Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bulgarian National Union – New Democracy


 * 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. (non-admin closure) — UY Scuti Talk  17:40, 17 February 2016 (UTC)

Bulgarian National Union – New Democracy

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This article reads like a political campaign platform, not an encyclopedic article, completely unsourced. If this article is kept, it needs to be substantially rewritten or pared down to one paragraph. But in this case, TNT might be the way to go as the article reads as if it is promoting this political party. Liz Read! Talk! 22:22, 10 February 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politics-related deletion discussions. GermanJoe (talk) 01:21, 11 February 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Bulgaria-related deletion discussions. GermanJoe (talk) 01:21, 11 February 2016 (UTC)


 * Rewrite the lead and discard the rest. It's a fairly marginal party (less than 6000 votes in the 2014 elections) but its outrageous activities have received quite a bit of media coverage. Uanfala (talk) 01:49, 11 February 2016 (UTC)
 * Delete. I was thinking about prodding this, but I found enough hits on Google News that it seemed easier to let someone else deal with it.  Since we're here, I went back and did more thorough searches.  They do have a bit a coverage, it's true – but it seems to be mostly trivial mentions as a part of neo-Nazi activity in Bulgaria.  A sample of what I've found:  from San Jose Mercury News (an AP story that was widely syndicated),  from USA Today (another AP story that was widely syndicated), and  from Sydney Morning Herald.  There are a few more, but they're either even more trivial (names in a list of far-right parties), or they're syndicated AP content.  I don't think there's really enough here, though I'm willing to reconsider.  There are also some hits at Google Scholar, but I had a bit of trouble finding ones that weren't trivial mentions and gave up a bit quicker than usual. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 04:23, 11 February 2016 (UTC)
 * Ehh, I guess the rewrite is fine. Bulgarian editors say there's coverage, and so there probably is. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 21:08, 11 February 2016 (UTC)
 * I like Uanfala's suggestion to rewrite the lead and discard the propaganda which is likely a direct translation from the party website. The party is notable and is featured in national news in Bulgaria from time to time, mostly because of its extreme character rather than any significant public support. That international media have mentioned it is surprising to me, but it's an argument for keeping the article in some form nonetheless.  — Toдor Boжinov — 08:26, 11 February 2016 (UTC)
 * Well, if someone can write a sourced, neutral stub, then I guess that's fine. I did a few searches to find hits in Bulgaria, but my ability to do so and read them is obviously quite limited.  Google Translate only takes you so far. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 13:07, 11 February 2016 (UTC)
 * Keep. I cleaned it up some. The party appears to be notable enough by our standards, if only because their antics get them in the news. Can't figure out if they're really Nazis or fascists. Drmies (talk) 20:53, 11 February 2016 (UTC)
 * Weak keep based on the recent thorough improvements and some added sources. Additional Bulgarian-language sources possibly exist (additional reporting is mentioned in ref #1 for example). GermanJoe (talk) 07:16, 12 February 2016 (UTC)
 * Note - I have requested a SPI about the recent disruption of this AfD nomination (see article history). GermanJoe (talk) 18:51, 12 February 2016 (UTC)
 * Keep or at best Move to AfC draft as although this is newly founded, it may have local coverage thus familiar attention is needed. SwisterTwister   talk  00:04, 17 February 2016 (UTC)


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