Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Western Canada Concept

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The result was keep‎. (non-admin closure) Toadspike [Talk] 23:12, 15 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Western Canada Concept

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Delete or merge / redirect to Western alienation, per WP:ORG. Minor, fringe political party that ran in a few elections and by-elections, garnering less than 1% each time. No significant coverage in secondary, reliable sources available online, or in BC provincial archives that I could find. Perhaps it warrants a mention at Western alienation if reliable source(s) are found, but the topic has not had sources to demonstrate standalone notability in over two decades. Yue🌙 19:25, 8 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Organizations, Politics, and Canada. Yue🌙 19:25, 8 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Keep The Western Canada Concept no longer has a presence of any significance in Canadian politics (thankfully), but it attracted a significant amount of media coverage in the 1980s and early 1990s, and it's been given non-trivial mention in several published works on Canadian politics. (A search for the phrase "Western Canada Concept" on the Internet Archive's "Search Text Contents" function yields 632 text sources. Even accounting for some duplication, that's a credible amount.)
Many organizations that were notable in the pre-internet age don't have much of an online presence now; this is one of them. CJCurrie (talk) 01:06, 9 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

By the way, I should mention that the Western Canada Concept actually won a seat in the Alberta provincial legislature in a 1982 by-election. (For context, see Olds-Didsbury and Gordon Kesler.) It's not correct to say they "garnered less than 1% each time." CJCurrie (talk) 22:45, 9 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. I agree with CJCurrie, there is significant coverage. Actually a decent amount of coverage online too, from what I can see. I've added a few sources, one of which would count for notability. Alongside the sources on archive.com identified above, there are also 2069 hits for "Western Canada Concept" on NewspaperARCHIVE.com and 13 on JSTOR.//Lollipoplollipoplollipop::talk 16:42, 9 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. The party did elect an Alberta MLA in a byelection, so it was definitely mainstream for a year or so before becoming a fringe movement again. Indefatigable (talk) 16:04, 10 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. They did elect a candidate and had significant coverage with over 2000 newspaper articles mentioning them, so this seems clearly notable. --hroest 18:44, 11 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. Third-place finish in the 1982 Alberta election. In addition, "Western Canada Concept" is vague enough that a reader might want more insight. Maxwhollymoralground (talk) 13:22, 12 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Keep This meets WP:GNG. As previously stated, placed third in the 1982 Alberta election and was not fringe at that time. Gjb0zWxOb (talk) 20:44, 12 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Keep the WCC elected a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta. Caddyshack01 (talk) 15:42, 14 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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