Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Loktantrik Samajwadi Party


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The result was no consensus. Star  Mississippi  16:20, 15 May 2022 (UTC)

Loktantrik Samajwadi Party

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Non-notable political party. Very old prod declined without comment. Doesn't even have an intro, just a random list of crap. No sources. Ten Pound Hammer • (What did I screw up now?) 20:08, 22 April 2022 (UTC) Regarding the representation in state legislature, this is sourced. You can also find the election result here https://ceorajasthan.nic.in/List-stat.htm Party is mentioned https://www.freepressjournal.in/india/fissures-over-symbol-divide-janata-parivar (as part of Janata merger process), Lohia anniversary celebrated by party https://www.dailypioneer.com/2021/state-editions/---lohia-dedicated-his-life-to-fight-against-discrimination---.html, another ref on 2008 Rajasthan state legislature https://www.indiatoday.in/latest-headlines/story/gehlot-wins-trust-vote-bsp-backs-govt-36517-2009-01-03 , https://www.hindustantimes.com/delhi/bjp-says-ram-jethmalani-is-party-rs-candidate-from-rajasthan/story-KOC4lUYlUr5q1oEimXy0iL.html , party website http://www.lspindia.org/ , glimpse of party flag https://thehinduimages.com/listing-page.php?searchTerm=searchImage&searchKeywords=LOKTANTRIK%20SAMAJWADI%20PARTY , alliance in 2008 Chhattisgarh election https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/left-gives-us-an-idea-of-third-alternative/articleshow/3715322.cms?from=mdr , founded in 1994 by members of parliament https://books.google.at/books?id=VLShQ-Zq8TMC&pg=PA31 , 1999 protest against NATO bombing Serbia https://books.google.at/books?id=B6aqciIXBdQC&pg=PA113 , roots in Janata Dal, led by Raghu Thakur https://books.google.at/books?id=ViZuAAAAMAAJ (p. 126), " In July 2006, Chhattisgarh State General Secretary of Loktantrik Samajwadi Party , Ashok Panda" https://books.google.at/books?id=jwgNAQAAMAAJ (p. 32), " A court in Jabalpur on Oct 24 issued arrest warrants against Union Labour Minister Sharad Yadav, president of All India Loktantrik Samajwadi Party Raghu Thakur and 67 others in connection with a case of “ attempted murder ” ." https://books.google.at/books?id=dXtDAAAAYAAJ (p. 962) --Soman (talk) 23:05, 22 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Politics and India. Ten Pound Hammer • (What did I screw up now?) 20:08, 22 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Delete: Note that there is a party in Nepal with exactly the same name which is notable, Loktantrik Samajwadi Party, Nepal. I'm surprised that no reliable sources seem to exist for a party that held a seat in a regional parliament. A search in both English and Hindi returned no sources, and the Wikidata item indicates no other language version exists. Curbon7 (talk) 22:33, 22 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Keep - here a reminder of AfD basics is necessary. AfD is not the place to complain about the quality of articles. If the article is missing intro etc, please improve it. The key point here is notability, which per WP:NPOL is easily confirmed with the party having held a seat in state legislature (which btw, is sourced). --Soman (talk) 22:46, 22 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Improve it with what? The sources that just proved don't exist? Ten Pound Hammer • (What did I screw up now?) 22:50, 22 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Political parties operate under WP:NORG, not WP:NPOL. NORG explicitly states that "". Curbon7 (talk) 22:57, 22 April 2022 (UTC)


 * Key word "mentioned". Those all seem like passing mentions. Ten Pound Hammer • (What did I screw up now?) 23:10, 22 April 2022 (UTC)


 * Some Hindi references https://www.jagran.com/uttar-pradesh/sidharth-nagar-12480465.html, https://www.bhaskar.com/news/MP-OTH-MAT-latest-bhind-news-043003-1284625-NOR.html , https://www.raigarhtopnews.com/national-president-of-loktantrik-samajwadi-party-raghu-thakur-will-also-reach-kharsia-from-bhopal-to-pay-tribute-to-bhakta/ , https://halehulchal.com/memorandum-submitted-to-collector-regarding-5-point-demands-in-democratic-samajwadi-party/ , https://www.naidunia.com/madhya-pradesh/sagar-sagar-news-188617 , https://sathisandesh.in/?p=38800 , https://www.pragatimedia.org/2020/09/Madhya-pradesh-breaking-pm-news.html , http://cnin.co.in/single.php?id=6705 --Soman (talk) 23:19, 22 April 2022 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Liz Read! Talk! 23:20, 29 April 2022 (UTC) Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America1000 09:46, 7 May 2022 (UTC)
 * if you have all these sources, please put them in the article yourself rather than on the AFD page. User:力 (powera, π,  ν ) 17:59, 23 April 2022 (UTC)
 *  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Comment – Note that it is perfectly acceptable for sources to be denoted in AfD discussions. The provision of said sources is often crucial to demonstrate topic notability, or lack thereof. North America1000 09:46, 7 May 2022 (UTC)
 *  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.


 * Keep. I think we should endevour to have articles on all parties that have had seats in state or national assemblies. There is something on its founding in this book (which involved three sitting MPs (all notable enough to have WP articles).  It's a stretch for NORG, but at least its enough to write a meaningful stub which is better than the random list of factoids we have now. SpinningSpark 14:22, 8 May 2022 (UTC)


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