Testwiki:Articles for deletion/Kaua‘i County Police Department

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 No Consensus defaulting to Keep, the sources provided during the AFD have perusaded some that it meets the notability guideline but not others. Davewild (talk) 20:11, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

Kaua‘i+County+Police+Department

AfDs for this article:

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I have placed a speedy deletion tag on the page, but it has been contested and removed (along with the Template:Tl) at least twice. The article in question seems to fail WP:NPOV and possibly WP:COI Gawaxay (talk • contribs • count) 21:42, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

• Delete No idea why the "AfDs for this article" is garbled. Anyway, this article fails the notability guidelines for organizations, not to mention WP:V, dashed with some likely WP:COI. Ten Pound Hammer and his otters • ^{(Broken clamshells•Otter chirps)} 22:00, 19 March 2008 (UTC)
• Delete no evidence of notability, though I'm sure it's frequently in the local papers. JJL (talk) 22:32, 19 March 2008 (UTC)
• Keep, the article itself is notable and falls under WP:WikiProject Law Enforcement. The author is very new and is unaware of some of the policies governing notability. Let's try not to bite the newcomers. S/he has also created Hawaii County Police Department, which I have cleaned up to keep it within WP:N. The author is very adept at adding valid photos and text to this wiki. Give me a chance to help the author wikify the article, take out some of the COI/advert tendancies, and add references. Thanks!--Sallicio^$\oplus$ 02:08, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

NOTE, I have notified the author about WP standards on his/her user talk page. I have revamped the article to remove POV, COI issues. Removed the advert-sounding recruitment section, added references and third-party citations. If anyone can see anything else that needs changing, please let me know. Aloha!--Sallicio^$\oplus$ 03:01, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

I second Sallicio's motion. –The Obento Musubi (Contributions) 08:57, 21 March 2008 (UTC)

• Merge to Kauai County, Hawaii. I do not think that the department is notable enough for a stand-alone article, but, with Sallicio's improvements, this information would be a good addition to the article for the county.--FreeKresge (talk) 16:14, 20 March 2008 (UTC)
• Merge Per above. Notability exists, but this article may fit best as a subsection under Kauai County. --Sharkface217 02:56, 21 March 2008 (UTC)
• Strong Keep - I see no reason why it fails notability. Sure, people all around the world don't know about the Kaua'i Police Department, but if you delete this, then why not Honolulu Police Department? Both are police departments of the state of Hawai'i that have equal importance. I believe it may fit under Kauai County, but I think that someone should create the page Police Departments of Hawaii or something of the sort and merge this article there, should it be deleted. Info on HPD and the others may be merged as well. –The Obento Musubi (Contributions) 08:53, 21 March 2008 (UTC)
• Keep. Clearly there are reliable and verifiable sources. Vegaswikian (talk) 02:23, 23 March 2008 (UTC)
• Merge to Kauai County, Hawaii. This police department does not appear particularly notable or interesting as far as such organisations go. Lankiveil ^{(speak to me)} 12:21, 25 March 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.