Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mount Tabor High School

This page is an archive of the discussion about the proposed deletion of the article below. This page is no longer live. Further comments should be made on the article's talk page rather than here so that this page is preserved as an historic record.
The result of the debate was keep. -- Scott e^iπ 03:09, Jun 7, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Mount Tabor High School

This article says virtually nothing. Similar articles could be written about 10,000 other schools. Crotalus horridus 01:30, 23 May 2005 (UTC)

• ... and indeed they are. Why shouldn't they? Keep. — Timwi 01:48, 23 May 2005 (UTC)
• I am the author of this article. I have added more information to the article, and it is continually being updated. Keep. — Itsah2 02:20, 23 May 2005 (UTC)
• I've contributed to this article. The article was put up for deletion very shortly after creation, and enough content was unavaliable at that time. Now the article is significantly longer, and contains better content. Keep. — lookitzatree 02:25, 23 May 2005 (UTC)
  • The article is indeed far better than it was when I posted it here initially. However, I am still not certain that this school is distinguished enough to warrant an article. - Crotalus horridus
    • Agree. Delete. Will not pass BEEFSTEW. - 24.251.108.47 02:29, 23 May 2005 (UTC)
• Keep pending discussions at Wikipedia:Schools. Kappa 02:41, 23 May 2005 (UTC)
• Keep as per the deletion policy and general consensus on Wikipedia. See also: Schoolwatch for additional cases. —RaD Man (talk) 03:03, 23 May 2005 (UTC)
• Delete: Just a school. See also: Arbcom on GRider's actions. Geogre 03:23, 23 May 2005 (UTC)
• Delete. Neutrality^talk 03:30, May 23, 2005 (UTC)
  • To you its just another school, but to those who go there, and those who have contributed, its more. This article has been vastly improved, I dont see how it violates any rules in its current state. The arguement about allowing schools belongs here: Wikipedia:Schools — lookitzatree
• Delete. NoAccount
  • Comment: Above user account created less than one week ago. —RaD Man (talk) 04:54, 23 May 2005 (UTC)
• Delete. Useless collection of generic facts about an insignificant school. This is not an encyclopedia article. Individual schools are not inherently encyclopedic and there is nothing to distinguish insignificant schools like this one from thousands of nearly identical schools around the world. WP:NOT states "Wikipedia is not a general knowledge base, that is, it is not an indiscriminate collection of items of information. That something is 100% true does not mean it is suitable for inclusion in an encyclopedia." Gamaliel 04:18, 23 May 2005 (UTC)
• Keep, good and improving article. Christopher Parham (talk) 04:19, 2005 May 23 (UTC)
• Delete. Not notable. CDThieme 04:25, 23 May 2005 (UTC)
• Delete. Not notable. Mikkalai 04:49, 23 May 2005 (UTC)
• Keep. This article is a good start and should not be deleted. DS1953 05:13, 23 May 2005 (UTC)
• Keep. Verifiable and NPOV. DoubleBlue (Talk) 06:15, 23 May 2005 (UTC)
• Keep. Ranked in top 500 high schools in the US.Capitalistroadster 06:28, 23 May 2005 (UTC)
• Keep Schools belong on Wikipedia. Good content, good entry point for new Wikipedians. --Unfocused 06:45, 23 May 2005 (UTC)
• Keep-Good article, notable. -CunningLinguist 07:43, 23 May 2005 (UTC)
• Merge a very cut down version. The article gives no suggestion that this school has no influence outside of the immediate geographical area, and no suggestion that it achieves anything else that a thousand other schools don't, so padding it out with lists of sports clubs doesn't make it worth keeping on its own at the moment, and there is no suggestion that it can be expanded usefully. Merge the few useful facts with the Winston-Salem#Education, section, or spin that section off into its own article. Average Earthman 08:18, 23 May 2005 (UTC)
• Merge into Winston-Salem, North Carolina and delete - Skysmith 08:32, 23 May 2005 (UTC)
• Delete. Non-notable. It's nice to know that it is currently a "North Carolina 4A school", but the article doesn't explain what that means or why the reader might care. Merge would also be acceptable. Quale 08:54, 23 May 2005 (UTC)
• Keep! Stop disrupting Wikipedia by listing obviously notable schools on VFD. NSR 09:59, 23 May 2005 (UTC)
• delete!!!! stop filling wikipedia with schoolcruft!. Dunc|☺ 11:12, 23 May 2005 (UTC)
• Keep. The style is somewhat hyperbolic, but that's a content problem. Otherwise good article, fairly well researched. I especially like to see links to school report cards, HMI reports, etc in school articles. --Tony Sidaway|Talk 12:14, 23 May 2005 (UTC)
• delete!!!! Wikipedia could be full of high scools and primary schools arround the world if they all produce pages like this. -- Chris Q 12:20, 2005 May 23 (UTC)
  • Comment You say this as if it's a bad thing. --Tony Sidaway|Talk 17:23, 23 May 2005 (UTC)
• Keep. JuntungWu 12:51, 23 May 2005 (UTC)
• Keep Polly on Pills 13:29, 23 May 2005 (UTC)
  • Note: Editor now blocked as suspected sock of Willy on Wheels. No substantive edits. Appears to be created solely for voting keep in VfD. --Tony Sidaway|Talk 14:33, 23 May 2005 (UTC)
• Keep Jjeffs 13:08, 23 May 2005 (UTC)
• keep please it is more than a stub Yuckfoo 18:12, 23 May 2005 (UTC)
• Keep bloating VFD.  —Teknic^T-M-C 01:01, 28 May 2005 (UTC)
• Delete another cookie-cutter school. Denni☯ 20:32, 2005 May 23 (UTC)
• Keep as written. While far from perfect it is a reasonable article. Yes it could use some cleanup, but not a delete. Vegaswikian 04:45, 24 May 2005 (UTC)
• Keep Good content for an encyclopedic encyclopaedia. Klonimus 05:43, 24 May 2005 (UTC)
• Preference is to merge with school district. But I'll pass and go with the discussion consensus. — RJH 18:01, 24 May 2005 (UTC)
  • You could choose to Be Bold and do a merge when you find articles that you think need to be merged. Vegaswikian 19:11, 25 May 2005 (UTC)
• Keep Please close down your ill judged discussion and start voting keep instead. The only way to resolve this is to break the spirits of the deletionists. CalJW 18:25, 24 May 2005 (UTC)
• Keep, secondary schools are notable. Agree with Tony Sidaway; as long as people keep nominating schools for deletion, the VfD size is going to keep growing. Get people to stop nominating them and we'll stop voting. But I agree with Radiant that this sort of thing should be decided at Wikipedia:Schools, not here. --BaronLarf 18:40, May 25, 2005 (UTC)

End discussion please

I urge everybody accept the fact that this vote will end in 'no consensus', and to not increase VfD size by adding more votes. See also Wikipedia:Schools. Radiant_* 09:59, May 23, 2005 (UTC)

Looks like it may even be heading for a clear majority "keep" rather than anything close enough to call "no consensus". I don't see any reason to urge people not to express their opinion on this unpopular listing. --Tony Sidaway|Talk 12:14, 23 May 2005 (UTC)

• No consensus or keep, the result is the same. There should be no reason to add lengthy repetitive arguments to VfD - it's all been said before. See Wikipedia:Schools. Radiant_* 12:33, May 23, 2005 (UTC)

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