Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kalamazoo Promise

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 of the debate was no consensus. Mailer Diablo 14:45, 17 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Kalamazoo Promise

Local fundraiser. Reads like an advertisement. Delete --InShaneee 03:23, 12 May 2006 (UTC)

• Weak Keep and Rewrite to sound more NPOV. ILovePlankton ^{(T—C—U—L)} 03:33, 12 May 2006 (UTC)
• Merge with Kalamazoo. I've deleted some text. Tyrenius 04:14, 12 May 2006 (UTC)
• Delete - per nom. Zaxem 05:45, 12 May 2006 (UTC)
• Keep seems like a pretty unique program to dismis as a "local fundraiser." I don't know of any other town doing this. -MrFizyx 07:01, 12 May 2006 (UTC)

15,300 Google hits suggests at least some notability. -MrFizyx 07:36, 12 May 2006 (UTC)

• Keep and rewrite. It looks basically notable.--Jusjih 08:29, 12 May 2006 (UTC)
• Current version is certainly a Keep; informative, NPOV and encyclopedic. Colonel Tom 10:20, 12 May 2006 (UTC)
• Weak Keep add more information, as there is not much there now. Kukini 12:56, 12 May 2006 (UTC)
• Keep and expand. I'd be interested in knowing more, seems pretty revolutionary honestly. Aguerriero (talk) 16:24, 12 May 2006 (UTC)
• Delete. Promo. Why is a fundraiser that is specific to the Kalamazoo schools encyclopedic to begin with? KleenupKrew 20:20, 12 May 2006 (UTC)

Comment Mostly because it is specific; it's a new(ish?) initiative that impacts and benefits the local community, and could also have impacts on broader society. This could (possibly) be the harbringer of a new societal approach to school funding and community involvement. Why would it not be worthy of inclusion in an encyclopedia, particularly an encyclopedia that doesn't have to kill trees? Colonel Tom 14:00, 13 May 2006 (UTC)

• Delete --Knucmo2 22:08, 12 May 2006 (UTC)
• weak delete sounds that it could be more notable than it seems, but it needs to be rewritten M1ss1ontomars2k4 23:21, 12 May 2006 (UTC)
• Delete, minor local fundraiser. Merge if you must. Stifle (talk) 15:47, 13 May 2006 (UTC)
• Keep and Rewrite The topic has a lot going for it, that just doesn't include the amount of information in the article. Very sparse. ~Kylu (u|t) 19:58, 13 May 2006 (UTC)
• keep and rewrite this too please Yuckfoo 17:58, 16 May 2006 (UTC)
• Keep and RewriteThis event generated considerable media attention, at least in West Michigan, including TV news coverage and write-ups in the Grand Rapids Press

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.