Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Luton Sixth Form

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 of the debate was keep.  RasputinAXP  c 20:30, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Luton Sixth Form

On behalf of the Luton Sixth College (of which I am currently a student) this page has been requested to be deleted from this site. It was created without the prior consent of any administrative member of staff, by a student who was put up to it as a simple joke. The college (as I understand it) can reserve their right to not be listed on this encyclopedia if they do not wish to be, certainly not in the mal-constructed, under-written form as the article appears now. It could be considered potentially harmful to the college reputation (refer to the history of the page, vandalism has been cleared for the time being as the deletion process is pursued) if this page remains. A formal addressal will be made to contact the Wikipedia H.Q. over the next few days to request removal, but I have still decided to address this through the 'normal' channels. I think it is very clear that this article does NOT have a place on this encyclopedia. Kasei 02:13, 15 June 2006 (UTC)

• Comment There are a number of arguments for the notability of schools and the arguments for keeping or deleting them - Wikipedia:Schools/Arguments. If your school is not sufficiently notable, it can go. However, that you don't want to be listed is not a sufficient argument for deletion - see any of the AfD discussions at Daniel Brandt. Contact legal if there are legal problems with inclusion, but I see none. It can be speedied if the creator wants it to go. Jammo (SM247) 02:50, 15 June 2006 (UTC)
• Strong keep. The existence of the college is public domain - I don't think the college have any right to request the article's removal. They do of course have the right to edit it! And what's wrong with the article anyway? -- RHaworth 03:43, 15 June 2006 (UTC)
• Strong keep seems like a perfectly fine article to me. --Pak21 09:31, 15 June 2006 (UTC)
• Delete, this is has nothing to do with the request to remove it (which we have no way of knowing is genuine). The school does not appear to be notable enough to justify an article -- and there is no precedent or consensus for "Keep" votes or some mystical "inherent notability" for schools (despite what is claimed by organised pro-School article voters). If the school is planning to make a formal request for removal (with reliable identification), then that's up to them... but on AFD we have to make a decision solely on the article, and mine is 'delete'. - Motor (talk) 10:00, 15 June 2006 (UTC)
• Strong keep, could do with a minor cleanup. The level of notability for schools is low. Vizjim 10:16, 15 June 2006 (UTC)
• Keep. I personally feel that schools are notable as they are such an influence in people's lives. Ben W Bell talk 10:49, 15 June 2006 (UTC)
• Merge to Luton, or possibly create a Schools and colleges of Luton list or something. Once you remove all the stuff about "world renowned" courses and employing "some of the most prolific names in higher education", there really isn't much left. Additionally, the article doesn't establish the notability of the college. Extraordinary Machine 13:17, 15 June 2006 (UTC)
• Keep. Don't see any problems with the article. David L Rattigan 16:08, 15 June 2006 (UTC)
• Delete For utter non-notability. As mentioned above the reason given in the nom isn;t a very good one. Artw 17:46, 15 June 2006 (UTC)
• Keep, per Vizjim, &c.: current precedent suggests that most schools are notable. The article, or at least the one I read, does not seem to be an attack page. Smerdis of Tlön 18:45, 15 June 2006 (UTC)
• Strong Delete Also, nominator, remember: No legal threats. - Kookykman|(t)e 20:45, 15 June 2006 (UTC)
• Keep and rename Luton Sixth Form College. Just because somebody claims the subject wants it removed is no reason to remove it. It's a perfectly reasonable subject for an article. -- Necrothesp 21:50, 15 June 2006 (UTC)
  • You see, I want it removed because I think it's not a reasonable subject for the article, not because of what the nominator said. - Kookykman|(t)e 22:29, 15 June 2006 (UTC)
    • It's a college, it's a reasonable subject for an article, in my opinion. -- Necrothesp 22:59, 15 June 2006 (UTC)
• Keep. It is a well known High School and these are generally kept. It does need improvement and renaming as suggested just above. --Bduke 23:53, 15 June 2006 (UTC)
• Keep No one is entitled to have their article removed. If an organisation doesn't want to have a public profile, the only way to achieve that is not to exist. ReeseM 02:12, 16 June 2006 (UTC)
• Delete. This is an article about a minor educational entity that does no research. It is non-notable. Cedars 16:57, 17 June 2006 (UTC)
• Keep per Bduke. --mtz206 (talk) 17:26, 19 June 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.