Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Hamilton City Fire Protection District


 * 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 Chris  lk02  Chris Kreider 17:07, 10 June 2008 (UTC)

Hamilton City Fire Protection District

 * ( [ delete] ) – (View AfD) (View log)

RS coverage is trivial and ghits don't establish notability needed per WP:ORG which says, Organizations whose activities are local in scope are usually not notable unless verifiable information from reliable independent sources can be found. TravellingCarithe Busy Bee 21:31, 3 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete, I would have tried a prod tag first. Phlegm Rooster (talk) 22:37, 3 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Comment There seem to be a whole series of articles on fire departments and fire protection districts. Should all those be deleted? Further these special services districts do have incorporation charters and the like, which might make them even more important than some minor unincorporated community, which have been deemed to be inherently notable. --Polaron | Talk 01:50, 5 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Perhaps if a district overlapped several jurisdictions or had an elected chief/board. Also, it would need the usual sources for notability. But if it is just part of town or county government, no. Phlegm Rooster (talk) 02:01, 5 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Comment to both. Phlegm: I wouldn't do these via PROD, they get a tad too debated. Polaron:I agree with Phlegm, it's often a minor part of government. Some Fire departments/ambulance/police services have been deleted: Articles for deletion/North Farms Volunteer Fire Department, Articles for deletion/Flatlands Volunteer Ambulance Corps, Articles for deletion/Floral Park Police Department, Articles for deletion/Gatlinburg Police Department, Articles for deletion/Rockland Paramedic Services; two were merged: Articles for deletion/Great Falls Police Department and Articles for deletion/Wheeling Police Department and another had no consensus: Articles for deletion/Bargo Rural Fire Brigade. That's not an exhaustive sample. it's what was on my watchlist but it's a good sampling TravellingCarithe Busy Bee 02:53, 5 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete There is a difference between a community, as the primary geographical unit, and bodies  such as these. Whether they pass AfD or not tends to depend upon size and importance--I have a relatively high bar for these, but the consensus is probably not stable. DGG (talk) 19:01, 6 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Merge into the place article. --Polaron | Talk 19:42, 6 June 2008 (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.