Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Platycrat Party (United States)

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result of the debate was delete. Sjakkalle (Check!) 10:51, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Platycrat Party (United States)

No assertion of importance, no sources, created by (apparent) founder. Google search of "Platycrat" turns up nothing. —Cuiviénen (Cuivië) 16:39, 8 March 2006 (UTC)

• Delete per nom. JPD (talk) 16:48, 8 March 2006 (UTC)
• A "political party" with no sources? Bullocks. Delete. Ned Wilbury 17:16, 8 March 2006 (UTC)
• Delete. Looks like something User:Myselfalso made up. — TheKMan^talk 17:28, 8 March 2006 (UTC)
• Delete. Pure fiction. Slowmover 17:34, 8 March 2006 (UTC)
• Delete. Complete nonsense. -- Krash (Talk) 17:36, 8 March 2006 (UTC)
• Delete. WP:NFT Bucketsofg 21:09, 8 March 2006 (UTC)
• Keep. I'm actually running as a write-in candidate in the 105th Pennsylvania District. Whether or not it's chose to be deleted is your choice, but it is a legitimate political party, as it has a--albeit small--group of members. --myselfalso 21:23, 8 March 2006 (UTC)

The article also mentions Canada. It was not a valid party in the most recent federal election in Canada in January 2006. There are no Google hits. There does not appear to be a website. I suggest that without a source to prove its existence, it remains a solid delete.Slowmover 21:56, 8 March 2006 (UTC)

• Comment: It may be real, but if it's not covered by sources, I don't see how there can be an encyclopedia article on it. Ned Wilbury 21:42, 8 March 2006 (UTC)
• I can attest to seeing signs of this party's existence throughout this district, although I am surprised to see that no official website seems to have been found. Perhaps they are under an unassuming URL, I'll do a check to see if the domain itself has even been purchased. But this small party does have some impact around at least the rurals of the area. Gorosaurus 01:34, 9 March 2006 (UTC)
• I agree that this page should be kept. I firmly believe in maintaining third parties in America and, while this one is clearly small, I see no reason to attempt to eliminate what may be its greatest current chance to grow into a greater aspect of the American democratic system; that is, existence in a recognized source of nonpartisan information. At the very least, the search should be continued for the party's website, if it exists. Even if there isn't one, I don't see that as a reason to remove it. It's certainly not offensive and may actually spur political discussion which can only be a good thing. --Mkw001 15:57, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

Please read WP:NOT. Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, not a forum. This article is without sources and otherwise unverifiable. Therefore, it should be deleted. Where is the "105th Pennsylvania District"? What is the name of the supposed person running for this party? etc. etc. Slowmover 16:28, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

Comment I believe you're misconstruing what Mkw001 was saying. The Platycrat Party (United States) on Wikipedia would give exposure on a wider basis to allow the party to grow. That having been said, I do know that Wikipedia is not a forum. The reason I put the Platycrat Party on Wikipedia is because the party is a legitimate grassroots organization, founded in 2000 and fielding its first candidate in 2006, granted it's a write-in. --myselfalso 18:26, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

One begins to wonder when all these assertions will be supported by some facts (who is that candidate again?). Until then .... Slowmover 21:44, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

• Comment If you look on the Platycrat Party (United States) article, you can see that it says who is running and where the district is located in Pennsylvania. --myselfalso 22:13, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

• Comment Does this party have anythign to do with this? [1] Lurker 16:34, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

  Who knows? That link is "socialist platypus" not "platycrat", the pictorial symbol is not the same, and it's a Geocities site, which is a personal web host, so I think it doesn't count.Slowmover 17:02, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

• Delete, please come back in a year or when it gets someone elected. Stifle 00:57, 12 March 2006 (UTC)
• Delete, no google hits outside of Wikipedia, no other sources mentioned. -- Ravn 14:08, 14 March 2006 (UTC)
• Comment I don't buy 'no Google hits' because Google takes longer to crawl sites. Granted, Yahoo! has yet to make a non-Wikipedia hit, but that will change. --myselfalso 21:36, 14 March 2006 (UTC)
  • Comment. Well, we don't really need to be racing ahead of Google on this one. Slowmover 21:40, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.