Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Eugene Field Elementary 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. Camaron | Chris (talk) 19:44, 8 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Eugene Field Elementary School

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This school is not notable. Mike2892 (talk) 05:38, 3 February 2008 (UTC)

• Redirect to Park Ridge, Illinois#Education. Possibly make a note there that Hillary Clinton is an alum. While verifiable, that appears to the reason it gets attention. • Gene93k (talk) 12:18, 3 February 2008 (UTC)

• Vote changed to keep given weight of evidence. • Gene93k (talk) 19:21, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Schools-related deletion discussions. —• Gene93k (talk) 12:24, 3 February 2008 (UTC)
• Keep That's a pretty damn good reason. See this citation for verification. Mandsford (talk) 17:59, 3 February 2008 (UTC)
• Keep The fact that Hillary Clinton attended this school makes it notable. Georgette2 (talk) 21:13, 3 February 2008 (UTC)
• Keep per Georgette2 « D. Trebbien (talk) 04:01 2008 February 4 (UTC)
• Keep

• It can be verified that Hillary attended the school. That should be well-cited in the article.
• Hillary Clinton mentions the school by name in a speech during her Senate term. The transcript of her speech is recorded on the official senate.gov website. Remarks of Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton at Brookings “America’s First Suburbs” Symposium
• Hillary Clinton visited the school while First Lady. Abstract of "The Washington Post" article from 1997.

If an editor would appropriately add the information above, I think that this would significantly help the argument of Notability, Verifiabilty, and Reliable Sources for the school. --Daddy.twins (talk) 19:13, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

• Done. Thanks for the research! Georgette2 (talk) 00:16, 7 February 2008 (UTC)

• Keep - schools attended by leading political figures are always notable since readers will want to research them. TerriersFan (talk) 23:50, 7 February 2008 (UTC)
• Keep Significant connection establishes notability. Alansohn (talk) 05:09, 8 February 2008 (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.