Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Robersonville High 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 Merge to Robersonville, North Carolina. —Quarl ^(talk) 2007-03-10 11:55Z

[edit] Robersonville High School

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No assertion of notability whatsoever. Eligibility for the National Registry of Historic Places is not the same as actually being on it. MSJapan 21:25, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Schools-related deletions. -- Noroton 21:29, 5 March 2007 (UTC)
• Keep all high schools are inherently notable, as I argue here. Noroton 21:29, 5 March 2007 (UTC)
• Keep Many high school arcticles "Less Notable" RedSkunk^talk 23:42, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

  Keep there's an enormous amount of history here. Not much else, but lots of history. Worth retaining. Also, high schools are inherently notable, as I argue here. Noroton 01:27, 6 March 2007 (UTC)

  —Already spoke in favour of "keep," striking out for clarity. Your friendly, neighbourhood, Iamunknown 23:24, 8 March 2007 (UTC)

• delete My house is eligible to be on the Register, as are many schools in my neighborhood. Doesn't make any of them N for that alone. DGG 05:46, 6 March 2007 (UTC)
• Delete - normally I would agree with Noroton ... however this is an exception. Note that it is a former high school (the school closed in 1974). The article definitely has issues with WP:LOCAL The "notable alumni" are not actually all that notable (six men who died in WWII) and there is confusion as to whether the article is about the school itself or about the building the school was housed in. Blueboar 13:47, 6 March 2007 (UTC)
• Good points, but the article is really about the high school and still seems to be useful as history. If it were merged, I think some worthwhile information would be lost. My little essay at User:Noroton/opinions doesn't much depend on whether the school is defunct or not, although in time it becomes less worthy of inclusion. Eventually it might be better to merge it with some history or school district article, but not yet, I'd say. Noroton 22:45, 6 March 2007 (UTC)
• Delete per Blueboar's reasoning ( though normally I would not agree with Noroton anyway ). WMMartin 15:33, 6 March 2007 (UTC)
  • Hmmmm, makes me almost want to vote "Delete" ... ;) Noroton 22:45, 6 March 2007 (UTC)
• Keep A thorough, well-researched article that would benefit greatly from expansion and cleanup. Alansohn 05:02, 7 March 2007 (UTC)
• Delete No assertion of notability, nothing specially distinctive in the texxt.ALR 08:22, 7 March 2007 (UTC)
• Comment - Does anyone have access to the Thelma Smith source book? I think that the copyright status needs checking out. The same editor has produced Outterbridge Grammar School that cites the same source and is written in a similar style and I have an uneasy feeling. TerriersFan 17:37, 8 March 2007 (UTC)

  Reply - This website has the book in text and image. It looks like a privately printed local history. Blueboar 19:10, 8 March 2007 (UTC)

  Comment - Thanks to Blueboar for this. I have deleted History, Notable Graduates and Special Events all of which are straight lifts from the source and thus copyvio. The question for editors now to decide is whether what is left is worth keeping. TerriersFan 23:53, 8 March 2007 (UTC)

• Keep Theres enough there to meet notability and theres a photo, a table and a reference. Its worth keeping and I think the history, graduate stuff should be added back, but rewritten, rather than just copied and then referenced. This article needs cleanup, expanding and improving, not deleting.LordHarris 00:19, 9 March 2007 (UTC)
• Delete - now fails WP:V. The problem is that the rest of the content is unverifiable unless a new source can be found. It is not possible to "added back, but rewritten, rather than just copied and then referenced" without brand new references. Rewriting a copied source in slightly different words still means that there is a copyvio. BTW I have put Outterbridge Grammar School up for speedy since all the substantive content is a lift from this source. TerriersFan 00:40, 9 March 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.