Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/America First Party of New Jersey


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The result was   merge to America First Party. If there isn't anything to merge, just remove the tag and redirect it. NW ( Talk ) 11:27, 13 April 2010 (UTC)

America First Party of New Jersey

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This state branch of a US minor third-party is not covered by reliable sources. The national branch may be notable, but this state branch isn't. Aside from the one candidate the party ran, all the other information is in reference to the national party.

Note: A7 speedy deletion request declined by User:DGG. –Grondemar 23:16, 5 April 2010 (UTC)


 * Merge with America First Party, depending on editorial discretion. I agree with the basis upon which this speedy deletion was declined; there is certainly a claim to importance or significance. But I'm not seeing sufficient coverage in reliable sources to warrant a stand-alone article for this party branch. --Mkativerata (talk) 00:17, 6 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete, perhaps merging any unique information with America First Party per Mkativerata, assuming it doesn't run afoul of WP:UNDUE. &mdash;ShadowRanger (talk 00:58, 6 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Merge Probably I should have simply merged and redirected instead of removing the speedy.  DGG ( talk ) 03:58, 6 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Merge to America First Party Local chapters of small national parties are not notable by themselves, but the party itself is, so merge to that party's article. Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 04:58, 6 April 2010 (UTC)
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 * Comment - Just FYI, while merging sounds like a good idea in theory, I'm not seeing a whole lot that could be merged without potential violations of WP:UNDUE (in this case, by focusing on the under-performance of a perennial candidate that happened to run on this party's banner in 2002; he ran in lots of other elections as an independent and had zero support then too). The detail about the convention being moved from NJ to TN is unsupported by our references. Listing the chairmen of state parties seems unnecessary. All that leaves is adding New Jersey to the list of states where it had ballot access. Unless someone thinks there is more to merge, we may as well just add it to that list (with a note indicating that it is currently defunct) and be done with it. Of course, I'm a little confused by the list in the first place; it says the parties were granted access in December 2004. The source doesn't support a specific date for Florida though, and since in New Jersey their candidate *ran* in 2002, which means the party must have existed and been granted access in other states before then. The list seems incomplete. &mdash;ShadowRanger (talk 15:17, 6 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Comment - I've added New Jersey to the list, and reformatted the list to allow for year of incorporation. Does anyone have anything else they feel should be merged? Opinion on this AfD seems to lean towards a merge, and I want to make sure I don't miss anything. &mdash;ShadowRanger (talk 15:23, 6 April 2010 (UTC)
 * I tend to think that the question of what, if anything, is to be merged, should be left to editors after the AfD is over. I can see a strong argument for merging very little here. --Mkativerata (talk) 19:34, 6 April 2010 (UTC)
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