Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/UCF Police Department


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The result was   merge to University of Central Florida. Fabrictramp |  talk to me  23:35, 5 July 2008 (UTC)

UCF Police Department

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Procedural AFD. I've declined an A7 speedy on this as I think a police force has at least an inherent assertion of notability. While this is undoubtedly a small force, there are certainly much smaller forces with their own articles. Procedural nom to get a consensus; personally, I very weakly support keep. –  iride   scent  23:48, 29 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Comment, WP:OTHERSTUFF? Phlegm Rooster (talk) 23:52, 29 June 2008 (UTC)
 * For what feels like the zillionth time... WP:OTHERSTUFF is a personal essay, not any kind of policy –   iride   scent  00:00, 30 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Well, I hope we all can refrain from invoking any essays or personal opinions during the course of this debate. Phlegm Rooster (talk) 00:25, 30 June 2008 (UTC)
 * I think he/she was pointing out the point of the essay: pointing out that better/worse articles exist makes for a poor argument in deletion debate. I think the notability of the department should be based upon news coverage (See WP:NOTBIGENOUGH). In this context, I have found a few mild notability-asserting articles using Google News search: UCF police officer fatally shot by Orlando police - ESPN, UCF cops hope new station gets students' attention - Orlando Sentinel, UCF police chief forced from job - Orlando Sentinel. By these findings, I will have to give it a weak keep. ~ Wakanda's Black Panther! &spades; / &diams; 01:13, 30 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Merge with main UCF article as I don't think this police force is notable enough. I think the difference between this force and the UK forces you mention is that in the UK small police forces are fairly rare and normally quite old and so, IMO, their novelty and history value normally makes them notable (although in my personal opinion I do wonder if they could all be mergered into one article). It is my undertsanding that the us has many (hundreds / thousands?) of small police forces and so this arguement can't be used with US forces. Dpmuk (talk) 10:23, 30 June 2008 (UTC)
 * It says 17,784 in Policing in the United States. Phlegm Rooster (talk) 10:28, 30 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Merge and Redirect to the main UCF article. It is notable but I can't see the article getting much longer than it is now. If in the future it needs to be split, then it could be done, but at this point a section does the job perfectly. Rasadam (talk) 10:25, 1 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete local police forces--especially special police forces of college cmpuses-- are not notable unless they become involved in major events, or are police forces of major cities (NYC, chicago, etc. ) DGG (talk) 12:40, 1 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Merge/Redirect to University of Central Florida. -- brew  crewer  (yada, yada) 21:52, 3 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete, nothing has been put forward to show notability. Phlegm Rooster (talk) 22:04, 3 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Merge to University of Central Florida. Article is only a few sentences and has notability concerns, makes a great candidate for a merge. Squidfryerchef (talk) 15:48, 5 July 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.