Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Communist Party of the Donetsk People's Republic


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The result was no consensus. I guess in a year we will know whether this is a real party or a bogus, and then another nomination can be made if needed.--Ymblanter (talk) 09:24, 27 January 2015 (UTC)

Communist Party of the Donetsk People's Republic

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Fails all wikipedia policies WP:N, WP:V Aleksandr Grigoryev (talk) 04:54, 20 January 2015 (UTC)
 * Delete barely or does not exist. Legacypac (talk) 05:19, 20 January 2015 (UTC)


 * Keep. It is notable that this party is claimed to exist.  Of the citations in the article one is a Russian government-controlled source that explicitly claims that it exists: TASS October 2014; that source is evidence that the Russians claim it exists.  Another citation is an American source saying that the Communist Party was not allowed to participate in the Donetsk People's Republic so-called "elections":  Foreign Policy October 2014.  The other two sources provide information about individuals and not the claimed party.  That there are a range of claimed political parties in the Donetsk People's Republic is notable. To what extent these things are fake (like the fake organisations invented by the Cheka in the 1920s) we do not know.  The present Russian government is ran by Chekists, so what else do you expect?  Under Wikipedia rules on original research we cannot speculate.  So the best thing to do is to record the existence of these claimed entities, and build up information on them over time as more information becomes available.--  Toddy1 (talk) 08:33, 20 January 2015 (UTC)
 * Yes, I agree with your point: this is a fake/puppet/nonexistent Party. However, it is also not notable, and therefore this page should be deleted. Note that in your example the page is correctly titled Operation Trust (and it is notable as the famous operation by GPU), not the non-existing Monarchist Union of Central Russia. My very best wishes (talk) 16:37, 23 January 2015 (UTC)


 * Keep. The subject clearly passes WP:V as its existence is mentioned in multiple reliable sources.  The coverage is not particularly deep, though given the public ban I'd be very surprised if there weren't further sources attesting to notability.  —Psychonaut (talk) 09:49, 20 January 2015 (UTC)
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 * Keep. Sufficient RS (though poorly formatted). Pax 09:31, 22 January 2015 (UTC)
 * Delete. This is a non-notable Party - based on currently provided sources that are insufficient to establish notability for a political Party (just a couple of notes in national newspapers). There is no such article even in Russian and Ukrainian wikipedias. My very best wishes (talk) 05:10, 23 January 2015 (UTC)
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 * Keep. Has sufficient RS, including TASS and Foreign policy. Finnusertop (talk &#124; guestbook &#124; contribs) 22:57, 25 January 2015 (UTC)
 * Keep under the policy of Ignore All Rules (Use common sense to improve the encyclopedia). I believe that a comprehensive encyclopedia, which WP professes to be, should include articles on all political parties, their leaders, and their youth sections, without regard to size or ideology. Carrite (talk) 15:37, 26 January 2015 (UTC)
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Keep. I am in Donetsk. I am a Spanish citizen from Barcelona. I assisted to an event organized by the Communist Party of Donetsk People's Republic. This event was organized in the building used by the Central Committee not far from Donetsk down-town. Around 70 people attended the event cellebrating the 90th anniversary of Fidel Castro (13/08/2016). The video can be found here. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gonzo Blogger (talk • contribs) 17:58, 19 August 2016 (UTC)