Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Our Lady's High School, Motherwell

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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 Snowball Keep --JForget 23:27, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Our Lady's High School, Motherwell

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Beyond saving in terms of WP:MOS tone. Also, some hints of subject-attack in there, but not enough to warrant a {{db-attack}}. Two One Six Five Five τ ʃ 20:12, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

  • Delete Weak Keep: Subject's notability is questionable and there seems to be no interest in reformatting the article to conform to Wiki guidelines. A few references have been added--article still needs serious de-peacocking but it seems like there are a few people willing to work on it. Iamblessed (talk) 20:49, 24 March 2008 (UTC)
  • Delete. The article had been systematically vandalised over a long period of time. I have put it back to the way it was before, and gutted some irrelevant and unverifiable trivia, however the unvandalised text is clearly a copy and paste of a promotional puff for the school. I tried to de-peacock it but it was hopeless. It would have to be rewritten from scratch. Before anybody attempts that, an independent demonstration of notability would be nice. --DanielRigal (talk) 20:50, 24 March 2008 (UTC)
Keep but only if rewritten to remove all puffery. I have tagged for rewrite. --DanielRigal (talk) 22:36, 24 March 2008 (UTC)
  • 'Keep and obviously remove whatever material needs to be removed per our editing policies. A cursory search reveals plenty of reliable sources about the subject easily available online, but I still would not be opposed to a merge w/ North Lanarkshire or the like. Coccyx Bloccyx (talk) 21:04, 24 March 2008 (UTC)
  • Keep. Many of the claims in the article apparently check out, as badly written as it is. This really was the biggest secondary school in Scotland. Alumni include a Cardinal and a current MP. Interesting that easily checked notable alumni were apparently removed from the article. This article needs major cleanup, not deletion. • Gene93k (talk) 21:38, 24 March 2008 (UTC)
  • Keep per WP:SCHOOL - Even though it's a primary school, it has notable coverage in some reliable sources (BBC) and has distinction by awards. Wisdom89 (T / C) 21:48, 24 March 2008 (UTC)
  • Comment - it is actually a secondary (high) school. TerriersFan (talk) 23:36, 24 March 2008 (UTC)
  • Keep Seems to have enough notable coverage now, kudos to whoever started some WP:HEY work on it. Ten Pound Hammer and his otters • (Broken clamshells•Otter chirps) 22:04, 24 March 2008 (UTC)
  • Keep - OK, I have cleaned it up. Having been the largest school in Scotland is an unequivocal claim to notability. The page has the sources need to meet WP:N. TerriersFan (talk) 23:36, 24 March 2008 (UTC)
  • Keep as above, this is an evidently notable secondary school. (jarbarf) (talk) 17:22, 27 March 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.