Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Western Arctic New Democratic Party


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The result was   delete. Courcelles 09:08, 14 June 2011 (UTC)

Western Arctic New Democratic Party

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No such party exists. No references. Riding association is not notable. Me-123567-Me (talk) 20:10, 6 June 2011 (UTC)
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 * Delete fails WP:GNG and WP:ORG nothing in gnews. LibStar (talk) 10:47, 7 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete, no coverage whatsoever in any third party, independent sources. OCNative (talk) 12:36, 9 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep - This appears to the be the territorial offshoot of the New Democratic Party, which is essentially one of the three "major parties" in Canada. I'm gonna use an old favorite, the OTHERSTUFFEXISTS argument: North Dakota Republican Party. Utah Democratic Party. Liberal Democratic Party (New South Wales). National Action Party Jalisco. See the pattern? MAJOR PARTY + PROVINCIAL UNIT = NOTABLE. Yes, there is information out there on the New Democratic Party's activity in the Northwest Territories. That's the subject of this article. Carrite (talk) 05:27, 11 June 2011 (UTC)
 * both North Dakota Republican Party and Utah Democratic Party contain members who are/were elected representatives at state or higher level. Liberal Democratic Party (New South Wales) included notable members. Western Arctic New Democratic Party does not meet this. LibStar (talk) 08:58, 11 June 2011 (UTC)
 * National Action Party Jalisco easily passes WP:GNG. see gnews. and also has an elected representative. LibStar (talk) 09:00, 11 June 2011 (UTC)
 * WP:OTHERSTUFF isn't an argument in favour of keeping an article. It must be kept on its own merits. Me-123567-Me (talk) 18:12, 11 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Sure OTHERSTUFF is an argument — just not a very good one. Actually, there is a role for precedent at AFD and we use it all the time. The question here, which I may be wrong about, is whether this is the territorial affiliate of the NDP. If it is, it should be in as a notable per se political organization, end of story. If it is not, there's not enough sourcing and it should go away. Carrite (talk) 03:36, 14 June 2011 (UTC)


 * Delete Unofficial "party", not affiliated with the New Democratic Party. Not a province-wide group like the OTHERSTUFF examples given above; it seems to be limited to a single riding. No outside coverage. --MelanieN (talk) 21:37, 12 June 2011 (UTC)
 * As a side note, there is only one federal riding in the Northwest Territories. Same boundaries as the territory. Me-123567-Me (talk) 02:05, 13 June 2011 (UTC)
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