Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College Police Department

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The result was delete. MBisanz ^talk 01:39, 22 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College Police Department

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Extremely non-notable police department of a local community college; totally dependent on self-sourcing. Orange Mike | Talk 19:51, 6 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I get the point about its significance, but the fact is this is still a government law enforcement agency. So I'm less concerned with reliance on primary sources here (is a police dept. in the U.S. going to misrepresent its manpower, for example?) and think it should be covered somewhere regardless of formal compliance with our guidelines. postdlf (talk) 20:06, 6 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]
- reply - actually, no; government entities are not exempt from our standards of organizational notability; and this department fails them miserably. At most, it should have been a paragraphy at J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College. --Orange Mike | Talk 20:17, 6 November 2012 (UTC) (has been on union bargaining teams side-by-side with campus police LEOs)[reply]
  - Yeah, the answer to your citation of notability guidelines is already in my comment above. Maybe it should be merged into the community college article; maybe it should also be a list of all law enforcement agencies in Virginia. Neither would involve a deletion outcome, so why are we here at AFD on a topic that should be covered in the encyclopedia? postdlf (talk) 20:45, 6 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Virginia-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 18:11, 7 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Organizations-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 18:11, 7 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Schools-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 18:11, 7 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Merge. Minimal notability, no real reason to be its own article but could be worth some mention in the main article for that college. Feather Jonah (talk) 05:43, 8 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, -- Cheers, Riley Huntley 01:10, 14 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Not a notable police department, delete per Orange Mike's reply to Postdlf. Buggie111 (talk) 03:07, 14 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Delete, no evidence of being a notable law enforcement entity. No opposition to a merge. --Kinu ^t/_c 00:19, 15 November 2012 (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.