Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Monroe County Detectives (Pennsylvania)


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The result was   delete. Courcelles 00:21, 18 August 2011 (UTC)

Monroe County Detectives (Pennsylvania)

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A division of the Monroe County District Attorney's Office in Monroe County, Pennsylvania. It is a division of a county law enforcement agency that doesn't have an article. Law enforcement agencies are not notable by default. Joe Chill (talk) 03:39, 4 August 2011 (UTC)
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 * Keep - I see no reason for deletion. A genuine division.. no problems.--BabbaQ (talk) 11:48, 4 August 2011 (UTC)
 * It is true that it is a genuine division, but it is not a notable division. Joe Chill (talk) 15:49, 4 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Existence ≠ Notability. Neutralitytalk 17:04, 15 August 2011 (UTC)
 * If I can chime in, I'm obviously pretty new here, so my apologies if the article doesn't fit the notable requriements. I read through the various requirements for articles, and thought that it fit.  The existence of articles on other law enforcement agencies reinforced that belief.  County detective units are unique among law enforcement agencies in that, while it is a division of the District Attorney's Office, it is the only division vested with police powers. The prosecutorial arm of the D.A.'s Office, doesn't enjoy the same authority and obviously has vastly different duties, so I thought that this unit should have it's own article as opposed to being a part of a larger article on the entire D.A.'s Office.Bravo27835 (talk) 18:06, 4 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete Nonnotable organization, fails WP:ORG. There is no inherent notability for every subdivision of a county office. Wikipedia is not a directory of local government units, like one sees in the front of the local phone book. Edison (talk) 19:52, 4 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:06, 11 August 2011 (UTC)


 * I have not changed my stance on this article. it has sufficiently shown that the subject is notable.--BabbaQ (talk) 23:44, 12 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete. Non-notable government office. I wouldn't even think an article on the Monroe County District Attorney's Office or Monroe County government would meet the notability criteria; the county's population is too small to justify it, and there are little or no third-party references that treat the subject in detail. Information about local and county government can be covered in the Monroe County, Pennsylvania article - Two or three sourced paragraphs would be sufficient. Neutralitytalk 17:04, 15 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete - Defend WP:GNG tooth and nail. Odds are if we delete enough of these, someone will do like with high schools and force us to include every little sub-unit of every little PD in the world - oh what fun!. Also, what Neutrality said.--Cerejota (talk) 14:06, 17 August 2011 (UTC)
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