Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The People's Choice (political party)


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The result was   delete.  Sandstein  08:06, 9 April 2012 (UTC)

The People's Choice (political party)

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Non-notable political party. This local party has only ever received a tiny handful of votes, and has never had any elected candidates or come close to electing any. I can't find any coverage of it in reliable sources beyond the trivial. Robofish (talk) 00:49, 25 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politics-related deletion discussions.  —Tom Morris (talk) 09:01, 25 March 2012 (UTC)

A few comments for information: National scope missing maybe, but has contested national elections, albeit not from every seat in the nation but from a group of close constituencies. As for reliable sources, try the party's registration and annual returns as the Electoral Commission (which is as reliable as it gets!) and the Notice of Election etc issued by the Returning Officers for the elections - again, as reliable as it gets. Emeraude (talk) 14:28, 25 March 2012 (UTC)
 * I agree, more or less. This is an interesting, well-written and well-sourced article that is neutral in tone. Yet I can't help thinking that another wiki might provide a better home for this piece. As far as I can tell from the article, it doesn't meet the criteria of national scope or impact recommended at WP:ORG. --Hroðulf (or Hrothulf) (Talk) 11:04, 25 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Delete. I am writing this in a pub in Croydon, I asked another Croydonian and we are agreed that the party is not notable. &mdash; RHaworth (talk · contribs) 12:12, 25 March 2012 (UTC)
 * I don't dispute that the information in the article is true; only that the subject of it is notable by Wikipedia's standards. As WP:ORG says, 'An organization is generally considered notable if it has been the subject of significant coverage in reliable, independent secondary sources.' Emphasis on significant coverage: trivial coverage in political databases is not enough. As for 'has contested national elections', its best result in a general election was in Croydon South in 2001, where it got 0.4% of the vote. In local elections, it did once get 453 votes in one ward, but even that amounts to only around 10% of the vote. We have to draw the line somewhere, and a party which has never elected even a single councillor is just not important enough to deserve an article. Robofish (talk) 17:45, 25 March 2012 (UTC)
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 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ron Ritzman (talk) 01:56, 1 April 2012 (UTC)


 * Delete No coverage in British national press. --Colapeninsula (talk) 13:12, 2 April 2012 (UTC)
 * A selective merge to Croydon local elections might be appropriate. Not independently notable. Fences  &amp;  Windows  18:24, 2 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Delete, it would be generous even to describe them as a micro-party. Per above, I wouldn't mind a very selective merge to/mention on Croydon local elections, but given that the party seems to be outpolled on a semi-regular basis by the Official Monster Raving Loony Party, even that is being generous.  Lankiveil (speak to me) 00:24, 9 April 2012 (UTC).
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