Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Britannica Party (3rd nomination)


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. 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.

The result was   keep. Stifle (talk) 15:01, 17 December 2014 (UTC)

Britannica Party
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A few passing mentions in the press, but not enough to satisfy WP:CORP. (Article deleted at first AfD was referenced only with party's website, and this version does include independent references.) Shirt58 (talk) 05:36, 23 November 2014 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politics-related deletion discussions. NorthAmerica1000 11:27, 23 November 2014 (UTC)
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 * Delete - I agree with this deletion request. The party have not proven any importance or notability, do not have many third party sources suggesting importance, and there are not enough election results of any great worth/success to suggest they have much of a reason to be included in Wikipedia as a notable part of Scottish politics, let alone British politics. doktorb wordsdeeds 16:14, 23 November 2014 (UTC)


 * Delete This minor party does not come close to satisfying notability standards for political parties. Safiel (talk) 18:50, 23 November 2014 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Organizations-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 23:54, 23 November 2014 (UTC)


 * Keep This does not have to satisfy WP:CORP which has nothing to say about political parties either explicily or implicitly. More significant is Notability which states, "If a topic has received significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject, it is presumed to be suitable for a stand-alone article or list." The article amply demonstrates that it passes this test. Contrary to User:Doktorbuk's suggestion, the party does not have to prove any importance or notability; it is not its function. Wikipedia does that. And while there are not many third party sources that is hardly surprising given the dearth of coverage of minor political groupings in the media and elsewher. However, we do have The Guardian, Searchlight and the Electoral Commission which are entirely reliable. Emeraude (talk) 13:10, 27 November 2014 (UTC)


 * Keep. This is one of a number of UK political party AFDs opened by same nominator.  All seem to have been registered political parties.  This one may or may not have less references immediately available than some others.  But as with all the others, where referencing meeting wp:GNG is shown, I believe the only reasonable outcome is keep.  This one did field candidates in elections, and there is coverage.  No complaint about this nominator meant at all, but I have seen other series of related AFDs put forward by other persons which have turned out to be not-well-thought-out, and this campaign, like those others, seems wasteful of community attention.  When/if a number of the AFDs are clearly failing, I think the appropriate thing for the nominator to do is to withdraw all the others. -- do  ncr  am  21:43, 28 November 2014 (UTC)


 * Comment (duplicate posting to 15 AFDs). There are about 15 simultaneous AFDs about UK political parties going on, including about 11 alphabetically, started a little while ago:
 * Articles for deletion/4 Freedoms Party (UK EPP)
 * Articles for deletion/Britannica Party (3rd nomination)
 * Articles for deletion/Countryside Party (UK)
 * Articles for deletion/Fishing Party (Scotland)
 * Articles for deletion/Free England Party
 * Articles for deletion/Libertarian Party (UK) (5th nomination)
 * Articles for deletion/Miss Great Britain Party
 * Articles for deletion/New Nationalist Party (UK)
 * Articles for deletion/Roman Party
 * Articles for deletion/The Common Good (political party)
 * Articles for deletion/Patriotic Socialist Party (2nd nomination)
 * For this one note the deletion nominator has further disputed the list-item notability of the Patriotic Socialist Party, deleting its entry in the List of UK political parties by this edit.
 * And four more recent additions (the asserted new "tranche" of AFDs?):
 * Articles for deletion/Fishing Party (Scotland)‎
 * Articles for deletion/Independent Green Voice
 * Articles for deletion/Scottish Democratic Alliance
 * Articles for deletion/Yorkshire First
 * I rather object to all of these going on separately, as this is expensive of community attention. In fact I suggest it is inappropriate to open multiple related AFDs separately rather than as part of one multiple article AFD (see WP:MULTIAFD).  But after asking the deletion nominator of most of these to withdraw some, and finding no agreement on their part (rather than withdraw any AFDs, the deletion nominator has stated that they plan to open a new tranche of AFDs), and from past experience about AFDs, I expect there's no way to stop the separate AFDs going on.  Some of them are headed for KEEP already, IMO.
 * Not a single one of these articles should be deleted, IMO. At worst, an article can be MERGED and REDIRECTED to List of political parties in the United Kingdom, keeping the edit history available to properly credit contributions and to facilitate re-creation.  And, IMO, they should all probably be KEPT, as there is documentation of party registration for every one I believe, and there is coverage.
 * Note: in response to one or two previous deletion campaigns that I have noticed (not involving the current deletion nominator), i have posted notice of the multiple AFDs going on at some of the AFDs, and given links to other AFDs.  This is NOT wp:canvassing;  it is appropriate to point out the commonalities;  this posting is transparent, not biased/selective in where it is posted, is not posted to user talk pages.   My message does indeed have a point, that at worst any article should be merged and redirected, not deleted, which I think is reasonable to share and post at every one of these.  I further suggest that others having any view post at every one of the AFDs (no matter what is your view). -- do  ncr  am  19:42, 29 November 2014 (UTC)


 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, NorthAmerica1000 18:15, 30 November 2014 (UTC)


 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Scotland-related deletion discussions. doktorb wordsdeeds 18:51, 30 November 2014 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.
 * Keep per GNG. -- Green  C  19:50, 30 November 2014 (UTC)
 * Keep this and all similar political party articles on the basis of WP:IAR (Use Common Sense to Improve the Encyclopedia). This is the sort of material that SHOULD be in a comprehensive encyclopedia. Carrite (talk) 03:55, 7 December 2014 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, NorthAmerica1000 20:28, 7 December 2014 (UTC)
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