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The result was merge to Cormorant Township, Becker County, Minnesota. (non-admin closure) Spirit of Eagle (talk) 04:48, 17 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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A dog that became honorary mayor of a township. Doesn't meet WP:NEVENT: no in-depth coverage, no lasting effects, news sources all from the same day. QVVERTYVS (hm?) 12:09, 17 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Minnesota-related deletion discussions. Everymorning talk 12:19, 17 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Organisms-related deletion discussions. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 12:50, 17 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Events-related deletion discussions. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 12:57, 17 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

• Merge to Cormorant Township, Becker County, Minnesota, which presently has no mention of this. This is a functional WP:ATD that will enhance the township article. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 12:51, 17 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep. This is NEW article (OTHER article if compare to old article that the same name and have been deleted)! This is about the dog who won mayor election, all Wiki formalized critreious: as WP:IS or WP:N both are presents. Please excuse me for possible mistakes because English isn't my native

--Golodg (talk) 15:22, 17 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

• Merge - Agree with Northamerica1000 that this makes sense to include at Cormorant Township, Becker County, Minnesota, but there just isn't the enduring coverage necessary to pass WP:GNG (or, um, WP:NPOLITICIAN?) — Rhododendrites ^talk \\ 21:25, 3 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

• • As I already said about before and now I can add only that WP:GNG will be passed because the main category for this article is Category:Animals_in_politics. There a very limited list of animals in politics not only for some nation, but also worldwide! --Golodg (talk) 06:30, 7 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

• Merge to town - I'm sure Duke will be the best mayor that town has ever had, but there are only 12 people there. And for some reason they had to pay to vote? Regardless of the rarity it needs long-term coverage and I don't see any. They need to get Duke a book deal asap like Saucisse. —Мандичка^YO 😜 14:13, 10 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

  @Wikimandia: according to our article, the township actually has 1039 inhabitants. I'm not sure where the difference comes from. QVVERTYVS (hm?) 15:40, 10 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Qwertyus that is strange. But the WP article is about the "township" and the CBS article refers to it as a village ("Voters in Cormorant elected a dog named Duke by a landslide. The 12 people in the village each paid $1 to cast a vote."). Maybe the majority of the township is unincorporated and that could account for the difference. But the $1 is really weird - I don't think a "vote tax" is legal. —Мандичка^YO 😜 15:48, 10 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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