Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Blessed Trinity Catholic 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 delete. Wizardman 17:39, 18 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Blessed Trinity Catholic School

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The article is basically an information guide about a local school in which the only possible notable aspect is Jim Carrey being a former student but the fact is not supported by any sources. Without that ,it is basically the typical local nn school. Delete JForget 00:31, 13 September 2007 (UTC)

• Delete. While there's some evidence that Jim Carrey exists, there's no evidence that the "Blessed Trinity" exists, nor is there any evidence that this school is in any way notable--so I say delete this non-notable school that's named after a Roman Catholic myth.Qworty 00:38, 13 September 2007 (UTC)
• Weak Keep Searching for "jim carrey" "blessed trinity" gives around 600 hits of varying quality. Here are the first two I read. I'm not too sure what makes a school notable, but a famous ex-pupil is surely a start. Thomjakobsen 00:58, 13 September 2007 (UTC)
• Keep per User:Thomjakobsen, although it's not much now the article certainly has a lot of potential. --RucasHost 00:59, 13 September 2007 (UTC)
• Comment: Has Jim Carrey ever golfed at Bear Creek Country Club? No, of course not, that's why it's a non-notable golf course and we're deleting it. Come on. A place doesn't become notable just because Jim Carrey shows up. Anybody know where he's eating dinner tonight? Qworty 01:29, 13 September 2007 (UTC)

• Comment If Jim Carrey had worked at that country club for a few years, that might confer notability. Similarly any comedy club he'd played at for a long period. Schools become notable on the basis of their alumni (barring gun rampages and sex-abuse scandals), and an A-list Hollywood star scores pretty highly. The school even gets namechecked in stories about him. You obviously haven't read the guidelines at WP:CARREY. Thomjakobsen 02:07, 13 September 2007 (UTC)

• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Schools-related deletions. -- John Vandenberg 02:55, 13 September 2007 (UTC)
• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Ontario-related deletions. -- John Vandenberg 02:56, 13 September 2007 (UTC)
• Delete I think this is a good case for "Notability is not inherited". A passing mention in the media that he went to the school is not an article about the school. Unless the references are about the school itself and tell why the school is particularly noteworthy, they don't count. MarkBul 03:00, 13 September 2007 (UTC)
• Strong delete. While I buy into the argument that high schools have some automatic notability, this school is not a high school. So, does it have anything that qualifies it as notable? Just an unsourced assertion that Jim Carrey attended. No clear claim of notability exists, and there are no independent reliable sources cited in the article. Fails notability, fails verification. I'm open to an article compliant with the School project guidelines being written about the school in the future, but this article...there's nothing here worth saving as a starting point. —C.Fred (talk) 16:33, 13 September 2007 (UTC)
• Delete. Should we have articles on every school formerly attended by an A-list celebrity? Cap'n Walker 14:42, 14 September 2007 (UTC)
• Comment. The arguments in favor of this article remind me of that great line from the movie Heathers, wherein a group of people wants to establish the notability of a hotel--and prevent it from being demolished--because "Glenn Miller and his band once took a shit there." Gee, imagine if Jim Carrey had dropped by! Qworty 19:34, 14 September 2007 (UTC)
• Delete A single notable alum does not significant coverage make. Without multiple RS's to verify substantial facts, there is no hope for the article. VanTucky ^Talk 22:16, 14 September 2007 (UTC)
• Weak delete; I believe that high schools have automatic notability, but the article does not state whether this is a high school or not. StaticElectric 16:34, 17 September 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.