Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Manning Community School District

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The result was merge‎ to IKM–Manning Community School District. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 03:38, 28 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Manning Community School District

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Has only four sources as a 1 paragraph section, Been cited since July 2018. PaulGamerBoy360 (talk) 03:22, 21 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Education, Schools, United States of America, and Iowa. PaulGamerBoy360 (talk) 03:22, 21 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
The navbox found in the article is full of redlinks. That suggests a topic area needing expansion, not scaling back. The nominator's rationale is misleading in that the article is orange-tagged for needing expansion, not for lacking sources. Anyway, Merge to IKM–Manning Community School District. The article on the other pre-merger component of that district is also light on third-party sources. RadioKAOS / Talk to me, Billy / Transmissions 04:51, 21 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Comment: I will check Newspapers.com to see how many sources I can find about the pre-merger district. WhisperToMe (talk) 11:41, 21 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
- Keep: I found several newspaper article sources about how the creation of the district was legally disputed in court by another school district (the Iowa Supreme Court ultimately upheld the creation of this district). Additionally there was a legal dispute in regards to two areas being moved into this districgt. This is certainly not routine coverage by any stretch of the definition, and so this should secure notability of this topic. WhisperToMe (talk) 12:01, 21 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Merge - to IKM–Manning Community School District. Historic predecessor districts should be covered in the current district's article unless WP:FORK becomes a concern. Even with additional content, size is not a concern here. The other predecessor district's articles should likewise be merged, possibly dividing the history section at the target article into subsections to do so. By all means, this title should remain as a redirect. 4.37.252.50 (talk) 01:50, 22 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
- Comment - However if WP:WEIGHT becomes too much for a particular section (for example, the weight of the information about the former Manning district, which operated from 1959 to 2011), then that former district should have its own article. I'm still finding content about the 1959-2011 period, and I think that there may be enough for this district to have its own article. Also there is notability by being a populated, legally recognized place (as per Wikipedia:Notability_(geographic_features)#Settlements_and_administrative_regions). Various former municipalities in Japan, which have since merged into larger ones, would count as being legally recognized places. Former school districts are also legally recognized places. WhisperToMe (talk) 22:53, 22 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

●Merge - Based on everyone elses statements, I think a merge would be a better idea PaulGamerBoy360 (talk) 04:14, 23 July 2023 (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.