Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Argoed 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 keep. - Mailer Diablo 06:33, 19 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Argoed High School

there appears to be nothing notable about this welsh secondary school. Ohconfucius 08:02, 14 August 2006 (UTC)

• Keep. All secondary schools are notable. TruthbringerToronto (Talk | contribs) 08:26, 14 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete. Schools that aren't notable should be listed in their parent communities' entries; cf. WP:SCHOOL. --Graham 08:36, 14 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete school --Musaabdulrashid 09:48, 14 August 2006 (UTC)
• Keep Nominating high schools is disruption to make a point. Piccadilly 10:44, 14 August 2006 (UTC)

In all fairness, it's not that disruptive, and they don't have much of a point. WilyD 23:41, 14 August 2006 (UTC)

• Keep — WP:SCHOOL does not yet set a bar for deletion and there is no parent article to merge into. 550+ student high schools are unlikely to ever be judged as non-notable Peripitus (Talk) 11:54, 14 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete not notable, no paticuarly special achievements to warrant inclusion. Viridae^Talk 12:15, 14 August 2006 (UTC)
• Keep, I think all high schools should be kept. NawlinWiki 14:20, 14 August 2006 (UTC)
• Keep - common law dictates that high schools are notable. WilyD 14:34, 14 August 2006 (UTC)
  • What exactly do you mean by common law? Precedent is not binding in AFD. Viridae^Talk 14:40, 14 August 2006 (UTC)
    • Precendent isn't binding upon AfD, but it is the rational I'm advancing here, yes. It's a very well established precendent that secondary schools are inherently worthy of articles - and as long as they get past WP:V, I'm not really aware of a criterion anywhere which is binding upon AfD, or even an official-like guideline. WilyD 14:42, 14 August 2006 (UTC)
      • The guideline is at WP:SCHOOL, although it's among the most ignored guidelines here. --Graham 17:03, 14 August 2006 (UTC)
        • WP:SCHOOL is a proposed guideline, not a guideline. It wouldn't be binding even if it was a guideline, which it isn't. WilyD 17:17, 14 August 2006 (UTC)
• Keep. While the article is not extensive, it does provide some background on the school. Plus, there is verifiable information, with a reference to a newspaper article (albeit a local) included. This school article clears the hurdle. —C.Fred (talk) 15:20, 14 August 2006 (UTC)
• Keep — At least until WP:SCHOOLS is agreed upon and we have some common guidelines. This school meets my personal criteria for notability. Thanks. — RJH (talk) 17:19, 14 August 2006 (UTC)
• Keep as is customary. Gazpacho 17:41, 14 August 2006 (UTC)
• Keep It is a high school and WP:SCHOOL --Ageo020 00:51, 15 August 2006 (UTC)
• Keep Since Argoed High School is a high school, this nomination was a waste of everyone's time.Edison 02:16, 15 August 2006 (UTC)
• Keep. Notable high school. Carioca 04:48, 15 August 2006 (UTC)
• Keep as a notable secondary school, this nomination is a waste of time indeed. Silensor 07:29, 15 August 2006 (UTC)
• Keep -- per RJH's statement. GBYork 13:12, 15 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete As the article contains no assertion of notability. Having articles on all schools violates the WP:NOT policy against being an indiscriminate collection of information. GRBerry 15:12, 15 August 2006 (UTC)
  • Comment surely you realise that isn't true. There's no requirement for an assertion of notability, and WP:NOT doesn't forbid an article on every highschool any more than it forbids an article on every country. WilyD 15:46, 15 August 2006 (UTC)
    • Comment ....or every person, every public convenience, blah blah blah. Carlossuarez46 06:37, 16 August 2006 (UTC)
      • Comment true, WP:NOT doesn't really forbid an article on every person, though WP:V and WP:BIO do. WilyD 11:43, 16 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete nn school. Carlossuarez46 06:37, 16 August 2006 (UTC)
• Keep notability isnt policy... verifiability is.  ALKIVAR™ 06:14, 17 August 2006 (UTC)
• Keep based upon my belief that secondary level educational institutions and above are notable. Yamaguchi先生 08:18, 17 August 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.