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The result was speedy keep. Nominator withdrawn. (non-admin closure) Goldsztajn (talk) 22:04, 7 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Pre-election pendulum for the 2022 Australian federal election (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View log | edits since nomination)

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This seems to be only available from a blog, and not commented upon in reliable sources. Not a notable topic. Fram (talk) 12:45, 6 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

• Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Politics and Australia. Fram (talk) 12:45, 6 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep The blog is by Antony Green, the chief election analyst for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation and one of Australia's most respected electoral and political experts. This particular 2022 pendulum is published by the ABC here, and is mentioned in The Conversation. Mackerras pendulums are widely used in Australia to estimate the result of a (uniform) electoral swing, and parliaments themselves publish them: e.g.WA, Federal. --Canley (talk) 15:13, 6 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep as per User:Canley, who has it spot on. --Bduke (talk) 22:20, 6 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
• Strong keep per Canley Deus et lex (talk) 23:36, 6 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Keep as per Canley. I have added ABC's pendulum as a citation in the article. Marcnut1996 (talk) 00:14, 7 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep WP:BLOG specifically notes as an exception: "Self-published expert sources may be considered reliable when produced by an established subject-matter expert, whose work in the relevant field has previously been published by reliable, independent publications." Besides, other sources have been added, and I'm sure there are more out there. Mackerras pendulums are present on the articles of many Australian elections. The reason this is on a separate article is because it has been split as the main article was too long. If this were to be deleted, then the presence of Mackerras pendulums on possibly over 100 articles would have to be reconsidered. Steelkamp (talk) 06:20, 7 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
• Withdrawn, thank you all. I'm on mobile so I won't attempt to formally close it now, too hard to get it right. Fram (talk) 14:54, 7 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
• Strong Keep. This article has enough sources to be retained already, and will gain more after the election. Keep. Macktheknifeau (talk) 21:09, 7 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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