Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Canada Day, 2017

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 in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was delete. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 03:01, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Canada Day, 2017

Delete - Wikipedia is not a crystal ball --Paul E. Ester 18:23, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

• Delete as per nom -- Whpq 19:29, 26 July 2006 (UTC)
• Delete *headdesk* what's with all the massive crystal balling lately? Whispering 19:53, 26 July 2006 (UTC)
• Weak keep. Per WP:NOT, "Individual scheduled or expected future events should only be included if the event is notable and almost certain to take place." This is a major anniversary for Canada Day (150th) and certain to take place. Ifnord 19:55, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

• "certain to take place" - really? are you sure? dun-dun-der...!!! Bwithh 22:15, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

But the rest of that item for WP:NOT also says By comparison, the 2028 U.S. presidential election and 2032 Summer Olympics are not considered appropriate article topics because nothing can be said about them that is verifiable and not original research. which is the case here as Mathew5000 has pointed out. -- Whpq 20:57, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

Those events are 22 and 24 years away respectively. This article refers to something in a decade. Ifnord 21:24, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

Rather than the time to the event, I suggest concentrating on the "nothing can be said about them that is verifiable and not original research". Other than the fact that it's the 150th anniversary, what other sourced information can be added at this point? Plans? Controversies? Published speculation? Those would all be good reasons to keep it, but none of those are in the article, and indeed probably don't exist yet. Ziggurat 21:48, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

• Delete. This is not encyclopedic as all the article can say right now is "I bet there will be a big celebration." The article can be re-created when there are actual plans for the event in the real world. --Mathew5000 20:34, 26 July 2006 (UTC)
• Delete, Wikipedia is not a crystal ball. Recreate this when there is useful, encyclopedic information to add (probably 2015 or 2016 or so). --Coredesat talk. o.o;; 21:00, 26 July 2006 (UTC)
• Strong delete the last celebration of an independent Canada? Outrageous soapboxing. CanadianCaesar Et tu, Brute? 21:05, 26 July 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per Whpq and CanadianCaesar - I see a soapbox in my crystal ball... Ziggurat 21:23, 26 July 2006 (UTC)
• Delete as per nom . may Canuck culture flourish for a trillion eons Bwithh 22:15, 26 July 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per nom. Everything beyond the first sentence is complete nonsense. The first sentence alone, while factually correct that it will be 150 years since Canada was created as a country, is (in addition to other comments above) indiscriminate information and is of no encyclopedic value. Agent 86 22:58, 26 July 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per above crystal-ball and WP:NOT arguments. — Saxifrage ✎ 23:41, 26 July 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per nom and because this appears to be nothing but an excuse for a completely POV statement suggesting Canadian culture will disappear after 2017. 23skidoo 00:10, 27 July 2006 (UTC)
• Keep. A McMahonist never fails to acknowledge the hard work of others. NWO-Wolfpac 00:39, 27 July 2006 (UTC)
• Delete, Way too far in the futureto require an article. 70.106.115.245 01:13, 27 July 2006 (UTC)
• Delete. If you take out the soapboxing and crystal ballism, there's not much left. --Metropolitan90 06:58, 27 July 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per everyone else. WCQuidditch ☎ ✎ 13:03, 27 July 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per nom. Tom Harrison ^Talk 17:40, 27 July 2006 (UTC)
• Delete although there will likely be a Dominion Day in 2017, the content of the article fails WP:HOAX WilyD 19:09, 27 July 2006 (UTC)
• Delete Wikipedia not a crystal ball, Wikipedia not a soapbox, North American Union conspiracy-cruft, etc...--Jersey Devil 00:01, 28 July 2006 (UTC)
• Strong delete - the entry is obviously frivolous and should be jettisoned immediately.Michael Dorosh 19:13, 29 July 2006 (UTC)

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.