Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Progressive Dane

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 was Keep. The information is verifiable and the group is reasonably notable on the local level. Amir E. Aharoni (talk) 10:40, 8 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Progressive Dane

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Notability β^_command 16:47, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

• Delete. Local group, not notable beyond one county in Wisconsin. Pastordavid (talk) 18:38, 29 November 2007 (UTC)
• Keep. I'm local and I'm a bit on the fence if the argument is something like importance or impact, but this is the capital city of Wisconsin and arguably one of the most left-leaning enclaves in the U.S., and they easily meet ongoing coverage with plenty of results in Google Books and Google News Archive. It was also briefly part of a statewide reinstantiation of the statewide Progressive Party and the national New Party (USA). As such in a country of would-be progressive politicians they are one of the few that is actually functioning and getting people elected (as opposed to numerous municipal/local noisemaking pressure groups). --Dhartung | Talk 22:05, 29 November 2007 (UTC)
• Delete per notability. Marlith ^T/C 05:12, 4 December 2007 (UTC)
• Keep. I'm local and I was the one who posted this because I was shocked that there wasn't already an entry for PD. It's probably the single-most successful progressive third-party in America today (and perhaps the only surviving branch of the New Party) in terms of elected officials. It currently controls the City Council Presidency and plenty of other local offices, and is widely referred to in the loca media as a bright-line; i.e. someone "is PD or is not PD". Basically, there is no way to understand Madison or Dane County politics without understanding Progressive Dane. Local media often say that there are two parties in Dane County: Progressive Dane and the Democratic Party. This John Nichols piece really sums up the case. Further, the article for Madison, WI Politics includes the obligatory reference to Progressive Dane and its recent legislative victories. --Politics608 | Talk 16:47, 4 December 2007 (UTC)
• Just a quick question, because I'm new at this. The article was first immediately nominated for speedy deletion, and that failed, and then was nominated for deletion, which I hope will fail, but in both cases was done so by somebody using TW. It looks to me like some sort of automated deletion-nominator (among other functions) - is that the case? Did it single out this article because it's a stub? I'm obviously willing to work on it, improve it, etc., but I hope that by this point the subject's notability isn't in question. Thanks for any advice. --Politics608 | Talk 16:22, 7 December 2007 (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.