Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Missouri Prison Visiting Policy


 * 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. Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:33, 16 March 2012 (UTC)

Missouri Prison Visiting Policy

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This looks like a summary for general guidelines for visiting an inmate in any prison within the state of Missouri in the United States. This is one of the things that we are not a repository for. --  Dennis The Tiger  (Rawr and stuff) 07:24, 8 March 2012 (UTC)


 * Speedy Delete Per nom.  This is not even an article on a topic, it is a facility's statement of some of their policies. North8000 (talk) 17:57, 8 March 2012 (UTC)
 * The criteria for speedy deletion say that reasons based on WP:NOT are not by themselves sufficient to justify speedy deletion. See non-criteria, number 1. James500 (talk) 17:22, 9 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Delete Wikipedia is not an instruction manual.  Cullen 328  Let's discuss it  20:06, 8 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Comment. This article does not consist entirely of instructions. A statement that a public authority has adopted a policy (i.e. taken a decision) to do something, or that it has a legal duty to do something is not an instruction, it is a fact. Those sentences that do look like instructions could probably be rewritten without great difficulty. So, for example, the sentence "keep in mind that clothing cannot be revealing or tight" could be rewritten as something like "the MODOC has adopted a policy that visitors are not allowed to wear clothing that is revealing or tight", if that is indeed the case. I do not think that WP:NOTMANUAL is relevant. James500 (talk) 15:48, 9 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Response This article is a reprint of a bureaucratic memo that tells visitors what to do and what to expect when visiting prisoners. A such it is a short guidebook or instruction manual.  It is entirely unreferenced, and probably consists of a copyright violation of a government document that is not available online.  State government publications are usually subject to copyright.  A rewrite as suggested by James500 above would not change the basic character of this article.  Cullen 328   Let's discuss it  01:31, 12 March 2012 (UTC)
 * The suggestion that this article is a reprint is pure speculation. James500 (talk) 16:17, 12 March 2012 (UTC)
 * We will see, I have just sent of a mail to request a copy of their policy. And if not electronically available, if they can take a look on the article itself.  Night of the Big Wind  talk  17:36, 12 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Thank you. James500 (talk) 18:27, 12 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Law-related deletion discussions.  — Frankie (talk) 15:20, 9 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Missouri-related deletion discussions.  — Frankie (talk) 15:20, 9 March 2012 (UTC)


 * Could the nominator please be more specific as to which part of WP:NOT is actually satisfied? James500 (talk) 15:53, 9 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Delete I can't find a single hit on the internet that the policy even exists. The text itself looks like a copy of a leaflet. It fails Notability requires verifiable evidence and WP:GNG as there is no coverage in the media or elsewhere. Night of the Big Wind  talk  19:39, 9 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Thinking about it, it may be a synthesis of data - or at least, a compilation. Still, it provides a guideline on how to do this. Wikihow would, frankly, be a better home, at best - but even then, I'm not sure. -- Dennis The Tiger   (Rawr and stuff) 19:21, 11 March 2012 (UTC)
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