Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Green Party of Lebanon


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The result was   keep. (non-admin closure) Tim Song (talk) 00:10, 13 November 2009 (UTC)

Green Party of Lebanon

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fails WP:GNG. Available references are entirely limited (in my searches) to the GPL website and some blogs announcing that it has been founded. The party has won no seats in any election that I can find, and appears to be effectively a fringe party. Ironholds (talk) 22:21, 6 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep. |en|%2520%25D8%25AD%25D8%25B2%25D8%25A8%2520%25D8%25A7%25D9%2584%25D8%25AE%25D8%25B6%25D8%25B1%2520%25D8%25A7%25D9%2584%25D9%2584%25D8%25A8%25D9%2586%25D8%25A7%25D9%2586%25D9%258A%25E2%2580%258E%2520 This is a Google translation of a search on the party's Arabic name, which I think gives enough references to establish notability. This is an English-language newspaper article. -- Eastmain (talk) 23:42, 6 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Lebanon-related deletion discussions.  -- Eastmain (talk) 23:42, 6 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politics-related deletion discussions.  -- Eastmain (talk) 23:42, 6 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment. I added several newspaper references. -- Eastmain (talk) 00:43, 7 November 2009 (UTC)
 * keep the glp, is a pioneering parrty, the first green party in lebsnon,it may have the clearest agenda of all lebanese parties, eventhough it is still a young one, it is very socially active and is heavily campaining for environmrntal and development causes. the fact that it did not win any seats in the elections isa mere detail. could user:ironhead please let us know how he decided that the subject is not notable, personally i find this nomination for deletion silly Eli  +  06:31, 7 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep per Eli+. Eklipse (talk) 08:38, 7 November 2009 (UTC)
 * note organization notability criteria " Evidence of attention by international or national, or at least regional, media is a strong indication of notability. On the other hand, attention solely from local media, or media of limited interest and circulation, is not an indication of notability." there are ample examples of national media taking interrest in the party as user eastmain pointed out Eli  +  08:45, 7 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep. Has received sufficient depth of coverage in multiple national sources in English and Arabic to consider the party notable. Fences  &amp;  Windows  15:28, 7 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep. Notability is established by a more than average number of sources for a Lebanese political party article. As for the nominator's claim about seats in parliament, notability has nothing to do with political representation: by that logic, the Lebanese Communist Party, the American Constitution Party, and Canadian Green Party should all be deleted. Mnation2 (talk) 19:28, 7 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep Notability is there. --Supreme Deliciousness (talk) 15:28, 8 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep - from personal experience (I have not checked online) they have extensive coverage in the media. I do pity them though - trying to convince the Lebanese to stop hunting and littering is a hard task. - Peripitus (Talk) 20:47, 11 November 2009 (UTC)
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