Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Four Wheel Drive Party

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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 no consensus, leaning towards keep. 3 to delete (counting the nomination), 4 to keep, 1 to merge. -- BD2412 talk 01:32, 15 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Four Wheel Drive Party

Some articles reach out to you to be kept, or at least put up a fight. This one doesn't. NN. Paul 04:56, 6 September 2005 (UTC)

  • Keep and expand. This was one of a group of micro-parties that led to the election of Malcolm Jones to the NSW Legislative council in the 1999 through distribution of preferences. As this article by Marion Sawer of the Australian National University states, the use of these scheme led to a change in the distribution of preferences see [1] Capitalistroadster 07:09, 6 September 2005 (UTC)
  • Merge into Outdoor Recreation Party or Malcolm Jones if there was an article for him. Not notable on its own. --Ektar 08:00, 6 September 2005 (UTC)
  • Weak keep. Needs more information and sources cited. – AxSkov (☏) 08:27, 6 September 2005 (UTC)
  • Keep, needs expansion though. —Felix the Cassowary (ɑe hɪː jɐ) 11:08, 6 September 2005 (UTC)
  • Keep Capitalist has some interesting things to say about them. And don't we have pages on U.S. political parties that haven't won any federal elections? (*cough* United States Green Party *cough*) --best, kevin ···Kzollman | Talk··· 01:10, September 7, 2005 (UTC)
    • Comment I have absolutely nothing against minor parties-they're the best kind, as far as I'm concerned-but to warrant an article, it should at least have a website that shows up on Google when you search its name (especially a party with a distinctive name like this one.) Paul 01:18, 7 September 2005 (UTC)
      • What this isn't good enough for you [2]?  :) Paul has a good point, "Four Wheel Drive Party" -wikipedia turns up only 88 hits and no serious webpage. I'm still okay keeping it, but others might care. --best, kevin ···Kzollman | Talk··· 01:34, September 7, 2005 (UTC)
  • Delete until proven, this article is void of encyclopedic value --Mecanismo 18:26, 7 September 2005 (UTC)
  • Delete. 287 Google hits, but that includes unrelated car websites as well. According to statistics, it got 7,547 votes and was beaten by obviously non-notable parties like Australians against the Promotion of Homosexuality and Young Australians Caring for our Future. It's non-notable even by generous definitions. / Peter Isotalo 21:34, 11 September 2005 (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.