Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ontario Alternative (2nd nomination)

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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.

[edit] Ontario Alternative

The result was delete and redirect to Reform Party of Ontario. A Traintalk 14:28, 8 October 2007 (UTC)

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The second nomination for the article. The party is not running any candidates in the upcoming Ontario election, and nomination for candidates has closed - besides, even if they were to nominate candiates, the party is not recognized as official by Elections Ontario. Furthermore, only three sources on the party exist (one being the party's website), which leads me to believe that this is a vanity page.

The past nomination failed as it was believed that the party was seeking recognition and would nominate candidates, which at this point, will not happen. As neither of these requirements have been met, the article should be deleted. Morgan695 19:20, 30 September 2007 (UTC)

  • Delete per nom. They're not notable, and the article shouldn't be kept. They've done nothing to get themselves recognized by Elections Ontario. GreenJoe 19:52, 30 September 2007 (UTC) I would also be open to a redirect to Reform Party of Ontario, but I think the article should be deleted before a redirect. GreenJoe 14:26, 3 October 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete or Merge with Reform Party of Ontario. It took me a little while to figure out what was going on here but The "Ontario Alternative" web page leads one to Reform Party of Ontario, which was a party name that had been blocked for use on the provincial level by the former federal Reform Party, which has now become part of the Conservative Party (whew!). Anyway, Reform Party of Ontario says it is running two candidates in the October election as per their website, which has another misleading name. I've confirmed that both candidates are getting press that says they're Reform Party of Ontario members. I guess (cannot confirm) that they were going to call themselves Ontario Alternative until they found out they could use Reform Party of Ontario, and heaven knows what they're registered with Elections Ontario as. Frankly, I think deletion would be kindest; this party has enough problems without encouraging people to be confused about what they're called. (As near as I can tell, this is people for whom the furthest-right federal government in decades is not far enough to the right.) Accounting4Taste 01:00, 1 October 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete - it is not a recognized party by Elections Ontario, and has not garnered any press coverage so no reliable sources. -- Whpq 13:12, 2 October 2007 (UTC)
Comment: national post and ottawa citizen are reliable sources so "no" press coverage is incorrect. having said that, the coverage was not very long-lasting.
Comment - true enough. They managed to make it to the level of being a news item, but there's not real ongoing coverage. -- Whpq 14:22, 3 October 2007 (UTC)

Canuckle 18:16, 2 October 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.