Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Village School Charlottesville Virginia

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 to delete, but merging should be considered if no non-trivial independent sources can be found. W.marsh 00:06, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Village School Charlottesville Virginia

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One person in the entire school? This is either a hoax or needs to be completely rewritten. Nekohakase 16:10, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

• Speedy delete hoax and probably WP:CB.--Tainter 16:16, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

I withdraw my vote. Though notability needs to be established.--Tainter 19:19, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

Probably?! Speediest Delete possible --Lee Vonce 16:32, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

• Delete. Even if the school does exist, it absolutely fails any notability criteria and is filled with original research. Michaelas10 (Talk) 17:00, 23 January 2007 (UTC)
• Delete Comment. After seeing the right version, I don't necessarily see anything notable about it, as middle schools generally are not inherently notable. I'll look over it though.
• Comment Please, when you see silly things in an article, look at the history. Sometime after the revision as of 03:13, 7 November 2006 by Mrsparker9 , vandals changed it from a school with 60 girls to a school operated by 2 boys who have only 1 girl student locked in the basement. I will try and copy the last good text to replace what is in the present vandalized version, rather than reverting to a version lacking the AFD tagging. Then I will remove the Hoax tag. Speedy delete is completely unjustified if based on the vandal's version. Edison 18:41, 23 January 2007 (UTC)
• Keep Added sources and removed the vandalism. We usually do not have articles for middle schools, but this one has an innovative program and has influenced other schools in the area to also adopt single sex education. Edison 19:09, 23 January 2007 (UTC)
  • I've removed the hoax tag, yet I don't think any of the added references are done from reliable sources. WP:SCHOOL, although rejected by the community, indicated that a school needs to have some media coverage or be historicaly important in order to be kept - something that simply can't be achieved by a small private school. Michaelas10 (Talk) 19:14, 23 January 2007 (UTC)
  • Comment Its notability is clearly in question, but [1] seems like a reliable, verifiable, and independent source to show at least that a school exists and what its enrollment is. Edison 21:04, 23 January 2007 (UTC)
    • There are thousands of private schools listed there, and it's certainly not a "published work" about the school, but rather a listing within a directory. Michaelas10 (Talk) 21:13, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

Now that it's been fixed I guess there isn't any reason to delete it except for notability. I'll leave the notability of the school for others to decide (because if it hasn't been in the news, I personally don't find it notable.) But it is slightly spammy... "with the school being so small, it gives students a chance to know their teachers personally and the chance to make friendships that will last a life time." is in no way encyclopedic. I would vote to get rid of it, or rewrite the biased information. Nekohakase 23:29, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

• keep please edison has provided good rewriting and reliable sources too yuckfoo 20:35, 24 January 2007 (UTC)
• delete What precisely is notable? DGG 23:59, 25 January 2007 (UTC)
• Delete. No evidence that this school is any more notable than its peers. WMMartin 15:28, 26 January 2007 (UTC)
• Delete. Does not assert meeting WP:SCHOOLS3. Vegaswikian 07:35, 28 January 2007 (UTC)
• Delete. Does not have multiple independent references other than listings. It influenced *one* other school: big deal. If they'd pioneered girls-only schools in W.Va., and were mentioned in the newspaper or an education journal or something, I'd say keep. But as it stands, not notable. Argyriou (talk) 21:01, 30 January 2007 (UTC)
• Keep or Merge per WP:LOCAL.  ALKIVAR™ ☢ 21:47, 30 January 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.