Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Columbia High School (Florida)

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 keep.--Wizardman 00:09, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Columbia High School (Florida)

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Reason summed up with one word: "And?" Another non-notable school. Edit: Article has since greatly improved. It should not take a AFD to make an article keepable though. The people creating school articles need to get in the habit of establishing notability well before it's nominated for deletion. SeizureDog 10:24, 18 March 2007 (UTC)

• Delete unless attributable evidence of encyclopedic notability is shown. MER-C 12:14, 18 March 2007 (UTC)
• Delete I have some tolerance for articles on schools, but more information is necessary. YechielMan 16:59, 18 March 2007 (UTC)
• Delete per above. -- Infrogmation 17:27, 18 March 2007 (UTC)
• Keep oh come on i know it needs help i am trying to get more information on the school like most schools are not noteabel but we still have on here so also i added the expand tag to get help what else can i do so please keep thisOo7565 20:51, 18 March 2007 (UTC)
• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Schools-related deletions. -- Noroton 21:23, 18 March 2007 (UTC)
• Keep If Oo7565 will work on the article, I'm in favor of keeping it, and if it isn't worked on it should be redirected to the school district or town article, something for which we don't need a deletion vote. I made some suggestions for places to go for information on the article's talk page. Noroton 21:37, 18 March 2007 (UTC)
• Keep Still in the early data-gathering stage, but the article has already been expanded, with additional reliable and verifiable sources on their way, demonstrating notability for this school. Alansohn 23:07, 18 March 2007 (UTC)
• Weak Delete Keep per WP:N. One sports championship is not enough for me, but keep at it and you might swing me. School appears to have a notable sports program (i.e., swung!). BTW, if nothing else, these AfDs are rapidly improving WP's school content! --Butseriouslyfolks 23:26, 18 March 2007 (UTC)
  • Update: Six championships, three notables. Still at work. Alansohn 00:02, 19 March 2007 (UTC)
    • Reply: Thanks for the (changed) vote of confidence. Though the process can work, using AfDs as a means to satisfy notability criteria at the barrel of a gun is not the most effective means to improve articles. Though as I've stated, it's remarkable how easy it can be to find the needed reliable and verifiable sources, once you start looking. Alansohn 02:07, 19 March 2007 (UTC)
      • Reply You're welcome. I do try to call them as I see them. As for the gun barrel thing, I believe an article that is deleted at AfD for failing WP:N can be restored later if the WP:N issue is rectified. Or am I off base there? --Butseriouslyfolks 04:02, 19 March 2007 (UTC)
• Keep This school seems notable and has quite a few references. It definately needs some improvement though and a few more references, but shouldnt be deleted! LordHarris 00:15, 19 March 2007 (UTC)
• Keep per the lack of a subject specific guideline for schools since WP:SCHOOL is tagged as "historical" and since it appears to meet WP:ATT by having several independent references. Edison 04:12, 19 March 2007 (UTC)
• Keep High schools are important institutions, well above the level of notabilty applied to items in other fields. Hawkestone 00:56, 20 March 2007 (UTC)
• Delete, won the Boys Basketball Class B championship in 1947 (probably state level) just does not look notable to me. -- Chris 73 | Talk 11:04, 20 March 2007 (UTC)
• Keep. At least three more or less notable alumni on the list. Well-sourced article. Sjakkalle (Check!) 13:33, 20 March 2007 (UTC)
• Keep for my usual reasons. -- Necrothesp 14:58, 20 March 2007 (UTC)
• Keep and expand — Satisfactory — RJH (talk) 22:30, 20 March 2007 (UTC)
• Keep - notable school; well sourced article; clearly meets WP:N. TerriersFan 02:37, 21 March 2007 (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.