Talk:United States Trustee Program

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[edit] Merger discussion

Before we go in this direction, it occurs to me that other countries may have trustees in bankruptcy, or the equivalent, in which case Trustee in bankruptcy could not properly be merged in here. Any thoughts? bd2412 T 03:46, 20 September 2007 (UTC)

• ...here's an example of use in the UK. bd2412 T 03:48, 20 September 2007 (UTC)

Maybe the "trustee in bankruptcy" article should be kept separate from "United States Trustee Program" article for a couple of reasons.

First, at least in the United States the former article (trustee in bankruptcy) deals or should be dealing with people who are essentially private individuals (whether Chapter 7 "panel trustees," chapter 11 trustees, chapter 12 "standing trustees," or chapter 13 "standing trustees") who are subject to oversight by (but are not employees of) the United States Trustee Program.

By contrast, the "United States Trustee" is a government officer of the United States, an employee of the U.S. Department of Justice, and the United States Trustee Program is part of the Department of Justice.

Second, at some point the "trustee in bankruptcy" article might be expanded to discuss trustees in other countries, which discussion would not really "go" well in the article on "United States Trustee Program."

I would think maybe just leave the articles separate? Any thoughts? Famspear 20:30, 20 September 2007 (UTC)