Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Constitution Party of Alabama
first, in response to "...as an excuse to give a pass to another non-notable state branch of a minor political party."  According to what came across my watchlist, that would be Libertarian Party of California, correct?  I get tired of reading bold declarations of non-notability which ultimately reveal a complete lack of familiarity with or understanding of the subject at hand.  Simply put, California is a state in which the LP can claim accomplishments at the state level.  Granted, these were mostly concentrated around the political heyday of Ed Clark.  Still, go back to "notability doesn't fade" mentioned elsewhere in this discussion.  Alaska is also a state in which the LP can claim accomplishments at the state level.  Alaska Libertarian Party is also a smoldering heap which completely misses the mark in pointing out why the subject is notable.  Fixing problematic or subpar material through deletion would be akin to recommending that I purchase a chainsaw this spring to swat the mosquitoes away once they arrive.  Now, to the second point.  You're wondering why the Constitution Party would write themselves up on here?  Let me give you an example.  I've witnessed a years-long issue with coverage of United States elections on Wikipedia.  A small group of editors (a wannabe backbone cabal if I ever saw one) have demonstrated a seriously demented  complex over the subject matter as a whole.  New election articles are typically written so as to mention only the Democratic and Republican parties, with extreme indifference to any other parties which may have ballot access in a given state, or even that other parties would have ballot access and therefore might possibly have equal footing.  Moreover, these same editors have pushed the bizarre POV that having your press release picked up by a media outlet is what makes you a candidate for public office, not actually filing any paperwork such as a declaration of candidacy statement or financial disclosure paperwork.  What does this have to do with the Constitution Party?  Well, this issue is how I came to recently encounter John R. Myers, the Alaska state party chair.  Myers is also running for Alaska governor this year, but has not yet been certified for the ballot.  He added his name to that election's article, which was initially reverted with the edit summary calling him a "self-declared candidate".  That's funny, because according to their website, the Alaska Public Offices Commission has declared him a candidate, too.  If the corporate media has ignored him, that's because he's in no position to make them advertising revenue.  It's morally indefensible to parrot that agenda on this non-commercial website.  Back to the main point, I sent a message to Mr. Myers.  In doing so, I noticed that I was the first person to talk to him like a real human being, rather than inundating him with robo-messaging.  He replied, with the gist of it being that he was new to Wikipedia, or at least new to the article about the election he was participating in, and *''he couldn't understand why Wikipedia was only mentioning certain candidates''*.  Of course, I could have said just that and made my point without the Alice's Restaurant version, but I hope I've made things clearer
— User:RadioKAOS, 02:43, 14 February 2014 (UTC)
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