Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/First Monroe County , Indiana Courthouse


 * 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   no consensus. Black Kite (t) (c) 23:22, 9 August 2010 (UTC)

First Monroe County, Indiana Courthouse

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Non-notable structure, long since demolished. Orange Mike  &#x007C;   Talk  23:34, 26 July 2010 (UTC)  Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, JForget  00:55, 2 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Indiana-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 19:58, 27 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete Delete this article while retaining the information somewhere appropriate, as suggested below. Could find nothing much about this building. The current courthouse, which replaced this one, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, but the historic marker has only a passing mention of the earlier demolished courthouse. --MelanieN (talk) 00:09, 31 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.


 * Delete per above. Too bad, because one would like the Wikipedia to serve as a repository for this kind of otherwise-forgotten structure. But there really don't seem to be any proper references that I can find. Herostratus (talk) 01:52, 2 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Try these:
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 * Uncle G (talk) 12:39, 2 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Uncle G (talk) 12:39, 2 August 2010 (UTC)


 * Merge with Monroe County, Indiana. This article has clear historical value. Just not enough to justify it's own article. &mdash;Charles Edward (Talk 14:08, 2 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Merge to Monroe County Courthouse (Indiana), the article on the notable courthouse (it's on the NRHP) that replaced this one. postdlf (talk) 14:56, 2 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Comment I second this suggestion, that sounds like the best place to put the information. --MelanieN (talk) 15:25, 2 August 2010 (UTC)


 * Keep and expand. The sources to which Uncle G has pointed provide substantial material for an article on a notable edifice - so much so that if this material were added to the existing one-line article on the NRHP courthouse, the latter would be overwhelmed. However, I could see a case for merging if it were made clear that the article is to be on the progression of buildings used as County Courthouses for this particular county, rather than an article on a specific structure. bd2412  T 03:00, 5 August 2010 (UTC)


 * Weak keep Keep No sources are given in article, but the detail there already seems longer than is appropriate in a combo article about all the courthouses of the county. Tag for refimprove and article cleanup and so on, and let those processes work.  Actually the NRHP nomination document for the 1910 courthouse could possibly have info on the historic structure(s) which preceded it (and can be obtained for free following instructions at wp:NRHPhelp.  But i will say it currently seems that it would not be a great loss for the wikipedia to lose all/most of the unsourced detail here, in a merge to the current courthouse article. --doncram (talk) 14:59, 5 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Also, I found an on-line source and added it to the article. On further thought, the mention in the article of a model being available (which could be photographed and added) and other info, seems to add up to it being a notable building with potential stuff to be added to the article.  So, "Keep" rather than just "Weak keep". --doncram (talk) 17:37, 8 August 2010 (UTC)


 * Keep: and expand. Notable sources.(see Uncle G) - Ret.Prof (talk) 16:48, 8 August 2010 (UTC)
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