Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/2048 Presidential Election

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or on a Votes for Undeletion nomination). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result of the debate was delete (doen by Redwolf24. – Rich Farmbrough 23:04, 14 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] 2048 Presidential Election

WP:NOT a crystal ball. 43 years from now is a long time from now; we can make an article when the subject becomes encyclopedic: how sure can we be that there actually will be such an election? There could be a constitutional ammendment to change the presidential term from 4 years to 5 years, for instance. A lot can happen in 50 years --Mysidia (talk) 20:36, 2 October 2005 (UTC)

• Delete Worse case of crystal ball. We don't even have an article on the U.S. presidential election, 2016, why should we have an article on 2048? --Revolución (talk) 20:43, 2 October 2005 (UTC)
• User:Wolfpackfan72: How in the world did you find my artical so darn fast, I put it up 5 miniuts ago? And are you from france? Of cource, bw will have an election in 2048!
• User:Wolfpackfan72: We have an artical up about 2008, what's the diffrence? Okay, so a couple of years, but this is not fictional, it really will happen. Scientists and theolagists speculate all the time about things that can't be proven.
  • 2048? Of course there's a slight chance that there might not be a 2008 election (nuclear winter, asteroid impact, etc), the chance that there won't be a 2048 election is exponentially higher. Of course, all that aside even, the difference is, as WP:NOT says, preparation is already underway for the 2008 Presidential election, and there has been much talk and discussion over it. I really hope you're not serious. –ArmadniGeneral (talk • contribs) 21:01, 2 October 2005 (UTC)
• Delete/Comment. In accordance with WP:NOT. Plus, just curious, why would the 2048 Election be held in 2008? Am I missing something? –ArmadniGeneral (talk • contribs) 20:56, 2 October 2005 (UTC)
• Comment Wolfpackfan, the article would not be anything substantial for 43 years, it is not the same as an article like U.S. Presidential election, 2008. --Revolución (talk) 20:59, 2 October 2005 (UTC)
• User:Wolfpackfan72: I am very serious, Our country has been around for more than 200 years, In that time we have faced: Two wars w/ britan, a civl war, the KKK, the Nazis, the Japeniees, the USSR, Comuniist China, The Great depreession, a terroriset attack, and even Bill Clinton!
• User:Wolfpackfan72: And you must really all be from France. Your acting like the USA will not live on forever, your just being silly.
• Delete it seems to me more than the crystal ball argument, there is a notability concern There is simply nothing of note to say about this. I say delete because it can have no meaningful content. (Darn edit conflict, now I'm just a sheep voter :) --best, kevin ···Kzollman | Talk··· 21:15, 2 October 2005 (UTC) (Oh, sorry. I'll move my remark after yours so I'll look like the sheep. Dpbsmith (talk) 21:18, 2 October 2005 (UTC))
• Delete per nominator. Referring to Wikipedia is not a crystal ball, I note that preparation for the event is not already in progress, therefore the present-day preparation for the event is not a verifiable or otherwise encyclopedic topic. There is not a large quantity of notable, verifiable speculation about the event, so speculation about the event is not a verifiable or otherwise encyclopedic topic. This article fits the description of "individual items from a predetermined list or a systematic pattern of names, preassigned to future events..." which "are not suitable article topics, if only generic information is known about the item." In this case, only generic information is' known about the item. Dpbsmith (talk) 21:14, 2 October 2005 (UTC)
• User:Wolfpackfan72: This is just silly, If I want to write an artical about somthing I know alot about I should be alowed to. And I'm sure other people are intrested as weel.
  • How the hell is it possible for you to "know alot about" an election in 2048? --Revolución (talk) 22:03, 2 October 2005 (UTC)
• User:Wolfpackfan72:I found it! The smoking gun! Evreyone, check the 2008 artical, now go back in the history to the earlyist entry. It was posted in MARCH 2004, when the "event was not in progress", no one complained then.
• User:Wolfpackfan72:Oh thanks, I changed it to 2048:-)
• User:Wolfpackfan72:I'm takeing a bath. And remember, VOTE MATTHEW OVERBY 2048 and 2056!
• Strong delete, WP:NOT a crystal ball, and the author seems to be going crazy with the vanity in this AfD. --Idont Havaname 22:00, 2 October 2005 (UTC)
• User:Wolfpackfan72:I'm going to youth group
• Delete - I have it on good information that, after the War of 2027 and the disasterous Flibbertygibbet of 2040, the U.S. will switch to off-year elections, so the nearest elections will be held in 2046 and 2050, respectively. Cheers! -- BD2412 ^talk 22:19, 2 October 2005 (UTC)
• Delete this gentle joke. Gtabary 22:46, 2 October 2005 (UTC)
• Delete, silly. User:Zoe|^(talk) 22:49, 2 October 2005 (UTC)
• Delete Junk --JAranda | yeah 23:30, 2 October 2005 (UTC)
• Delete Many of the "key candidates" for the office will not even be born yet. Zach (Sound Off) 00:06, 3 October 2005 (UTC)
  • I would disagree, the election is only 43 years (and one month) off. The youngest person to ever be president was Teddy Roosevelt, at 42. (Kennedy, at 43, was the youngest ever elected.) So, most of them have probably been born, and are working their way up through the ranks of the neighborhood playground. :) –ArmadniGeneral (talk • contribs) 02:56, 3 October 2005 (UTC)
• KEEP (Unsigned, by User:Wolfpackfan72)
• Delete. I'm not from France, but o, how I wish I were! Xoloz 06:06, 3 October 2005 (UTC)
• French Delete per nom — Lomn | Talk / RfC 13:16, 3 October 2005 (UTC)

