Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Alameda County Probation Department


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The result was delete all.  Majorly   (hot!)  14:23, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

Alameda County Probation Department

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I'm nominating all the articles in Category:United States probation departments for deletion, except for Los Angeles County Probation Department (which the article claims is the largest in the world and the first in California, so it doesn't seem quite as clear to me that it should be deleted). All the nominated articles are stubs with no claim to notability.

Propaniac 14:27, 24 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete all per nom. Another solution would be to merge them into a list. YechielMan 14:49, 24 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep (article author). Although these are just stubs right now, it seems possible to make them more comprehensive. The articles cover companies (albeit government-run), that effect many people and are cited in local newspapers. I just haven't had the time/effort to put into it recently. They seem notable to me. Cmcnicoll 04:08, 25 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete and the solution then is to combine the meager information into the articles for the county and then they can be expanded if you can find sources. I am not sure you can--I think you will get only directory information for most probation departments, but some of these may have been involved in notable  scandals or other news events. There will be dozens of trivial accounts than a prisoner was released in care of one, or committed to one but that is what's meant by trivial source. Normally  I support stubs, for many can be turned into articles, or can usefully remain as short articles. But with the sort of information that's given here, I dont think it likely. DGG 07:14, 26 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete all per DGG. Every US county has a probation department in addition to dozens of other departments.  These articles do little more than assert the existence of the department.  If there is something to be said about the department, the better approach is to start with a section in the main county article.  If the section grows, then spin it off into a separate article.-- Kubigula (talk) 00:39, 30 April 2007 (UTC)


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