Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Huron Police Department (South Dakota)

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The result was delete. The Bushranger _{One ping only} 02:18, 29 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Huron Police Department (South Dakota)

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The police department of a town of 12,600 might not satisfy WP:ORG. Edison (talk) 01:42, 21 March 2012 (UTC) Edison (talk) 01:42, 21 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Comment - That's true, it might not. Then again, it might. Is that a rationale for deletion? Has the nominator made a good faith effort to search for sources? Is there some reason why this page SHOULD be deleted? Failing a proper deletion rationale, I would advise a speedy close here. Carrite (talk) 17:04, 21 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Burden of proof is on you just as much. I know how you roll — you think everything should be kept, and you always assume bad faith in the nominators' searches for sources. Ten Pound Hammer • ^{(What did I screw up now?)} 18:55, 21 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Comment I suppose I should have explicitly said that I observed WP:BEFORE. A search of Google News and its archive, and Google books did not show sources to satisfy WP:ORG. All editors are welcome to point out here refs they can find which would satisfy WP:ORG.Edison (talk) 23:55, 22 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Delete per nom, coverage is limited to routine mentions in local newspapers and biographies of police officers. Possibly merge to Huron, South Dakota but I don't see a great deal of useful content. Hut 8.5 17:22, 21 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of South Dakota-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 18:13, 21 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Organizations-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 18:13, 21 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - unless a county sheriff's or police department is notable for its size and large jursidiction, we have deleted most small-time departments. See also Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Genesee County, New York Sheriff's Office for a counter-example. Bearian (talk) 15:59, 26 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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.