Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Robert May's

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The result of the debate was delete. Joyous 18:59, Feb 26, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Robert May's

This is just another comprehensive, most schools have had a famous alumnus at some point. One of the two famous ex-students is also listed for deletion. Rje 04:35, Feb 20, 2005 (UTC)

• Delete, BEEFSTEW score of 1 (F). —Korath (Talk) 08:24, Feb 20, 2005 (UTC)
• Delete. Nothing notable here. Zzyzx11 09:13, 20 Feb 2005 (UTC)
• Nothing notable? Are you serious? This 'enyclopedia' is purporting to collect and accumulate knowledge over time; you are right, Robert May's is "just another comprehensive"; why does that make it applicable for deletion? It exists, and as such has a legitimate right to exist on Wikipedia. This site is supposed to be unbiased; it sounds inherently political to me. unsigned contributions by User:80.235.142.76 (contribs) at 03:39, 20 Feb 2005
• Obvious keep. --Centauri 12:01, 20 Feb 2005 (UTC)
• Delete. Notability not established. Wikipedia is not schoolpedia, and yes, "exists" and "exists in Wikipedia" are not interchangeable: Wikipedia is not a general knowledge base, that is, it is not an indiscriminate collection of items of information. Nevertheless, I agree that there is ground for discussion. Wikipedia_talk:Deletion_policy/schools. vlad_mv 15:33, 20 Feb 2005 (UTC)
• Concur with Vlad, 'delete. We could add a line into the articles of those two notable people, stating which high school they went to. Radiant! 15:45, Feb 20, 2005 (UTC)
• Delete. Agree with Korath and Vlad. Non-notable. Carrp | Talk 16:10, 20 Feb 2005 (UTC)
• Keep or merge, if it has two famous alumni. Schools have a significant influence on their pupil's lives. Kappa 21:01, 20 Feb 2005 (UTC)
• Delete - magic eight ball says "this is not an article". -- Cyrius|✎ 21:39, 20 Feb 2005 (UTC)
• Delete. Having alumni who are notable enough to have Wikipedia articles is not in and of itself a major accomplishment. -Aranel ("Sarah") 23:46, 20 Feb 2005 (UTC)
• Delete. Non-notable schools. Just as notability is not transferred to one's parents, it is not transferred to one's school. — Gwalla | Talk 02:31, 21 Feb 2005 (UTC)
• Delete. Notability not established by article. Note that about 3/4 of the article's text is word-for-word identical to text at http://www.hants.gov.uk/schools/4511/ . I have placed strikethrough markup around it for now. If the article survives VfD I will delete this portion of it as a copyvio. If you remove the copied text, all that is left is a substub and two not-very-notable alumni. Dpbsmith (talk) 03:48, 21 Feb 2005 (UTC)
• Delete. Not notable. Jayjg ^(talk) 05:03, 21 Feb 2005 (UTC)
• Delete. It should be noted that one of the two 'famous' alumni, Arthur Roberts, is also up for VfD; and neither of the individuals' articles suggests that the school was relevant to their success. TSP 15:38, 21 Feb 2005 (UTC)

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