Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The James Young High 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 was keep. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 16:50, 26 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] The James Young High School

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Possibly not notable enough for an article adavidw 01:30, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

  • Redirect to Livingston, West Lothian. No claim of notability. --- RockMFR 01:46, 21 January 2007 (UTC)
  • Weak keep - a bit of interesting stuff can be found in a GSearch, such as this. It may well meet the proposed notability guideline for schools, WP:SCHOOLS3. Certainly, there are plenty of weaker school articles around. I think deletion on this one should wait until consensus is acheived on the proposal. The article also needs improvement, but that's a separate issue to the deletion debate. Chovain(t|c) 01:53, 21 January 2007 (UTC)
  • Comment - I've made a start on improving the article by incorporating some of the key findings by the HMIE inspection Chovain(t|c) 02:08, 21 January 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete, looks to be a nn high school. A good school by all indications, but still not notable. Lankiveil 04:59, 21 January 2007 (UTC).
I'm not sure if that's in reference to my recent edits, but keep in mind notability for schools can be acheived with multiple, independent, non-trivial coverage. The reference I put in there extremely non-trivial and independent (it doesn't get much better than that one). This article has a half decent chance of meeting notability requirements. Chovain(t|c) 02:51, 22 January 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete- Non notable--SUIT42 05:24, 21 January 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep- No valid reason given for deletion. Nomination states possibly not notable. Killroy4 07:38, 21 January 2007 (UTC)
Comment - uhh, I think the nominator is just being polite. The nominator is clearly suggesting the article is not-notable, and leaving the debate as to whether or not that's the case to us. Chovain(t|c) 02:51, 22 January 2007 (UTC)
It's more than just being polite. I really think it might qualify as notable, but didn't want to make that decision myself. The reason it's even nominated here is because I saw someone else trying to get it speedy deleted, and I thought it would be better to send it here to get a consensus first. --adavidw 07:09, 22 January 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete - Definitely not notable. Basically, the article only says "I exist". Resolute 08:05, 21 January 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep - Citation is the problem here. Any high school around for any amount of time has had innumerable significant newspaper mentions that could be cited if someone cared to do so. House of Scandal 09:04, 21 January 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep I'd say any school above primary is pretty much notable. Also, it will have been published in newspapers for league tables etc. Computerjoe's talk 18:51, 21 January 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep per Computerjoe. —Disavian (talk/contribs) 19:50, 21 January 2007 (UTC)
  • Weak Keep: Lookign at the edit history, the school is at least trying to establish notability, and of course it gets pounced on immediately because it's a school. That and Chovain's explanation pushed me over to keep, though it looks borderline on WP:N right now.--Wizardman 19:51, 21 January 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete Per Resolute - even with the most recent contrib, it doesn't gain any notability. --Sagaciousuk (talk) 23:01, 21 January 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep, Google Toolbar has it as a suggested search. —siroχo 10:01, 22 January 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep. Ah, the good old Schools issue -137.222.10.67 20:54, 22 January 2007 (UTC)
  • keep please this school is notable to the community and has verifiable sources too yuckfoo 20:29, 24 January 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep per my personal belief that all schools from the secondary level and above are notable. Reliable sources have been added which meet our verifiability requirements. Yamaguchi先生 00:35, 25 January 2007 (UTC)
  • Personal beliefs are not what matter here. What matters is clear evidence of notability. This is not presented. Delete. WMMartin 13:35, 25 January 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep and edit. Schools may be regionally prominent, who are we to judge? Give someone a chance to improve. Caliwiki123 20:51, 25 January 2007 (UTC)
  • keep There is a strong precedent of having high school articles. Why pick on this one? Jerry lavoie 01:32, 26 January 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep for reasons described at User:Silensor/Schools. See also this email for further consideration. Silensor 02:33, 26 January 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete and urge disregard of WP:ILIKEIT and notability-by-category. The article cites no reliable secondary sources, so the subject is not notable. Seraphimblade 11:06, 26 January 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.