Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Gatlinburg Police Department

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 Nakon 17:38, 9 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Gatlinburg Police Department

Much like with Rockland Paramedic Services' AfD, this is locally notable and doesn't appear to be notable outside the immediate area. As it stands, the stub is more about Gatlinburg than the PD. Travellingcari (talk) 22:57, 2 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Unless there is something really notable about a small town or city police department, it is not likely to be notable, and this is an example. Large city ones usually do, unfortunately, have their very public and well-referenced scandals and are consequently notable. DGG (talk) 04:26, 3 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Comment This is one of a cluster of related articles that have dubious notability, but seem to have enthusiastic creators. Others include Pigeon Forge Police Department (down the road from Gatlinburg), Bristol Tennessee Police Department (deleted), Kingsport Police Department (deleted), and Sevier County Sheriff's Office (deleted; Gatlinburg and Pigeon Forge are in this county). There are several red links at List of law enforcement agencies in Tennessee for small-town departments, suggesting that there are contributors who think these articles deserve to exist. Also see Category:Lists of United States law enforcement agencies by state. So they don't waste their time, the article creators involved with these lists and categories need feedback on why most local police and fire departments are deemed nonnotable. --Orlady (talk) 00:52, 4 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- Comment - "there are contributors who think these articles deserve to exist" is enough grounds to create any article. "need feedback on why most local police and fire departments are deemed nonnotable" ... no ... then need feedback on what WP:N is and how to dig up notability for each Articles topic. Your point of view seem extreamly deletionist. Yours and the Nominators statements also seem to be relying upon the fact that, if other stuff does not exist, then why should this which is not a valid reason for deletion. Argument from ignorance seems a relevent article to read at this point. Exit2DOS2000^•T•C• 04:08, 5 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - based solely on the Nominators statement "this is locally notable" ... point out to me where WP:N's "Locality clause" gives validity to your deletion request. Exit2DOS2000^•T•C• 04:14, 5 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- Wikipedia:LOCAL No it's not policy, but there's significant precedent as also discussed here. Travellingcari (talk) 04:25, 5 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- and have you read the article? You want it kept on principle but the article isn't even about the PD but rather the town. There is no notability to the PD other than "it exists" which isn't a valid reason per notability in my opinion. But as I said at the other discussion, you're entitled to yours as well and we'll see where this ends up. Travellingcari (talk) 04:55, 5 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  - No. As I stated, my keep is based solely on an exceedingly poor nomination statment that is based on nonexistand guideline sub-section. Also, thinking that there is any precedent is not correct, as every AfD is evaluated on an individual basis, not according to a list of precedents. Exit2DOS2000^•T•C• 08:31, 5 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Comment - The entire contents of this article are also included in Gatlinburg, Tennessee, which does not link to this article. If this article were deleted, it would not be missed, since the parent article has the same content. (Note that Gatlinburg Fire Department already is a redirect to the section of the Gatlinburg article that documents details such as the number of fire hydrants in the city.) --Orlady (talk) 05:50, 5 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per DGG; non-notable small town police department. Jfire (talk) 02:16, 6 February 2008 (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.