Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/St. Philip's School

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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 of the debate was kept clear consensus to keep Pegasus1138Talk | Contribs | Email ---- 03:12, 29 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] St. Philip's School

Article mentions a bit about J.R.R. Tolkien, but contains no information actually pertaining to the school itself. Prod tag was removed. Delete unless such information is added. — May. 23, '06 [15:19] <freak|talk>

  • Delete joshbuddytalk 15:51, 23 May 2006 (UTC)
  • Conditional Keep I've tried to improve the article by adding some information about the school itself, gleaned from a few minutes searching the web. However, I'm concerned that the school does not appear on this list: [1] It's not clear to me whether it still exists. If it can be shown that it still exists, all schools are notable, so Keep. Accurizer 16:59, 23 May 2006 (UTC)
    • Change vote to keep, my condition was met. Accurizer 21:43, 25 May 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep — School exists. Also educated there was Field Marshall Slim, British CinC SE Asia WWII.[2] — RJH 18:20, 23 May 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep Real School Jcuk 19:59, 23 May 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep and expand more. Sadly, this is much more than most school stubs say. -- Jjjsixsix (talk|review)@ 00:51, 24 May 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep - notable school --Jaranda wat's sup 00:54, 24 May 2006 (UTC)
    • Did you notice that one of the keep voters isn't even sure if this school exists? — May. 24, '06 [06:05] <freak|talk>
      • Comment I found one web site that seems to verify its current existence (which I added to the article), and one that doesn't (which I provided above). I was hoping that other editors would be able to provide additional verifiable sources, or at least address why it does not appear on the site I provided above. Without additional information, the condition I placed on my keep vote would not be met. Accurizer 10:38, 24 May 2006 (UTC) I think the source provided by RJH verifies notablity. Accurizer 20:14, 24 May 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep Time will fix it. Hawkestone 20:12, 24 May 2006 (UTC)
  • The BBC has a list of secondary schools in Birmingham. St Philip's isn't there. No idea what happened to it - but something tells me that time won't fix this article. Delete for the time being. Dr Zak 20:22, 24 May 2006 (UTC)
    • Comment The JRR Tolkien link in the aricle indicates it was a grammar school, not a secondary school. I've checked the BBC list of grammar schools but it is not listed there either. It appears the school has closed, but given the two famous students that have been identified, it still seems notable to me. Accurizer 21:38, 25 May 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep Don't know why the Beeb don't have it. Friends Reunited do, in Edgbaston. This site mentions their Old Boys. Doesn't seem to exist any more though. A school attended by Tolkein and Slim is notable. Angus McLellan (Talk) 21:52, 24 May 2006 (UTC)
    • If you are finding a non-trivial amount of information, please add it to the article, and I'll withdraw this. — May. 25, '06 [08:51] <freak|talk>
  • keep please it is fixed to be verifiable now so we do not need to erase it Yuckfoo 19:16, 25 May 2006 (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.