Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Democratic Party (Confederate States of America)
- 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 delete. JohnCD (talk) 19:55, 16 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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Procedural nomination. {{Hoax}} tag was added to article by North Shoreman (talk · contribs); see article talk page for rationale.
I am neutral. —KuyaBriBriTalk 15:57, 9 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- Delete It is a well known fact (at least among Civil War folks)that there were no nationally organized political parties in the Confederate States of America. While there was certainly political opposition to the Davis administration, it never coalesced into a political party. On the articles discussion page I referenced George Rable's "The Confederate Republic: A Revolution Against Politics” and quoted from William J. Cooper Jr.’s “Jefferson Davis, American” to support this fact. Although a website link was added to the article, the link DOES NOT supportthe existence of this party. Tom (North Shoreman) (talk) 16:10, 9 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
As the creator of the article, I vote to delete it. I did not do it out of any malicious intent, I had simply thought that there was, in fact, a Confederate counterpart to the Democratic Party. Perhaps there could be an article (or mention in a Confederate politics article) about the "party politics" (or lack thereof) of the Confederacy. --Mrdie (talk) 04:20, 11 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- Keep Article is definitely not a hoax, as it clearly states this was the de facto party. Lack of organization does not change that. Edward321 (talk) 15:13, 13 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- That may be what the ARTICLE says -- however where is there a RELIABLE SOURCE that says so? I will add a fact tag to that claim and, once that is eliminated, there is no substance to the article. Tom (North Shoreman) (talk) 17:37, 13 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- Delete Even the creator of the article admits (and thank you for your honesty) that he did not have any real source for this article; it was simply his belief. I like the suggestion of adding information about political parties (or lack of them) to the Confederacy article, but this one should go. --MelanieN (talk) 04:35, 14 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- Delete. Most Southern politicians had been Democrats before the war and were Democrats again after the war, but sources would be necessary to call them Democrats during the war when the political playing field was so completely changed. Eluchil404 (talk) 03:25, 16 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- 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.