Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Hasland Junior 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 closed as keep due to nominator withdrawal.  ALKIVAR™ ☢ 22:07, 28 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Hasland Junior School

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Yet another unsourced article on a non-notable elementary school. Contested prod. --Finngall ^talk 18:24, 27 September 2007 (UTC)

• Nomination withdrawn due to addition of plentiful sources and improvement in quality. --Finngall ^talk 20:03, 28 September 2007 (UTC)

• Delete Keep per nom new sources. Looks much better now. Keeper | 76 18:46, 27 September 2007 (UTC) vote changed by Keeper | 76 18:34, 28 September 2007 (UTC)

• Save I am currently collecting images on the school and in the process of writing the article based on my own knowledge. How do you class the school as non-notable? Other primary schools, for example Dale Community Primary School, have even less information about them but are not marked for deletion. The idea of Wikipedia is to create an encyclopaedia, so surely an addition of a primary school is good, even if it is 'non-notable'? Thanks, Schumi555 18:59, 27 September 2007 (UTC)

• Writing an article "based on your own knowledge" is Original research, and (don't take this personally) not a reliable source. Also, pointing out other schools is an example of OTHER STUFF EXISTS, which generally doesn't make a good argument for your case. Actually, it may lead someone to proposing deletion to the "other stuff" more frequently than saving your own. My opinions only. Keeper | 76 19:20, 27 September 2007 (UTC)

• I agree with your comments, I won't go into arguments about OTHER STUFF EXISTS. I will go out and find other sources from local library, the school etc. Will try and add before the discussion ends. Thanks, Schumi555 19:33, 27 September 2007 (UTC)

• It's worth noting here that you are being very gracious. Thank you for being a good faith editor! Glad you're here, good luck with your search. Some advice: look for things that have been written ABOUT the school from independent sources, things that were not wrtten BY the school. Look for things written about the HISTORY of the school and it's contributions to the local scene there - when was it founded? Who built it? Are there any notable people that attended? Any notable controversies involving the school?. Attack this with the mindset that this "junior school" article could one day be a Featured Article, as all articles should be striving for! Happy searching -- Keeper | 76 19:44, 27 September 2007 (UTC)

• We can usefy it if you'd like to keep up the work. --Haemo 19:47, 27 September 2007 (UTC)

Delete This is a presently unsourced article on an elementary school. I feel that this school is non-notable until proven otherwise. I will watch the major edits going on and amend my comments, if necessary. --Stormbay 21:04, 27 September 2007 (UTC)

• Delete per nom. RainbowOfLight ^Talk 11:49, 28 September 2007 (UTC)
• Save Hang on... Isn't the whole point of Wikipedia that non-notable articles are expanded by users, not just deleted? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ted Ted (talk • contribs) 12:14, 28 September 2007 (UTC)
• Keep as a result of recent improvements to the article, I believe this now satisfies WP:N standards for schools. Even in worse case situations we should be redirecting these schools to a district page per WP:R guidelines, but this is no longer one of these cases. Burntsauce 17:22, 28 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.