User talk:Hydrogen Dominion

Hydrogen Dominion Party
In order to be listed on Wikipedia, a topic must be notable. The notability criteria for an NZ political party is that it either runs candidates in elections, has MPs, or is otherwise notable (e.g. gets mentioned a lot by the media even if it never runs candidates e.g. the New World Order Party). They must also be verifiable by independent, reliable sources. Self-published sources generally do not meet this criteria. Parties creating their own pages is a conflict of interest and violates NPOV. Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, not a vehicle for your self-promotion. Blogs, YouTube videos etc are not considered reliable. A party website or a press release on Scoop is however evidence of a party's existence, as is mention in any newspaper or by the Electoral Commission.

We do create articles prospectively between elections and then cull if they don't meet notability, but content must still be verifiable. Fortunately, candidate lists will provide that. So if you are planning to run candidates, then I suggest creating the article using appropriate sourcing (just avoid self-promotion). Alternatively, if you have some reliable sources to draw on, then post them here, and I can do it. If OTOH all you are is a "grassroots social movement" then you are unlikely to meet notability, and should not create a page.--IdiotSavant (talk) 04:42, 16 October 2011 (UTC)