Wikipedia:Notability (political parties)

A discussion on the notability of articles for political parties and groups has been on going for some time now.

Unlike most other organisations and bodies, the Wikipedia policy on Political Parties seems, to be fair, threadbare. This policy discussion aims to improve the situation, which should assist the current Political Party project and our attitude towards articles on parties standing for election across the world.

The aim for the project was to assist in formulating a plan; the assorted AfD's for political parties often shows that the attitude of some editors is "if they stand for election, they are automatically notable". This attitude has been altered slightly with some success, but the policy discussion has shown that Political Parties are very much "special cases" when it comes to notability guides. Indeed, what may be perfectly acceptable in the United Kingdom or United States may cause unexpected issues for parties in, say, Italy, or Nepal.

The following is copied from the original discussion on my user page.

I am a loyal and proud Wikipedian, who saw the "gap" in the notability policy with regards to Political Parties. I trust that together the debate can formulate a policy for the good of the project. The original discussions can be found on my talk page.

Draft proposal on Notability of Political Party Articles

Without prejudice to existing notability articles, Wikipedia editors should take heed of the following provisions/clauses when dealing with articles about political parties, or political "lists" where appropriate.

Amendments will be made when felt appropriate following dicussion at the talk page