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The result was merge to Gwinnett County, Georgia. Liz Read! Talk! 04:01, 19 May 2024 (UTC)
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Non-notable local government department, not worth changing to a redirect. TheLongTone ( talk) 13:20, 9 May 2024 (UTC)
- Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Georgia (U.S. state)-related deletion discussions. Spiderone (Talk to Spider) 13:44, 9 May 2024 (UTC)
- Comment: This article was nominated for deletion 8 minutes after creation.
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19:28, 9 May 2024 (UTC)
- And? TheLongTone ( talk) 14:17, 10 May 2024 (UTC)
Keep(Struck per below) - The article's subject meets WP:GNG and WP:ORGCRIT. Disclosure, I live in Gwinnett County and have written a few articles about Gwinnett-related topics. I assume the reason for pointing out that there were eight minutes between creation and AfD nomination is that it's difficult to perform an adequate WP:BEFORE in such a short time period, and as the largest park system in the State of Georgia it's possible that sources exist. While WP:AUD points out that local media is not necessarily a indiciation of notability, it does say thatSignificant coverage in media with an international, national, or at least regional audience (e.g., the biggest daily newspaper in any US state) is a strong indication of notability
and the two largest newspapers in the State of Georgia are The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and Gwinnett Daily Post, both of which are reliable sources with significant coverage of the article's topic (Atlanta Journal-Constitution: [1] [2], Gwinnett Daily Post: [3] [4]) This article's subject has also received significant coverage in non-local sources including the Associated Press (not directly about this article's subject but there is significant coverage) and Aquatics International. - Aoidh ( talk) 16:03, 10 May 2024 (UTC)- I find the links provide no convincing reason to change my opinion. TheLongTone ( talk) 13:37, 13 May 2024 (UTC)
- These sources show notability through significant coverage in third-party reliable sources, meeting the relevant notability guidelines. An AfD started eight minutes after article creation with no evidence of WP:BEFORE having been completed is not a compelling reason to delete an article for lack of notability in the face of evidence to the contrary. - Aoidh ( talk) 16:29, 13 May 2024 (UTC)
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Star Mississippi 18:29, 16 May 2024 (UTC)
- Merge to Gwinnett County, Georgia, under the local government section, with the lengthy list in columns, lest we invite the creation of tens of thousands of bare-bones articles on county-level departments across the United States. BD2412 T 20:42, 16 May 2024 (UTC)
- I agree with this point since even if notability is arguably met, the coverage doesn't lend itself to much more than the ~500 characters of prose currently in this article. I've struck my bolded keep above I think a merge to Gwinnett County, Georgia is reasonable. - Aoidh ( talk) 22:53, 16 May 2024 (UTC)
- Merge with Gwinnett County, Georgia: Per above discussion. Safari Scribe Edits! Talk! 11:52, 18 May 2024 (UTC)
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