Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Roanoke County Sheriff's Office

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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 by Majorly in line with the outcome of Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Gatlinburg Public Services. WjBscribe 16:52, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Roanoke County Sheriff's Office

Roanoke County Sheriff's Office (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs) – (View log)

Other articles created by this editor and nominated for deletion include:

  • Bristol Tennessee Police Department
  • Cut Bank Police Department
  • Gallatin County Sheriff's Office
  • Gatlinburg Fire Department
  • Gatlinburg Public Services
  • Kingsport Police Department
  • Pigeon Forge Public Services
  • Roanoke City Sheriff's Office
  • Sevier County Sheriff's Office
  • Sullivan County Tennessee Sheriff's Office

Nom - fails notability. See also what Wikipedia is not. Rklawton 01:14, 26 April 2007 (UTC)

  • Delete if for no other reason than countering systemic bias. I can guarantee you that "Bangalore, India Sheriff's Office" would never survive an AFD. Likewise for Rklawton's next nom, immediately below this. YechielMan 04:35, 26 April 2007 (UTC)
    • Comment Which is sad, because Bangalore has many times the population than all these places combined, and has existed for at least 470 years. (Although I'm not sure it has a sheriff's office per se.) --Charlene 15:51, 27 April 2007 (UTC)
  • Merge with Roanoke County, Virginia for the same reason I gave at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sevier County Sheriff's Office. Sjakkalle (Check!) 07:00, 26 April 2007 (UTC)
  • Comment — Roanoke City Sheriff's Office is a similar article. Can we AfD them together or merge them at the same time? Rich257 07:47, 26 April 2007 (UTC)
    • Reply - I see your point. This article's original editor created about a dozen such articles for small/non-name city support organizations for different cities/counties. Since several are for different entities, I thought it might be useful to address them separately. I missed the article you just mentioned, so I'll send it up shortly. I think I'll also cross-list them for reference. Rklawton 12:56, 26 April 2007 (UTC)
  • Merge all into parent articles. Individual city/county services are generally best treated with a small section in the parent article. There do exist exceptions, for example, such as New York City Fire Department which has enough history and notability independent of the general NYC government to warrant its own article. The general rule of thumb is that if the section would make the parent article too long, go ahead and fork it out. With a little prudent editing this article is basically a few lines of history and basic information that easily fit in the main article. Arkyan • (talk) 15:15, 26 April 2007 (UTC)
  • Merge all into parent articles, per my comments on the first listing of the group, and per views of editors expressed at (historical) proposed guideline WP:LOCAL. Edison 17:05, 26 April 2007 (UTC)
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.