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. Owen× ☎ 19:22, 24 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Progressive Democrats of America (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View log | edits since nomination)

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Most articles cited on this page are either pages from PDA's own website or articles about its founder. I can't find anything much better on Google; most coverage of PDA is passing mentions of it, usually when PDA teams up with a bunch of other progressive groups to release a "__ progressive groups call for __"-type press release. Previously nominated for deletion 18 years ago; I think it's time to reassess. BottleOfChocolateMilk (talk) 17:37, 17 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

• Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Organizations, Politics, and United States of America. Shellwood (talk) 17:56, 17 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete: Found some GNG level coverage at [[1]] but concur with the nom analysis. Without better sourcing this fails WP:NORG, but please ping me if more sourcing is found Let'srun (talk) 14:59, 20 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete: I tried to identify a viable ATD, but I don't think either the 04 convention or Kucinich's campaign are an ideal fit.In the event this is retained, promotional language (and copyvio) such as "PDA's mission is to strengthen the voice..." needs to be removed. Star Mississippi 18:07, 20 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

• Don't Delete: I find nothing wrong with the references in the footnotes. Some are scholarly works, some are from PDA sources. Nothing wrong with using those for an account of PDA. However, PDA is an active Progressive group in American politics. Cryptic suggestions to delete this useful, neutral article may have unmentioned motivationsThey should be carefully scrutinized. DrWJK DrWJK (talk) 04:47, 23 July 2024 (UTC)DrWJK (talk) 04:53, 23 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Ironically, your conspiracy theories make it seem like you're the one with a surreptitious bias. BottleOfChocolateMilk (talk) 05:23, 23 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, I want to keep Wikipedia out of US politics. You? DrWJK (talk) 05:44, 23 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I was paid a hefty sum by the Trump campaign to nominate this page for deletion, as they believe the existence of this Wikipedia page poses an "imminent threat" to Trump's chances of victory. It's not much, but it's honest work BottleOfChocolateMilk (talk) 18:39, 23 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

— DrWJK (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic. Star Mississippi 00:53, 24 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Please read N:ORG. That's what the nomination is about, not unmentioned motivations. Star Mississippi 11:12, 23 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

A search in Google Scholar of "Progressive Democrats of America" turns up over 200 scholarly articles. This alone is significant coverage of a notable organization in US politics. (Read what I said about the footnotes to the Wikipedia article in the two or three sentences before "unmentioned motivations.") The "nomination for deletion" is not appropriate for Wikipedia, and should be withdrawn or denied. DrWJK (talk) 18:41, 23 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Sources connected with PDA absolutely cannot be used, nor can a google search. This will not be "denied" (which is also not a thing) so please either find appropriate sources or move on to another topic. Star Mississippi 00:53, 24 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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