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The result was delete. Sandstein 11:13, 5 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Judicial Elections in Pennsylvania[edit]

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This article has no references and does not refer to reliable sources. It is more in the form of an essay than an encyclopedic article. Robert McClenon (talk) 01:15, 21 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Politics-related deletion discussions. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 02:56, 21 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Pennsylvania-related deletion discussions. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 02:56, 21 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

• Comment it actually does have sources - this was created by only one editor who probably doesn't know how to use the <ref> tag properly, as there are what, 15 external links? I'm neutral, as the topic is probably notable, but the article definitely needs cleanup. SportingFlyer talk 05:21, 21 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep The topic is clearly notable, the article just needs cleanup. Arthistorian1977 (talk) 12:02, 21 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep Patently notable topic. Article as it stands is heavily sourced, but all primary - official state judicial website pacourts.us. Just tag it for sourcing and keep.E.M.Gregory (talk) 15:24, 27 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

• Voiding iVote after reading this comment [1] on article creator's talk page. Topic is notable, and certainly there could be a proper article on the process of electing judges in the Keystone State. But this was written as a class assignment, and perhaps we should delete and await creation of a proper article.E.M.Gregory (talk) 15:34, 27 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete, without prejudice against recreation if somebody can properly write and properly reference a better article. This is a student essay, not an encyclopedia article, and is not referenced to the correct kind of sources to make a topic notable. It is entirely possible to take a topic that is notable in theory, but write an article that's so far removed from our style and substance and sourcing expectations that blowing it up and starting over from scratch is still preferable to just applying a cleanup tag to the existing article and walking away. Bearcat (talk) 13:11, 3 April 2018 (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.