Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/2025 Gulfport mayoral election

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The result was draftify‎. Daniel (talk) 10:24, 7 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

2025 Gulfport mayoral election

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WP:TOOSOON and has no sources. Previously moved to Draft:2025 Gulfport mayoral election Draft:2025 Gulfport Mayoral Election twice for having no sources. Jeraxmoira (talk) 10:49, 31 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: People, Politics, and Mississippi. Jeraxmoira (talk) 10:49, 31 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. Mayoral elections, especially mayoral elections in small-to-midsize cities, do not need articles this far in advance of the campaign. And even with national or state level elections that do get articles in advance, that's because they have sourcing this far in advance, which this doesn't. Bearcat (talk) 14:39, 1 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Draftify -- The lack of secondary sourcing (or, in fact, any sources whatsoever) precludes a mainspace article. I do not agree with the WP:TOOSOON statement; elections are explicitly mentioned as a future event that can be encyclopaedic, but the nominator is absolutely correct that they an only exist with WP:SIGCOV in reliable sources. Without that, this simply cannot be in the mainspace. The editor should keep this in draftsapce until at least three reliable, secondary sources (not primary governmental or WP:PRIMARYNEWS) develop. Note to closer: If draftify is not an accepted consensus, please consider the preceding as my reasons for deletion instead. Cheers, Last1in (talk) 17:22, 2 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Draftify per other users. BottleOfChocolateMilk (talk) 20:33, 2 January 2024 (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.