Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Simcoe Public Library

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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 renamed to Norfolk County Public Library. Elkman (Elkspeak) 14:07, 15 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Simcoe Public Library

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Fails WP:N, very few sources available for any information on this article except the one I found with the building history. One of the five branches of the Norfolk County Public Library [1] (possibly the main branch). Would suggest a merge, but the library system itself has no article. Collectonian (talk) 07:41, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

  • Keep for lack of better alternative. The library building at 46 Colborne St is a registered historic property according to Ontario records as the former Norfolk County Jail.[2] The Simcoe Public Library holds the place name. • Gene93k (talk) 08:21, 6 December 2007 (UTC)
Your Google-fu is stronger than mine tonight ;) I was looking to see if it had historical significance because of its age, but hadn't found that. I was thinking of suggesting renaming to Norfolk County Public Library and adding in the other branch info, but since it is a registered historical place, I believe that makes it an automatic keep and keep separate? Collectonian (talk) 08:30, 6 December 2007 (UTC)
  • Change of vote: no objection to a move/repurpose per Bearcat. • Gene93k (talk) 05:36, 9 December 2007 (UTC)
  • Note: This debate has been included in the list of Ontario-related deletions. -- DoubleBlue (Talk) 10:18, 6 December 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete... unless I see notability. The information above is interesting but does not seem to actually establish notability for the library as it stands today. Nor is there even an attempt in the article itself to do so. Epthorn (talk) 18:31, 6 December 2007 (UTC)
  • This article, as written, is basically a five-line stub. Move to an article about the library system as a whole, adding information on the other branches. There's no reason why that article can't note and discuss the Simcoe branch's historic status. We don't even have separate articles on individual branches of the Toronto Public Library, which is a much larger system that also has several historic branches. Bearcat (talk) 22:45, 8 December 2007 (UTC)
  • Move to Norfolk County Public Library, per Bearcat, and re-purpose the article to the library system instead of this particular branch. Mindmatrix 01:34, 9 December 2007 (UTC)
  • Move/Rename - seems like the best way to allow future growth of this article. Exit2DOS2000•T•C• 07:35, 13 December 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.