Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Cut Bank Police Department


 * 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. See Articles for deletion/Gatlinburg Public Services.  Majorly   (hot!)  21:20, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

Cut Bank Police Department

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Other articles created by this editor and nominated for deletion include:
 * Bristol Tennessee 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
 * Roanoke County Sheriff's Office
 * Sevier County Sheriff's Office
 * Sullivan County Tennessee Sheriff's Office

Nom - By no means is this police department (or most PDs for that matter) notable Rklawton 18:40, 25 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete *boggle*! Eight - count 'em! - officers in this small town police department. Almost qualifies for speedy, since there is virtually nothing to be said which is not inherently obvious from the title. Guy (Help!) 18:53, 25 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete or conceivably merge to Cut Bank, Montana if there's anything salvageable here (which doesn't appear to be the case, at first glance). I do wonder which US police departments ought to be considered notable enough for an article, as there's a broad spectrum between this one and the NYPD or LAPD. JavaTenor 18:58, 25 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Merge with Cut Bank, Montana. The police force is a major public service in the town, but it is too local in scope to justify a separate article. Sjakkalle (Check!)  07:18, 26 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Merge 8 officers and a dog catcher? Any sheriff's or police department or municipal public service department will be in the news locally many times a year, and are notable enough for inclusion in Wikipedia, but as a part of info that is usually only of local interest, they usually do not need a stand alone article. Most do not get regional or national coverage (and if they do, it is usually because of a one-time crime report). Unless the sheer amount of encyclopedic information would be too long for inclusion in the article about the county or other governmental unit which controls the department, they should be given appropriate but not exhaustively long coverage there. It is not usually desirable to include all minute detail about a school, fire department or police department, such as the names of the individuals supervising various departments, or the number of trash cans emptied each day by the garbage collectors, since these details change frequently and Wikipedia would soon be stuck with a stale copy if the individual who created the microscopically detailed articles moved on to other interests. Better to keep the description to brief descriptive and historical details which are less volatile, and link to a website of the department for up to date info. In contrast, the police/fire departments of world-class cities and national police agencies are often notable for coverage of their activities and for their cultural notability in fictional works, such as the FBI, Scotland Yard, and the Los Angeles Police Department. See the (historical) proposed guideline WP:LOCAL which expresses the views of a number of Wikipedia editors on this issue. Edison 18:05, 26 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Merge or Keep. This comment applies to everything listed here and discussed elsewhere on the page.  Many police departments are notable and those with a history and references should be kept.  Vegaswikian 21:42, 29 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.