Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Oldest paid Fire Department in the United States


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The result was   delete. Davewild (talk) 17:40, 24 October 2011 (UTC)

Oldest paid Fire Department in the United States

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Random list of uncited cities purporting to have the "Oldest paid Fire Department in the United States". Not really a viable topic for a stand-alone article, should be incorporated into the general article on firefighting. Nikkimaria (talk) 12:31, 17 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Lists-related deletion discussions.  • Gene93k (talk) 16:45, 17 October 2011 (UTC)


 * Delete Not sure what this is supposed to be telling us. Mangoe (talk) 17:30, 17 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete Title is bad. This is a list of early fire departments listed by date founded. Obviously only the first is the oldest. However there is no way to prove that since some town could have started paying its firefighters without the record of that being preserved. The info in the article (which is good and useful) could be included in an article called "History of firefighting in the United States" as well as in the article on each city's fire department. Steve Dufour (talk) 18:22, 17 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Rename to List of oldest Fire Departments in the United States and expand. - The Bushranger One ping only 21:13, 17 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Please also consider my suggestion: History of firefighting in the United States. Steve Dufour (talk) 00:18, 18 October 2011 (UTC)


 * Delete - Only 1 can be the 'Oldest' so a Redirect is possible to one that might have a Cite to prove it. To bad there isn't a Cite in sight, and I cant seem to find a Reliable one. Exit2DOS • Ctrl • Alt • Del 22:39, 17 October 2011 (UTC)


 * Note There is also no evidence that the oldest paid fire department in the United States has ever been a topic of interest, outside of this article.Steve Dufour (talk) 00:20, 18 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete unsourced, confusing list. Secret account 04:47, 18 October 2011 (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.