Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Madaraka Party of Kenya

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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 was keep. Neıl ☎ 14:55, 18 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Madaraka Party of Kenya

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This page was previously prodded, but it was declined citing it is a registered political party. First of all, I really don't think being a registered party in Kenya is a proof of notability. Registering a party is a very simple procedure in Kenya and there are well over 100 registered parties.

Secondly, the latest list (November, 2007) of registered parties in Kenya does not recognise this party, while an older version of the list, dated September 17, 2007 still includes the party. The party does not field any parliamentary or civic candidates at the upcoming December general elections. This implies that the party does not exist anymore, was registered only for a year or so, and never fielded candidates at any elections. (Note external links are mostly from Electoral Commission of Kenya website, which may be sometimes very slow) Julius Sahara (talk) 08:27, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

  • Keep, google search gives quite a lot of results, not just wiki mirrors, at least to assert notability to keep the article. --Soman (talk) 21:22, 15 December 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep - I can follow Julius' reasoning, but not fielding candidates doesn't necessarily make a party defunct. As mentioned above, the Ghits I found also were diverse and, while not demonstrating a party of major importance, seemed to indicate a small presence in Kenyan politics. I don't see a convincing reason to cut this one out. Tijuana Brass (talk) 08:19, 16 December 2007 (UTC)
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