Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Arvida Middle School

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The result was keep. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 16:48, 11 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Arvida Middle School

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non notable middle school. middle schools do not generally have inherent notability, and this one only has light assertions of notability (otherwise it would be speedied). ⇒ SWATJester ^{Denny Crane.} 01:37, 5 August 2007 (UTC)

• Delete - WP is not a directory (of middle schools) Corpx 04:10, 6 August 2007 (UTC)
• Delete per my view of school notability. Eusebeus 10:34, 6 August 2007 (UTC)
• Strong keep - the above !votes are pro forma comments unrelated to the merits of the school. This is a Blue Ribbon school, the highest award that can be given to a US school. TerriersFan 20:16, 8 August 2007 (UTC)
• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Schools-related deletions. —TerriersFan 20:16, 8 August 2007 (UTC)

• Nowhere does it say that blue ribbon schools are inherently notable Corpx 20:20, 8 August 2007 (UTC)

• Strong Keep This article looks fine, thanks to TerriersFan's great work. The school is notable and the article is worth keeping. Noroton 22:49, 8 August 2007 (UTC)
• Strong Keep The article makes explcit claims of notability, including recognition by the Blue Ribbon Schools Program, backed up by multiple reliable and verifiable sources that clearly meet and exceed the requirements of the Wikipedia:Notability standard. User:Eusebeus/School Notability makes the baseless claims that "A school is notable only if it has attained some distinction for something other than its normal operation as a school." [emphasis in original] and that the notability standard does not apply to schools. Consensus is clear that schools are notable specifically for their achievements as schools, and that articles for schools such as this one that provide similar backup for a school's accomplishments as a school -- including notable alumni, awards and honors, offering of different degrees (such as the International Baccalaureate) or achievements in sports -- are notable, as well. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Alansohn (talk • contribs).
• Keep - Establishes notability and is well referenced with further potential; I do not see anything significantly wrong with it that makes deletion necessary. Camaron1 | Chris 16:08, 9 August 2007 (UTC)
• Speedy keep. Series of disruptive nominations have been made on poor or borderline false claims about notable schools. Burntsauce 17:59, 9 August 2007 (UTC)
• Keep per reasons described at User:Silensor/Schools, this school is notable. Silensor 07:53, 10 August 2007 (UTC)
• Delete Little assertion of notability, if any. Blue ribbon distinction not more encyclopedic than the beaches with the blue flag distinction for good quality water (this blue flag for quality beaches is an actual award btw).--Húsönd 01:44, 11 August 2007 (UTC)
• Keep Blue Ribbon Schools Program is a prestigious award given to a relatively small number of schools that supports notability. The dismissive comment about this award comparing it to a basic standard in the comment above is ridiculous. Dhaluza 10:55, 11 August 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.