of them applies to all situations. I find it hard to justify things. —hueman1 (talk • contributions) 06:11, 16 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

There were "special elections" after the actual election day in some barangays when election day per se was marred with violence. Howard the Duck (talk) 06:22, 2 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

We have 2023 San Jose del Monte conversion plebiscite. Normally, for sub-provincial plebiscites, these are included in the article about the LGU itself, but here we are.

These are the other city-level plebiscites in history:

• 1961 Caloocan cityhood plebiscite
• 1963 Angeles cityhood plebiscite
• 1965 Batangas cityhood plebiscite
• 1965 General Santos cityhood plebiscite
• 1965 Laoag cityhood plebiscite
• 1965 Bago cityhood plebiscite
• 1965 La Carlota cityhood plebiscite
• 1965 San Carlos cityhood plebiscite
• 1965 Batangas cityhood plebiscite
• 1969 Puerto Princesa cityhood plebiscite
• 1969 Tarlac cityhood plebiscite
• 1971 Olongapo renaming plebiscite
• 1994 Mandaluyong cityhood plebiscite
• 1994 Mandaluyong cityhood plebiscite
• 1994 Santiago, Isabela cityhood plebiscite
• 1995 Pasig cityhood plebiscite
• 1995 Makati cityhood plebiscite
• 1995 Muntinlupa cityhood plebiscite
• 1996 Sagay cityhood plebiscite
• 1997 Las Piñas cityhood plebiscite
• 1997 Kabankalan cityhood plebiscite
• 1998 Tagum cityhood plebiscite
• 1998 Samal cityhood plebiscite
• 1998 Passi cityhood plebiscite
• 1998 San Fernando, La Union cityhood plebiscite
• 1998 Urdaneta cityhood plebiscite
• 1998 Victorias, Negros Occidental cityhood plebiscite
• 1998 Calapan cityhood plebiscite
• 1998 Parañaque cityhood plebiscite
• 1998 Kidapawan cityhood plebiscite
• 1998 Malaybalay cityhood plebiscite
• 1998 Antipolo cityhood plebiscite
• 1998 Taguig cityhood plebiscite
• 1998 Tarlac cityhood plebiscite
• 1998 Valenzuela cityhood plebiscite
• 1999 Tuguegarao cityhood plebiscite
• 1999 Malolos cityhood plebiscite
• 2000 Maasin cityhood plebiscite
• 2000 Digos cityhood plebiscite
• 2000 San Jose del Monte cityhood plebiscite
• 2000 Bislig cityhood plebiscite
• 2000 Masbate cityhood plebiscite
• 2000 Koronodal cityhood plebiscite
• 2000 Muñoz, Nueva Ecija cityhood plebiscite
• 2000 Bayawan cityhood plebiscite
• 2000 Talisay cityhood plebiscite
• 2000 Balanga cityhood plebiscite
• 2000 Valencia, Bukidnon cityhood plebiscite
• 2001 Vigan cityhood plebiscite
• 2001 San Fernando, Pampanga cityhood plebiscite
• 2001 Tanauan cityhood plebiscite
• 2001 Ligao cityhood plebiscite
• 2001 Tabaco, Albay cityhood plebiscite
• 2001 Candon cityhood plebiscite
• 2001 Alaminos cityhood plebiscite
• 2001 Cauayan cityhood plebiscite
• 2001 Meycauayan cityhood plebiscite
• 2001 Escalante, Negros Occidental cityhood plebiscite
• 2001 Himamaylan cityhood plebiscite
• 2001 Sipalay cityhood plebiscite
• 2001 Panabo cityhood plebiscite
• 2001 Tanjay cityhood plebiscite

More to come later. There were several incorporation plebiscites, and more than a hundred barangay creation plebiscites. References [1], [2] Howard the Duck (talk) 06:49, 2 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Howard the Duck: AFAIK, the entire province of Bulacan was involved in the plebiscite, unlike the examples that you have listed above. So, technically, the 2023 San Jose del Monte status plebiscite wasn't just a sub-provincial plebiscite. That's something that sets it apart from the rest. As for the notability of other sub-provincial plebiscites, I'd say let's keep the status quo and create or keep articles for the outliers if there's enough coverage to warrant an article for them. HueMan1 (talk) 11:12, 2 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

A similar plebiscite is the Puerto Princesa plebiscite in 2007, where Puerto Princesa became a HUC. So we have two cases of such that we know of. Howard the Duck (talk) 18:53, 2 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

As for the aformentioned Puerto Princesa plebiscite, it was done on the same day as the plebiscite in Cebu to determine if Lapu-Lapu City will be an HUC as well. Would that be one article, or two? Howard the Duck (talk) 19:14, 2 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]