Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Neighborhood Voice Party

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The result was delete. Wizardman _{Operation Big Bear} 18:13, 20 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Neighborhood Voice Party[edit]

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local party with local notability; fails WP:ORG Ironholds (talk) 22:53, 14 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politics-related deletion discussions. -- Panyd^{The muffin is not subtle} 01:10, 15 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Illinois-related deletion discussions. -- Panyd^{The muffin is not subtle} 01:11, 15 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - clearly fails notability guidelines; no significant coverage in reliable sources. Robofish (talk) 01:37, 15 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - Lacks significant coverage in reliable sources. This is a local community paper that provides a brief mention as part of local election coverage. That's all I found. -- Whpq (talk) 14:10, 15 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Comment - The below comment was left at Wikipedia talk:Articles for deletion/Neighborhood Voice Party. I have moved it here as this is the appropriate discussion venue. -- Whpq (talk) 19:18, 15 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Elmwood Park is a town of 24,000 people and has two major political parties, one of which is the Neighborhood Voice Party. It is no surprise that the only reference to the party is in the Elm Leaves / Pioneer Press -- the village's weekly local paper -- as the town is small and not of major relevance to major media outlets. The Elm Leaves is the village's only local paper and contains at least three articles on each party.

The Neighborhood Voice Party is a registered political party which can be verified through the Illinois State Board of Elections.

This page should not be deleted because it contains factual, verifiable information of historical, political and local interest; however, the page can be edited to remove references to improper categories (such as "Major Political Party"). I will remove such references if it is decided that the page should not be slated for deletion. — Preceding unsigned comment added by MattyW18 (talk • contribs)

Comment - I have removed material from the article as it did not adhere to a neutral point of vierw and was a borderline attack on political opponents. (See this edit by me: [1]). As for notability, WP:ORG would seem to apply in this case, and per WP:ORG#Primary criteria's discussion audience, I don't see how this rises beyond strictly local coverage. "On the other hand, attention solely from local media, or media of limited interest and circulation, is not an indication of notability; at least one regional, national, or international source is necessary." -- Whpq (talk) 19:33, 15 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. Since the article creator brought up "local interest": per Whpq's citation of WP:ORG#Primary criteria above: "attention solely from local media, or media of limited interest and circulation, is not an indication of notability". Article creator has already stated that he believes that things that go on in Elmwood Park are "not of major relevance to major media outlets". Not only is this entity not notable, I'm not sure it could ever become notable without some more notable external event affecting it. This "party", by definition, can never have more than 7 candidates, the maximum size of a village board under Illinois state law. I'm having almost no success finding anything about this party even being "a registered political party which can be verified through the Illinois State Board of Elections". I'm having trouble seeing any indication the ISBE even tracks organized "parties" other than the Democrats, Republicans, and Greens. There is a "Committee to Elect Neighborhood Voice Party" (political committee ID number 23093) — maybe that's what the article creator meant by "registered political party". This committee has only existed for 3 months. Someone seems to have an exaggerated idea of what sort of thing is of historical interest. (Presumably, the state of Illinois has at least 23,902 other committees so far. That's almost as many committees in Illinois as Elmwood Park has residents.) Also, this committee's Form D-1 Statement of Organization says that it is a "political party committee" but its political party affiliation is "Independent" but its purpose is "To support candidacy of Neighborhood Voice Party candidates for Trustee in Elmwood Park". Probably some legal reason for why it is filled out that way. --Closeapple (talk) 09:41, 16 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Comment The Neighborhood Voice Party have exactly zero citations in Google News. Their opponents, the United Party of Elmwood Park, have 1. Anarchangel (talk) 23:42, 19 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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