Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Renegade Party


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The result was delete. Sarahj2107 (talk) 07:39, 2 June 2016 (UTC)

Renegade Party

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Doesn't meet WP:GNG. The sources that aren't blogs and twitter do not mention the subject. Can't find any other sources. At best, this appears to be WP:TOOSOON. Kolbasz (talk) 08:59, 18 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of United States of America-related deletion discussions. Kolbasz (talk) 09:02, 18 May 2016 (UTC)
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 * Delete The sources included in the article do not establish notability as they are not third-party sources. Additionally, the only few included third-party sources due not mention the subject. &mdash; Music1201  talk  21:41, 18 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Keep More references have been added since the last poster and nominator posted here. Currently at least three references in the article do directly mention the article subject. See here, "Renegade Party: A New Home For Conservative Rebels", and here, "A Third Political Party is Born: 'The Renegade Party'", here,, and here, "Bill Kristol Announces The Renegade Party to Oppose Trump and Clinton" . The article subject passes WP:GNG because it has received significant coverage from numerous sources, as well, it has crossed the threshold of WP:N Notability and should be retained at wikipedia. Fouetté rond de jambe en tournant (talk) 00:46, 19 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Delete Irrelevancy.--Dribblingod (talk) 02:03, 19 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Delete for sheer dearth of sources (I looked). We can revisit if this becomes a thing, but even then creator might do better to start it as a section  of Never Trump.E.M.Gregory (talk) 18:06, 20 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Keep I agree with the argument of Fouette above. There are the cited references listed above in the pathos, politistik, and the libertarian republic, that contain significant coverage to have the article pass GNG. Plus there are at this point nine references listed in the article. Those saying there are no mentions are not correct. Maybe their google is not working. Maybeparaphrased (talk) 21:52, 20 May 2016 (UTC)
 * There are nine references used in this article. Of these, one is Bill Kristol's Twitter and one is their official account on Twitter. These are primary sources and therefore not valid sources proving the notoriety of the Renegade Party. This makes seven sources usable for this discussion. Three of sources are not actually articles about the Renegade Party. While they may be valid sources for use in the article's content, they are not about the Renegade Party and do not prove its notability. All four articles that are actually about the Renegade Party are on sites which are not notable enough for Wikipedia articles, such as blogs, and are not reliable for determining if this is a notable political party, especially given they all seem to have partisan tendencies which I would associate to this Twitter account, just by glancing at their sites and looking at some of their headlines. In essence, this leaves zero valid sources proving the notability of the Renegade Party. Nuke (talk) 03:10, 22 May 2016 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Delete due to the fact this article is about a Twitter account, not a political party. I'm ordinarily not a fan of deleting articles and planned to abstain, but until they've applied to become a registered political party in at least one state, this should be regarded as, quite simply, a Twitter account. Nuke (talk) 03:10, 22 May 2016 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, st170e talk 01:35, 25 May 2016 (UTC) The Renagade Party has launched and there is a very strong movement behind it. On Sunday, May 29th, 2016, Bill Kristol announced: "There will be an independent candidate--an impressive one, with a strong team and a real chance."
 * Revisiting. Searched. There really is nothing beyond the rather off-the-cuff (trial balloon?) announcement. Not even worth rolling into Never Trump.  I continue to suggest that we delete, with no prejudice against re-creation if it ever actually becomes, you know, a political party.  Or even a think that outlasts the brief micro-flurry this generated.E.M.Gregory (talk) 18:02, 26 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Where, on Twitter? Asking because I can't find a news media source on this "launch".E.M.Gregory (talk) 13:59, 30 May 2016 (UTC)


 * Delete as there's nothing at all actually convincing of solid independent notability, only newly started and contains only expected coverage because of controversy. SwisterTwister   talk  07:02, 2 June 2016 (UTC)


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