Talk:Barrow-in-Furness Council election, 2004

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Do municipal elections in an English borough really merits articles with detailed election returns in each? I doubt it. - Realkyhick (Talk to me) 21:31, 24 September 2007 (UTC)

There has been some precedents for local elections such as Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Windsor municipal election, 1991 and Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Philadelphia mayoral election, 2007 to be kept. These articles follow wikipedia policy in being verifiable and having a neutral point of view and can be developed to a good level such as Slough Council election, 2006. Also I would note there have been several hundred of these articles created over the last couple of years (check the relevant categories) and not one has been deleted. Davewild 21:38, 24 September 2007 (UTC)

Verification and POV are not at issue. I can easily see keeping the Philadelphia article because 1) Philadelphia is one of the largest cities in the world, and 2) you're only talking about the mayoral race, which is the single administrative head of the city, as opposed to the individual council elections. Windsor is a borderline case, and I likely would have voted to delete in that AfD. Barrow-in-Furness is less than half Windsor's size, and I really think that including the detailed returns for each individual ward is way over the top. I think that the overall results, and a listing of the individual winners, is plenty. You talk about the other municipalities that have have similar articles, but I see many, many others of similar population that don't. Let's see: Bowling Green, Kentucky, Huntsville, Alabama, Chattanooga, Tennessee, Tucson, Arizona — I could go on forever. Yeah, I know that Wikipedia is not a paper encyclopedia, but it isn't a junkbox either. - Realkyhick (Talk to me) 21:52, 24 September 2007 (UTC)

I would argue that if people want to create such articles and they meet wikipedia's policies there is no reason why they should not be created for precisly the reason you have stated that we are not a paper encyclopedia. Better than having some arbitrary cut off for population just have consistency and have articles on any council at this level of local government, which is covered in national press. A by-election to one similar council Worcester recently led to speculation in the national press that a general election in Britain would be held. Many members of wikipedia agree with this and have said things such as 'Great work with the British council elections.' and 'Great work on those local election articles'. Davewild 07:01, 25 September 2007 (UTC)