Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Direct Democracy

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The result was delete. and then redirect to Direct democracy. JohnCD (talk) 22:39, 12 February 2010 (UTC)

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Per the PROD-tag which was [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Direct_Democracy&diff=341364734&oldid=341098269 removed without explanation or improvement to the article] earlier this week ╟─Treasury Tag►Lord Speaker─╢ 13:34, 5 February 2010 (UTC)

:For the record, that PROD rationale was, in relevant part, "This group's existence... is only backed up by a dead link to a newspaper website." The PRODding editor also notes that a list of members of the organization was deleted per BLP. UltraExactZZ ^Said~ Did 13:52, 5 February 2010 (UTC)

Comment. I see references to the party at Google News, mostly in connection with Douglas Carswell, one of its founders. The pamphlet noted in the article appears to have been published via Lulu, which seems to be a vanity press. Might be more to it, but I can't find anything about the party itself, just its founder. I'll look at this one some more. UltraExactZZ ^Said~ Did 13:52, 5 February 2010 (UTC)
Note: This debate has been included in the list of United Kingdom-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 23:19, 5 February 2010 (UTC)
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politics-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 23:19, 5 February 2010 (UTC)

Delete ~~then redirect to Douglas Carswell~~. It's really not a notable campaign. I think The Times said it well: "AFTER the last election a group of new Tory MPs wrote a pamphlet called Direct Democracy, an Agenda for a New Model Party, which espoused ideas for decentralising power. No one took much notice."[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article6832333.ece?print=yes&randnum=1151003209000] Fences&Windows 21:23, 6 February 2010 (UTC)
Delete - Organisations for which the only sources are the blogs of its members are not notable, no matter who said members are. Bnynms (talk) 13:57, 8 February 2010 (UTC)

Redirect to Direct democracy. I can't find any sources to establish notability. IMHO, most people who query this term are probably curious about the form of government, not Douglas Carswell. I just fixed a bazillion inbound links from articles that incorrectly used capital letters to refer to direct democracy. --Explodicle (T/C) 16:06, 8 February 2010 (UTC)

Note to closing admin - If you delete this article you should also delete the Direct Democracy (United Kingdom) redirect. If this article is kept, it should be moved to occupy this less ambiguous title to prevent confusion (see above). --Explodicle (T/C) 16:06, 8 February 2010 (UTC)

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