Talk:Portland High School, Portland, Maine
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--Maoririder 16:03, 3 August 2005 (UTC)
The article's missing. — Stevey7788 (talk) 20:04, 5 August 2005 (UTC)
This is not a speedy deletion candidate; the tag has been removed. Bahn Mi 00:45, 6 August 2005 (UTC)
- It is a recreation of a vfd'd article though. It should go to Votes for undeletion. --Tim Pope 07:48, 6 August 2005 (UTC)
- Strictly speaking, it was not VFD'd - I speedily deleted the article that was up for VFD because it met CSD criteria as content-free. If the recreated article had suitable content, I'd say leave it - BUT I'm in favor of merging school stubs, so I like the way things are. FCYTravis 08:22, 6 August 2005 (UTC)
- Ah ok, my misunderstanding... sorry. I hope the merger is acceptable to all. --Tim Pope 09:30, 6 August 2005 (UTC)
- Strictly speaking, it was not VFD'd - I speedily deleted the article that was up for VFD because it met CSD criteria as content-free. If the recreated article had suitable content, I'd say leave it - BUT I'm in favor of merging school stubs, so I like the way things are. FCYTravis 08:22, 6 August 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Removed greatschools website
Whenever I visit the greatschools URL it proceeds to download an absolutely massive bit of real media spam. This is very hostile behavior and not something we would want to inflict on our readers. I'm going to remove references to that site, replacing with another reference site where none already exists, whenever I find it in a Wikipedia article. --Tony SidawayTalk 01:08, 10 August 2005 (UTC)
- I've noticed the same problem, and it seems to be getting worse. That is unfortunate. Bahn Mi 18:39, 12 August 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Vote for Deletion
This article survived a Vote for Deletion. The discussion can be found here. -Splash 20:40, 11 August 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Oldest public high school?
I just undid an edit promoting this school from "second oldest" to "oldest public high school" without providing a source. The PHS website claims second oldest in continuous operation, so I left that for now. However, two other U.S. high schools claim to be older and another claims to be second oldest (quotes are from their WP articles):
- Boston Latin School, "is a public exam school founded on April 23, 1635, in Boston, Massachusetts, making it the oldest school in North America"
- English High School of Boston, "founded in 1821"
- Central High School (Philadelphia),"the second oldest public high school in the United States" "founded in 1836 and is a four-year, college preparatory, magnet school," that grants both high school diplomas and bachelors degrees
- Portland High School, "Established in 1821 as a boys' school, Portland is the second oldest public high school still operating in the United States, having been the third public high school to be established in the U.S"
Perhaps English HS and Portland HS are the two oldest public comprehensive high schools in the U.S. in continuous operation. But which opened first?--Hjal 19:20, 18 February 2007 (UTC)
