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The result was delete. TonyBallioni (talk) 02:58, 23 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

North Wildwood Beach Patrol[edit]

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A non-notable organization to have its own page. Nothing about it stands out and fails notability guidelines. At the very least, some of this info could be merged into North Wildwood, New Jersey.Tinton5 (talk) 20:13, 30 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

• Merge to a new article/Delete. Perhaps we could salvage a tiny bit of the article:

  "North Wildwood Beach Patrol was originated in 1914 by Mayor Harry Hoffman due to the rising need for beach safety and supervision. The patrol, when it first began, was a small collection of men in charge of overseeing the safety and well-being of the beach patrons, and it wasn’t until seventy-two years later in 1986 that the first women qualified and were hired by the beach patrol"

  ...and use it to create an article on History of lifeguards in the United States? Even Atlantic City doesn't have an article for its Beach Patrol, and they're the oldest in the country. There should be a state-by-state listing of where lifeguards are though. I can't see much needed beyond "X city began protecting its beaches in 1862. Its neighbor Y to the north began..." and so on. The lifeguard races (mentioned in this article) could be a section of the suggested article. I don't know enough about the subject matter, and not sure who to reach out to, but the article shouldn't be deleted until some effort is made to keep the useful information. ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 18:16, 1 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Organizations-related deletion discussions. MT Train^Talk 03:33, 31 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of New Jersey-related deletion discussions. MT Train^Talk 03:33, 31 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete - reliable, third-party, published sources regarding the subject are not provided to support notability.--Rpclod (talk) 02:43, 16 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep plenty of coverage in reliable sources available. All it takes is clicking the "News" link above. See wp:before. FloridaArmy (talk) 03:02, 16 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I don't think recurring news of similar focus counts as reliably cited. All of my hits are coming from the local town/county papers, and therefore I don't think they are the best sources for establishing notability. The street I live on has been cited in the newspapers or local journals hundreds of times.. doesn't make it notable for Wikipedia. SEMMENDINGER (talk) 19:37, 17 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete Non notable group. All instances of it cited in the news are local, routine coverage which does not establish notability. The top hits are about the beach patrol men's basketball league, swimming advisories, and beach schedules. This doesn't establish GNG. Since "Local sources are valid in establishing notability if they provide in-depth, non-routine, non-trivial coverage of the subject," and all mentions of this patrol on only the first page are definitely trivial, if not routine mentions, it can be assumed this page doesn't really have notability. SEMMENDINGER (talk) 19:41, 17 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete. completely trivial local interest organization. The material that references them is basically mere notices. DGG ( talk ) 22:06, 20 April 2018 (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.