How? You were asking how could your article have been discovered so quickly?

Matthew, it's impossible to make a change to an article on Wikipedia without having it instantly show up on the "Recent Changes" list. And it's impossible to make a new article without having it instantly show up on the "New Articles" list. And it's impossible to make a change to an article without instantly having your name (or IP) show up in the article history, even if you didn't sign your name; that's how we know you're the one who tried to vote anonymously to keep the "2048 Presidential Election" article.

We keep track of these things, Matthew.

You're welcome to contribute more articles, but don't be silly, okay? DS 18:35, 3 October 2005 (UTC)Wolfpackfan72 19:44, 3 October 2005 (UTC)

Matthew Overby hey, this is wolfpackfan72, I didn't try to not sign my name, I'm a fairly new user and I simply didn't know how to. also, I was not being silly, I think the artical was compleatly ligit, people seem to think that things that are a long time away can't be speculated on. It hurt my feelings to hear that you think I would ingage in vandelism. Please write back, however, you seem like a nice guy.

Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:DragonflySixtyseven" Wolfpackfan72 19:52, 3 October 2005 (UTC) Signing your name Ah, hey. Sorry if I hurt your feelings, Matthew - I was trying to be friendly, but firm - and just so you know, it's a good idea to always sign your name when you leave a comment. You do that by typing Wolfpackfan72 19:52, 3 October 2005 (UTC) - that's the "tilde" symbol, four times in a row. If you're a registered user, that creates your signature. If you have IRC, you can join channel #wikipedia on irc.freenode.net and ask for someone to help you out directly; I'd go there to see if I can help you out in person, but I'm a bit busy right now writing some stuff on a deadline. DS 19:40, 3 October 2005 (UTC)

Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Wolfpackfan72" Wolfpackfan72 19:52, 3 October 2005 (UTC)

• Delete as per above. My vote probably isn't needed at this point but this one's simply too entertaining to not be a part of. 23skidoo 21:23, 3 October 2005 (UTC)

I am hearby withdrawing my artical in soupport of democracy. But let these words ring loud and clear:"I AM NOT A CROOK" also let me quote Howerd Dean I'n saying "YYYYEEEEAAAAGGGG" Sincerly, Wolfpackfan72 23:20, 3 October 2005 (UTC)

Delete After Nehemiah Scudder wins in the U.S. Presidential election, 2012 we don't have any elections until the 22nd century. Caerwine 03:09, 7 October 2005 (UTC)

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