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 delete‎. As List of fire departments in the United States does not exist as a viable ATD Star Mississippi 03:47, 21 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

List of Virginia fire departments (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View log | edits since nomination)

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The material on this page would be better served on the pages of the specific localities. This page is missing departments, including that of the capital city (Richmond City is not the same as Richmond County). The topic itself is not inherently notable as the collection of Virginia fire departments cannot have received more coverage than the specific fire departments themselves. I would split it out but don't want to do that without seeking consensus. JuxtaposedJacob (talk) | :) | he/him | 21:19, 25 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Organizations-related deletion discussions. JuxtaposedJacob (talk) | :) | he/him | 21:19, 25 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep - The list needs to be expanded. If we wanted to apply the reasoning for deleting Virginia's list, it may also apply to the other lists in Category:Lists of fire departments of the United States. Z. Patterson (talk) 23:31, 25 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Lists and Virginia. WCQuidditch ✎ 03:24, 26 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Redirect to List of fire departments in the United States as per outcome of Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of Florida fire departments and WP:NOTDIRECTORY. The target article includes departments which have articles, we should not be listing each and every one of them. Ajf773 (talk)
• Delete Redirect per Ajf773. Every single community in the country has some form of fire department, and adding the station number to that does not make a particularly helpful page. Yes, we should reevaluation the other lists as well. Reywas92^Talk 00:18, 3 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Relisting comment: The proposed target for a redirect has been deleted (Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of fire departments in the United States), so that's no longer a possible outcome.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, ^Complex/_Rational 02:51, 5 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Comment It should be noted the same nominator did the AfD for Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of fire departments in the United States above. What is the end goal here? – The Grid (talk) 13:38, 5 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  This seems like the sort of page that was made and not really maintained because it is not a natural point around which to coalesce information. I would prefer that the information be added to the specific localities' pages, if possible, because I think that it would have some value and be more maintainable there. Alternatively, if someone were to come in and add coverage about Virginia fire departments as a subject, that would be fine; yet, I still think that the lists of departments and their equipment should live on the pages of the localities. JuxtaposedJacob (talk) | :) | he/him | 23:42, 5 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Cinder painter (talk) 12:38, 13 March 2025 (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.