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The result was merge to United States Pirate Party. PhantomSteve/talk|contribs\ 04:26, 23 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Pirate Party of Oklahoma

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I am requesting a Redirect to United States Pirate Party on the grounds that this state chapter of the Pirate Party is non-notable. It has no official recognition in the state of Oklahoma, has never run a candidate for office, and has received no substantial news coverage. MelanieN (talk) 23:10, 6 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Comment The reason I am bringing this redirect request to AfD is that I previously suggested a redirect on the article's talk page, but the suggestion was contested. --MelanieN (talk) 23:15, 6 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Comment I see from the author's talk page that a previous article, Pirate party of oklahoma (note the slightly different capitalization), was speedy-deleted in August 2010. Apparently it was promptly recreated by the same author. --MelanieN (talk) 23:23, 6 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Merge. Both articles are quite long. Although there is a lot of overlap, it may be possible to improve United States Pirate Party. About the speedy: I don't think this one qualifies for WP:A7 since it asserts an affiliation with the notable US Pirate Party. --N Y Kevin @029, i.e. 23:41, 6 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Oklahoma-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 02:04, 7 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Organizations-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 02:05, 7 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politics-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 02:05, 7 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Keep -- The United States Pirate Party is all but a defunct organization (I can say that as I am listed on the Board of Directors), the Oklahoma Pirate Party has all but (and possibly has) withdrew its support from the United States Pirate Party and is acting as an independent state party. Not only is that the case, but by US Law there is no such thing as a "National Party" there are only state parties, and national committees. Since each state has to be incorporated separately and OK already has its own independent incorporation I think it should be its own article. ☠ Travis "TeamColtra" McCrea ☠ - (T)(C) 21:44, 8 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Question Do you have any independent, reliable sources to support any of this information? All I can find to indicate current activity is the websites of the parties. The state organization's website was last updated in December 2010. The national party's website was last updated in January 2011. Neither seems to be very active. A Google News search finds recent news about Pirate Parties in other countries, but not the US. The state organization still claims affiliation with the national party. [1] --MelanieN (talk) 04:58, 9 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:00, 13 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Delete no claim of notability. 1 year old (so no tradition), no real coverage, failed to gain ballot access. MLA (talk) 08:21, 13 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Merge to United States Pirate Party per NYKevin. 123Hedgehog456 11:53, 13 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Merge to United States Pirate Party per nom. and NYKevin. --JayJasper (talk) 03:54, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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