Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Coast Guard Station Tom's River


 * 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   keep. Consensus to keep following relisting. The Bushranger One ping only 21:10, 1 October 2012 (UTC)

Coast Guard Station Tom's River

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Non-notable coast guard station. No sources found to indicate why it's notable and different from others. Tinton5 (talk) 00:38, 22 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Note: I noticed the 7 sources at the bottom, but I still could not find any of my own. Tinton5 (talk) 00:39, 22 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of New Jersey-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 03:16, 22 September 2012 (UTC)
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 * Comment If this station dates back to the 1870s as the article states, it's quite likely to be on local heritage registers (or whatever the US equivalent of this Australian term is!). Nick-D (talk) 10:50, 23 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Actually, it isn't listed on the National Register of Historic Places. I found a historic account on the US Coast Guard web site, but it doesn't mention anything about the building being historic or exceptional.  --Elkman (Elkspeak) 16:29, 28 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Upmerge to Seaside Park, New Jersey. This is not an active coast guard station, and the buildings are in use by Seaside Park. We can wind all the information into the borough article, which has plenty of space for expansion. Buckshot06 (talk) 20:00, 23 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, — Mr. Stradivarius  (have a chat) 07:31, 29 September 2012 (UTC)


 * Keep - My own personal belief is that there is no such thing as a non-notable Coast Guard station. Whether this is extant or defunct is neither here nor there. I wish the information were footnoted properly, I doubt we'd be having this debate if it were. A simple Google search turns up THIS HISTORY published by the USCG at the very top. It cites shows published postcards of the facility and lists other titles among its sources, including Ralph Shanks, Wick York & Lisa Woo Shanks. The U.S. Life-Saving Service: Heroes, Rescues and Architecture of the Early Coast Guard. Petaluma, CA: Costaño Books, 1996; and U.S. Treasury Department: Coast Guard. Register of the Commissioned and Warrant Officers and Cadets and Ships and Stations of the United States Coast Guard, July 1, 1941. Washington, DC: USGPO, 1941, both of which would appear to constitute substantial coverage in independently-published sources. This passes GNG on its own merit with a very quick scan of the internets and I would argue that we shouldn't have to even do that for military bases and stations. Carrite (talk) 14:42, 29 September 2012 (UTC)


 * I've spent a few minutes converting this into encyclopedic form, please take another look at it. Carrite (talk) 15:06, 29 September 2012 (UTC)


 * Keep and improve There are more references under the early name for the station. --Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) (talk) 16:34, 29 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Keep now that it's been expanded. It sounds like it has some good history, despite not being listed on the National Register.  --Elkman (Elkspeak) 19:47, 1 October 2012 (UTC)
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