Talk:Department of Regional Australia, Local Government, Arts and Sport

I would like to see this page deleted as the Department no longer exists as of new Administrative Arrangements Orders of 18 September 2013.Clare. (talk) 06:24, 18 September 2013 (UTC)

That is a reason to update the article rather than to delete it. Encyclopedias cover history. Phil Bridger (talk) 11:52, 19 September 2013 (UTC)

Yes, but is this notable history? According to Wikipedia:Notability (organizations and companies), organisations are usually notable if they meet both of the following standards:

1. The scope of their activities is national or international in scale.
I would argue this is not the case as, since the wind-up on 18 September 2013, the department has no activities of any scale
2. Information about the organization and its activities can be verified by multiple, third-party, independent, reliable sources.
Currently the article itself appears to suggest that there are very few sources (see the very few references at the bottom of the article). But maybe there are plenty of references and the article just needs work?

Further, the department existed for less than two years and is one of over 9000 Australian Government agencies to have existed. Perhaps it is better to cover the page on a current Department's site in a history section (for example, as covered in the Department of Infrastructure and Regional Development Wikipedia article (see Whether to create standalone pages)

Phil, I would appreciate your thoughts.Clare. (talk) 12:26, 19 September 2013 (UTC)

Notability does not expire. If this was notable then it still is notable. And this was a government department headed by a minister, not just any old government agency. Phil Bridger (talk) 21:06, 19 September 2013 (UTC)

Hey Phil, what happens when another agency comes along with the same name? Do you know if there is any wiki-guidance about that? (maybe not likely that we'll have another Department of Regional Australia, Local Government, Arts and Sport... but you never know and certainly relevant for the hundreds of other departments. Cheers, Clare. (talk) 05:06, 21 September 2013 (UTC)