Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/High schools in California

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The result of the debate was delete. Delete 10 / Keep 7 -- AllyUnion (talk) 11:05, 13 Feb 2005 (UTC)

[edit] High schools in California

A series of similar lists, all being proposed for deletion at this time. This is what categories are for. --BM 19:18, 2 Feb 2005 (UTC)

• Agreed. Delete duplicate of Category:High schools in California. --Deathphoenix 19:54, 2 Feb 2005 (UTC)

• delete, though preferably someone should check the schools have been categorised first; an article on "Education in California" would be welcome however Mozzerati 22:10, 2005 Feb 2 (UTC)
• Keep' see above Philip 02:20, 3 Feb 2005 (UTC)
  • Keep. There are lists of prisons, universities, an god knows what on Wikipedia. There's no reason for deletion. (Note: There are many High Schools that are proposed for deletion also) Beta_M ^talk, |^contrib (Ë-Mail)
    • There are 1,006 high schools in California; That's a pretty obvious reason to me. And last time I checked, the numbers of universities and prisons in the Golden State were nowhere near that high and unwieldy, so those seem pretty safe to me. --Calton 12:01, 3 Feb 2005 (UTC)
• Delete. This is what Categories are for. --Calton 12:01, 3 Feb 2005 (UTC)
• Delete. Worthless unless complete; far too long if complete. —Korath (Talk) 13:45, Feb 3, 2005 (UTC)
• Keep. Lists are good for things that are not very notable and hard to create keepable articles about. bbx 17:21, 3 Feb 2005 (UTC)
• Delete. My comments are the same as in the current VfD on High schools in Connecticut.
• Keep Wiki is no paper, schools are encyclopedic. --ShaunMacPherson 18:23, 4 Feb 2005 (UTC)
  • Delete. The problem with using a form vote is that you tend to look silly when you use it in a strange place. This is not a vote for deletion for a school, but for a list that would be unwieldly if ever completed. Deleting this list in no way implies that schools are not encyclopedic so your objection seems odd. This is a debate over how to organize information on wikipedia and not a debate on whether schools are encyclopedic. It makes me wonder if you are really paying attention or just slapping this form explanation on whenever you see the word "school" on vfd. Indrian 19:13, Feb 4, 2005 (UTC)
• Delete, this is what categories are for. Jayjg ^(talk) 19:41, 4 Feb 2005 (UTC)
• Delete, duplicate of a category and requires much more maintenance. Ashibaka tlk 21:18, 4 Feb 2005 (UTC)
• Delete. There are categories for a reason. Carrp | Talk 18:18, 5 Feb 2005 (UTC)
• Delete. Use a category. Wile E. Heresiarch 08:32, 6 Feb 2005 (UTC)
• Keep. Don't be ridiculous. LeeJacksonKing 15:31, 6 Feb 2005 (UTC)
• As per the lengthy reasoning given in Wikipedia:Votes for deletion/High schools in Connecticut: Move to the correct List of high schools in X form, Keep with the cautions that Wikipedia is not a repository of links and Wikipedia is not a directory, and send to Cleanup for all but one of the articles which do not meet the standard of ("List of") High schools in Connecticut and simply do not contain enough data to meet the purpose of lists. Uncle G 13:42, 2005 Feb 7 (UTC)
• Keep and allow for organic growth. Plenty of room for expansion. GRider\^talk 18:43, 7 Feb 2005 (UTC)

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