Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of political parties in Vietnam

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The result was keep. Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:42, 10 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

List of political parties in Vietnam

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There is only one party in Vietnam, the Communist Party of Vietnam. Vietnam is a one-party state. Secondly, none of these parties are strong in mainland Vietnam itself; they all exist outside of Vietnam. This article is superfluous; its waste. Another problem is that of expansion; there is only one party; literature on the other parties are scarce... My last point is that this information can easily be merged into the Vietnamese democracy movement.. Even so DELETE :) --TIAYN (talk) 19:21, 3 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. Valid, useful list including multiple bluelinks, also part of comprehensive list structure for List of political parties by United Nations geoscheme. --19:59, 3 May 2012 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Arxiloxos (talk • contribs)
Keep per Arxiloxos, and because it satisfies WP:LISTPURP as a navigational index of articles relevant to a notable topic, which is complementary to Category:Political parties in Vietnam per WP:CLN. The nom's criticisms are all irrelevant; it doesn't matter that there is only one legal party, it doesn't matter that "none of these parties are strong in mainland Vietnam itself" (obviously a consequence of their being outlawed); and it doesn't matter that "literature on the other parties are scarce" if they are nevertheless notable, an issue that should be addressed if it's a problem in each article on the individual parties rather than this list. postdlf (talk) 20:41, 3 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Speedy Keep - No valid rationale for deletion has been stated, per the section WP:DEL-REASON of Wikipedia's deletion policy. Despite Vietnam being a one-party state, other parties do exist, and it's honest to present this factual information to Wikipedia's readers. Northamerica1000^(talk) 03:55, 4 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Comment - Also, not "all" of the parties exist/existed outside of Vietnam as stated in the nomination. See Vietnam Populist Party and Democratic Party of Vietnam for starters. I propose that the article is retitled as: List of Vietnamese political parties (which currently redirects to the article). Northamerica1000^(talk) 04:03, 4 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - Encyclopedic and useful navigational list. Carrite (talk) 14:54, 4 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Vietnam-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 20:30, 4 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politics-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 20:30, 4 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Keep per Carrite. Entirely reasonable list of notable subjects. This is what lists are for, regardless of the current political limitations in Vietnam. Dennis Brown - 2¢ © 20:21, 5 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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