Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Naperville Park District

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 keep. Merging can be considered through normal channels. postdlf (talk) 20:07, 16 December 2014 (UTC)

Naperville Park District

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Article has been tagged for non-notability since 2010. I couldn't find any RSes to establish notability outside of the region the park district is located in. Hustlecat ^{do it!} 01:58, 3 December 2014 (UTC)

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Illinois-related deletion discussions. Everymorning talk to me 03:08, 3 December 2014 (UTC)

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, czar ⨹ 04:07, 10 December 2014 (UTC)

Note: This debate has been included in the list of United States of America-related deletion discussions. -Fimatic (talk | contribs) 04:33, 10 December 2014 (UTC)

• Delete When I saw the article was on a district with 140 parks, I thought I would find more reliable sourcing than I did. Everything I came across was a brief, incidental, mention, not primarily focused on the district itself, and everything was from a local publication. I'm open to changing my opinion, if substantial in-depth reliable sourcing is found. Nwlaw63 (talk) 14:43, 10 December 2014 (UTC)

• Keep. Just because something is of local notability, doesn't mean it's not notable. In any case, you can find a lot by looking at an organization's history page, which shows that this park district is recognized by several national organizations. It is one of 138 parks in the country with accreditation from the Commission for Accreditation of Park and Recreation Agencies], which only confers this to 1% of park districts. According to its history page, "The Naperville Park District won the National Gold Medal, awarded by the National Recreation and Park Association" in 1972. —CodeHydro 16:22, 10 December 2014 (UTC)
• Keep subject to possible merge and redirect to Naperville, Illinois#Parks. A HighBeam search yields about 9,000 results. [1] A Google search shows plenty of coverage; here's a page from the Chicago Tribune with assorted results: [2] As a verified independent government jurisdiction, this is arguably notable as a "populated, legally-recognized place" under WP:NGEO (similar to our customary treatment of school districts) but given that it more or less coextensive with the city, it might be reasonable to merge this into the appropriate section of the city article, with the title being kept as a redirect since the agency name is a reasonable search term. On the other hand, if there is more significant content like the awards mentioned by Codehydro, a separate article might be justified; this can be discussed through the usual editorial processes outside of AfD.--Arxiloxos (talk) 16:38, 10 December 2014 (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.