Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Government of Framingham, Massachusetts

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The result was merge to Framingham, Massachusetts. Black Kite (talk) 09:04, 25 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Government of Framingham, Massachusetts

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Fails Wikipedia:Notability. Has not received significant coverage in reliable sources independent of the subject (all of the article's references are government websites). Wikipedia is not a directory nor is it an indiscriminate collection of information and there is no reason why Framingham's government should have its own page. Hirolovesswords (talk) 04:39, 3 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Massachusetts-related deletion discussions. —Mike moral ♪♫ 04:51, 3 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politics-related deletion discussions. —Mike moral ♪♫ 04:51, 3 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Keep - Framingham, Massachusetts is the largest town in the united states that uses the New England town meeting form of government and as such this article is describes its operation. Based on that simple fact, and it is a fact, makes the town and its government notable. Regarding the sources: while most sources are primary, they are used with the standards of WP:PSTS. I must pose the question, since when are government websites not allowable as sources? There are some secondary sources in there as well, Framingham.Com is not owned by the town but the local merchants association. This is not a guide or a random collection of facts as the nominator claims, nor is it an indiscriminate collection of information. --Jeremy (blah blah • I did it!) 05:26, 3 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Merge and delete: No one claims that Framingham itself isn't notable: that's why it has its own article. No one has stated that the fact that it is the most populous "town" in the United States is untrue; it's cited in the main article. Beyond that, though, what is unique or unusual about Framingham's town government over and above that of the other thousand-someodd New England towns, and in detail essential enough to warrant a content fork? Nothing. Most of this article is either trivia -- do we really need to know the official mottos of the Public Works or police departments? -- properly included in related articles (the school system info) or completely irrelevant to Framingham town goverment (the extensive sections on the state and federal agencies located in the town). Strip out the chaff, and the rest would fit very well into the Government section of the main article. Ravenswing 07:45, 3 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, postdlf (talk) 02:29, 11 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Merge per Ravenswing, though please note this shouldn't entail deletion at all, both due to attribution requirements and the title being a logical search term. The current title should redirect to Framingham, Massachusetts, tagged with {{R from merge}} and {{R to section}}. --BDD (talk) 22:28, 18 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Comment - I lived in the town, when I interned for a law firm, and I noticed the townspeople's pride in their community. It is quite an interesting town, but I'm not sure that's enough for a content fork about its town government, which is not unique, but merely the largest town in Massachusetts. Bearian (talk) 19:06, 22 July 2013 (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.