Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Meadows 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. Wizardman 21:52, 27 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] The Meadows School

The Meadows School (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs) (delete) – (View log)

Unencylopedia, Basically is nothing more then a free advertisement for the school Simon Bar Sinister (talk) 03:12, 20 May 2008 (UTC)

  • Keep Article makes claims of notability. Editing the article to address perceived "advertising" issues would be a far more productive solution to the issue than deletion. Alansohn (talk) 04:37, 20 May 2008 (UTC)
  • Comment Alan, I would like to point out that if this article is allowed to stay then every other small school in the U.S. and around the world for that matter will want to have an article on Wikipedia and they will cite the fact that this article was allowed to stay even though it's not significant enough to warrant an article and yes I understand that Carolyn Goodman the wife of Mayor Oscar Goodman started the school but still. Simon Bar Sinister (talk) 06:58, 20 May 2008 (UTC)
See WP:ALLORNOTHING; another possibility is if we consider this article individually and it is allowed to stay and then as other articles are created we individually consider them, that we will keep the appropriate articles and thin-out those that are not appropriate. Jerry talk ¤ count/logs 00:51, 25 May 2008 (UTC)
  • Weak Delete - Currently the article fails to assert that it meets the general notability guideline of WP:N, which is that it must have "received significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject." If it could be shown that there was at least a small handful of sources providing independent coverage (by a cursory google search, the closest thing I could find was this), then it would pass muster. -Seidenstud (talk) 07:39, 20 May 2008 (UTC)
  • Keep, school has produced two 2008 National Merit Scholarship winners, as reported in the Las Vegas Review-Journal. That means this is not some fly-by-night charter school. Blast Ulna (talk) 07:16, 21 May 2008 (UTC)
Comment - that link hardly represents "significant coverage" - it just contained 2 of the school's students in a list. -Seidenstud (talk) 18:43, 21 May 2008 (UTC)
I wasn't trying to represent significant coverage, just pointing out that the school is legit. There are numerous other sources, try a Google news search. Blast Ulna (talk) 00:08, 22 May 2008 (UTC)
  • Note: This debate has been included in the list of Schools-related deletion discussions. -- DoubleBlue (Talk) 20:35, 21 May 2008 (UTC)
  • Keep - we don't delete articles because because they are spammy; we clean then up. Sure the page needs lots of work but that's what tags are for. There are plenty of sources that can be added. They include a mention in the state assembly after a student won a national championship here, the Mayor's gin controversy here, an award winning school newspaper here and many others. TerriersFan (talk) 21:15, 21 May 2008 (UTC)
  • Delete None of the sources adduced above makes substantial claims of notability. This should go. Eusebeus (talk) 04:23, 22 May 2008 (UTC)
  • Note: This debate has been included in the list of Nevada-related deletion discussions. -- Fabrictramp (talk) 20:36, 22 May 2008 (UTC)
  • Keep. As a notable high school, probably more then most. The schools ties to Oscar Goodman clearly have some positive impact on notability. The fact that it may need cleanup and a tone based rewrite is not a cause for deletion. Vegaswikian (talk) 02:59, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
  • Keep as high school. Valid content with reliable sources and more than a mere directory listing. Jerry talk ¤ count/logs 00:51, 25 May 2008 (UTC)
  • Keep An informative article about a school, with amongst others, high school aged students, so therefore notable imo. RMHED (talk) 22:05, 26 May 2008 (UTC)
  • Keep per User:Xoloz/Schools and User:Silensor/Schools. Sincerely, --Le Grand Roi des CitrouillesTally-ho! 05:21, 27 May 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.