Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of school districts in San Francisco County, California

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The result of the debate was keep for now. -- Scott e^iπ 02:55, Jun 7, 2005 (UTC)

List of school districts in San Francisco County, California

As San Francisco has a single unified school district, this would be better as a single line in the education section of San Francisco, California. Gentgeen 00:17, 23 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]

~~Maybe Redirect to San Francisco Unified School District Kappa 01:10, 23 May 2005 (UTC)~~ Leave it up to Tony Sidaway. Kappa 19:25, 28 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Why is this on VfD? The move function could have resolved this. —RaD Man (talk) 02:55, 23 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
- Actually I think you mean the "redirect" function. Revolución 03:56, 23 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  - If a duplicate article already exists, then yes, merge and redirect. —RaD Man (talk) 04:41, 23 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
My vote is to redirect to San Francisco Unified School District. Revolución 03:56, 23 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Delete, do not redirect. The function of a redirect is to guide users who might type a keyword in to the article. San Francisco only has one school district. This is a no-brainer, folks. Neutrality^talk 03:58, May 23, 2005 (UTC)
- Comment It's only a no-brainer, alas, to people who already know that San Francisco has only one school district. --Tony Sidaway|Talk 16:47, 23 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. NoAccount
Can we merge to San Francisco, California and redirect to San Francisco Unified School District? That would be best. DoubleBlue (Talk) 06:00, 23 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Jjeffs 13:07, 23 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Comment I've been thinking of making this into a redirect to the unified district--there are several California counties that have a single unified district. This is part of a fairly large project-in-progress, and the name of this article is part of a pattern "List of school districts in X county" intended to make it easy for the lists to be located by a person with only a minimal understanding of the underlying school system. --Tony Sidaway|Talk 16:43, 23 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Comment - one item doesn't a list make. Gentgeen 02:50, 25 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Actually a useful list can even contain zero items. --Tony Sidaway|Talk 12:41, 25 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
- Alright, I'll ask it: How can a useful list contain zero items? DoubleBlue (Talk) 20:56, 25 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
- It can hold a place in a category or a list of lists, by its existence dispelling the possibility that its omission is an oversight. This could sometimes be useful owing to the very fluid nature of Wikipedia development.
- This is one reason why I'd prefer this article not to be deleted, even though it comprises only one item. The omission from the Lists of school districts in California by county of List of school districts in San Francisco County, California might seem rather odd. I could replace it with a direct link to San Francisco Unified School District, but to me that seems less elegant. --Tony Sidaway|Talk 22:06, 25 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. Since the article is part of a "list of lists" that is titled "Lists of school districts in California by county" I agree that it would seem strange to omit San Francisco county even if that particular list only has one item. This page should be judged on how it helps a user of Wikipedia, not on the content of a single article. It serves a valid purpose, just as do redirect pages and dismbiguation pages. DS1953 21:30, 28 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Part of a series. There are several other counties with only two districts, and Amador County and Sierra County also only have one school district. jengod 00:10, Jun 4, 2005 (UTC)

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