Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Morristown West High School

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 no consensus, defaulting to keep. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 07:03, 2 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Morristown West High School

Non-notable high school. Page created by an editor with mostly edits to just this page and a smattering of vandalism. Dgies 07:02, 28 October 2006 (UTC)

• Delete - doesn't meet the proposed WP:SCHOOL. MER-C 07:42, 28 October 2006 (UTC)
• Speedy Delete - CSD-A7 and doesnt really meet the proposed WP:SCHOOL guidelines. Barring that schools doesnt fall under "group of people", maintain as delete--Arnzy (talk · contribs) 09:36, 28 October 2006 (UTC)

• Keep this is a very notable school, one of the top public high schools in tennesse, #2 football team in tenn. #1 cross-country team in tenn. etc. many notable students, too
• Keep From the comprehensive section of the WP:School: "The school is a post-secondary school."

Comment High schools are secondary schools. Dgies 17:08, 28 October 2006 (UTC)

• Keep Article has plenty of detail (in fact, too much -- I took out the faculty list) and has a source. General consensus has been that high schools are notable; this article is better than many high school articles where afd result has been keep or no-consensus. NawlinWiki 12:11, 28 October 2006 (UTC)
• Delete. No indication of significance, no sources. There's no rational reason in the world to say "all high schools are notable". What's next, bus stops and train stations? Wikipedia is not a directory. Ned Wilbury 15:18, 28 October 2006 (UTC)
• Delete Non-notable school. I really disagree with the "all schools/high schools are notable" statement some people say to try and keep every school related article. TJ Spyke 20:22, 28 October 2006 (UTC)
  • And I disagree with the 'non notable' statement some people say to try and delete every school related article. It doesn't make your opinion invalid, nor does your disagreement make anyone else's opinion invalid. Cynical 21:46, 28 October 2006 (UTC)
    • I have voted to keep on schools that have shown notability, which this one hasn't. TJ Spyke 21:56, 28 October 2006 (UTC)
• Keep all schools/high schools are notable (or more relevant are the customers of WIkipedia) - Don't cut off your nose to spite your face --Mike 21:41, 28 October 2006 (UTC)
  • That is not true, schools have to show notability. How is this school notable? TJ Spyke 21:56, 28 October 2006 (UTC)
• Keep per Mike. Cynical 21:46, 28 October 2006 (UTC)
• Keep Of course this school is notable, it's where over 1000 kids spend their day preparing for the rest of their life. If you get rid of this you might as well get rid of Girraween High School. Atlantis Hawk 23:24, 28 October 2006 (UTC)
  • I've prodded that article, and will nominate it if someone removes the PROD without an explanation. TJ Spyke 23:36, 28 October 2006 (UTC)

• I have deprodded the above article WITH explanation before I found this AfD. I, however, have no objection to an AfD on the article. Its always good for the Wikipedia community to revisit these things from time to time. youngamerican (ahoy hoy) 23:43, 28 October 2006 (UTC)

• Comment Quantity of students is not notability, and a well-made article on a non-notable subject doesn't make the subject notable. Dgies 18:55, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

• Keep seems notable enough to me. --Kf4bdy ^{talk contribs} 02:41, 29 October 2006 (UTC)
• Keep. Secondary school, ergo notable. -- Necrothesp 03:26, 29 October 2006 (UTC)
• Keep Above and beyond the fact that we have near-complete consensus that public high schools are notable, the current article, as improved, more than demonstrates that it deserves to be reatined. The attention drawn to this article by this AfD will help ensure that any vandalism is addressed promptly and efficiently. Alansohn 04:13, 29 October 2006 (UTC)
  • Hear hear. Atlantis Hawk 07:52, 29 October 2006 (UTC)
• Keep, as all this needs is a slight citation job to be fully valid. --Shanesan 07:56, 29 October 2006 (UTC)
• Delete There is no claim of notability. The school has no notable alumni, no notable students, no athletic teams or clubs that have performed at a national level, no old age or anything else that might arguably confer notability. Nothing here distinguishes this school from 1000s of others. JoshuaZ 19:58, 29 October 2006 (UTC)
  • Sure, it may be just any other school but there are still 1500 kids that I'm sure don't want to think about their school being 'non-notable.'
    • "You are a unique individual, just like everyone else." Everyone's school is special to them, that doesn't make it special to others.
  • And many websites don't like being described as non-notable, nor do little garage bands, nor do many companies (and yes some companies with 1500 employees would fail WP:CORP). There feelings are not very relevant. JoshuaZ 18:14, 30 October 2006 (UTC)
• keep  The Steve  10:53, 30 October 2006 (UTC)
• keep notable school. Audiobooks 20:13, 30 October 2006 (UTC)
  • — Possible single purpose account: Audiobooks (talk • contribs) has made few or no other contributions outside this topic.
• Delete, no claim to notability in article. --Kuzaar^-T-C- 20:48, 30 October 2006 (UTC)
• Delete nn schoole. Carlossuarez46 04:04, 31 October 2006 (UTC)
• Delete, nothing here resembling an assertion of notability. —ptk✰fgs 21:59, 31 October 2006 (UTC)
• Delete No assertion of encyclopedic notability in the article. We wouldn't keep all companies just because people spend their time there, and most people spend more time at at least one employer than they do at any school. There is also no use of independent reliable sources to allow us to have a solid article adhering to the policies WP:V and WP:NPOV simultaneously. GRBerry 23:45, 31 October 2006 (UTC)
• Keep, the nature, origins and development of a high school are highly encylopedic and it would be a betrayal of our readers to deprive them of any discussion about it. There is sufficient material here to make merging inappropriate. Kappa 01:05, 1 November 2006 (UTC)

• Comment Put it this way, would you like the school that you spent years in to be considered non-notable? Atlantis Hawk 05:01, 1 November 2006 (UTC)
  • Comment I wouldn't terribly mind. And in any event, it is irrelevant. People get annoyed when their clubs and garage bands are called non-notable and they get removed anyways. We aren't here to make people feel happy but to write an encyclopedia. JoshuaZ 05:49, 1 November 2006 (UTC)
• Keep per my belief that secondary level educational institutions are notable. Yamaguchi先生 07:02, 1 November 2006
  • Comment Any explanation or reasoning behind where this belief comes from? Articles are not kept sola fide. JoshuaZ 07:07, 1 November 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per nom. Arbusto 09:03, 1 November 2006 (UTC)
• Delete as written. I'm not against all high school articles, but I would be delighted to have it established that not all high schools are notable, and so far this one looks rather ordinary. --Brianyoumans 14:15, 1 November 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per Brianyoumans - no assertion of material that would meet the proposed WP:SCHOOLS criteria in the article. --Trödel 15:35, 1 November 2006 (UTC)
• Keep who made the article doesnt matter on AFD... what matters is the article content. Also notability is not a deletion policy nor has it ever been. the only standard we have here is Verifiability... can we verify this information... answer YES... therefore it should remain.  ALKIVAR™ ☢ 16:34, 1 November 2006 (UTC)
• Keep per Yamaguchi, Alkivar, etc. How many times do we have to have the same discussion about different schools? --Myles Long 16:35, 1 November 2006 (UTC)
• Delete Average secondary school, therefore not notable. Article is a directory entry. Plus, nearly the entire article is a copyvio from the school's website. Shimeru 00:50, 2 November 2006 (UTC)
• Keep for reasons already stated previously ad nauseum. Silensor 01:00, 2 November 2006 (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.