Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Upper Darby High School (UDHS)

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This page is an archive of the discussion about the proposed deletion of the article below. This page is no longer live. Further comments should be made on the article's talk page rather than here so that this page is preserved as an historic record.
The result of the debate was KEEP. Golbez 07:15, Jun 23, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Upper Darby High School (UDHS), Upper Darby Senior High School (second title is now a redirect to the first one)

Duplicate page created by an anon. School, is non-notable, refined Google search only brought back five hits. Kross 22:38, Jun 16, 2005 (UTC) (Nomination for original article)

Non-notable school. A refined Google search only brought up five hits. Kross 22:36, Jun 16, 2005 (UTC) (Nomination for duplicate article)

  • (votes for original article)
  • Keep. Being the "largest high school by enrollment in the state of Pennsylvania" makes it interesting. Anyway schools shouldn't require google hits. See Wikipedia:Schools/Arguments for more discussion. Kappa 23:15, 16 Jun 2005 (UTC)
  • Keep. I'm quite sick of the "Google test", to be perfectly honest. If you think it's not notable, tell me. Saying me there were only five hits only shows other people didn't note it often. That is not the same as saying it shouldn't be noted, or is insignificant. Furthermore, I have little respect for nominations that do not provide a reason listed on Wikipedia:Deletion policy. That lists the ONLY acceptable reasons to delete. Superm401 | Talk 23:32, Jun 16, 2005 (UTC)
  • Keep verifiable and NPOV schools. DoubleBlue (Talk) 23:44, 16 Jun 2005 (UTC)<\s>
  • Redirect to Upper Darby High School (UDHS). It appears that UDSHS is the historical name and UDHS is the current one. [1] DoubleBlue (Talk) 00:13, 17 Jun 2005 (UTC)

(votes for duplicate article)

*Redirect to Upper Darby High School and it can share the same fate as that article. Kappa 23:17, 16 Jun 2005 (UTC)

  • Actually, it appears that the UDSHS is a former name of the school and it is current UDHS, so I recommend keeping this version. DoubleBlue (Talk) 00:11, 17 Jun 2005 (UTC)
  • Comment - VfD's have now been combined for efficiency of voting. This should not cause any confusion, as no one had cast an actual up-or-down vote in both.-- BD2412 talk 00:25, 2005 Jun 17 (UTC)

Please continue to cast new votes below

  • Keep with the condition that someone cleanup the notable alumni list. I don't know if the red links are notable or not and we should not need to look up everyone of them. Vegaswikian 05:59, 17 Jun 2005 (UTC)
    • The vast majority of them are from UDHS Wall of Fame link which is in the External links section of the article. A short bio of each is linked from there. DoubleBlue (Talk) 02:39, 18 Jun 2005 (UTC)
  • Merge. Once you've taken out the redlink packing of alumni, there's not a lot of info there, and would be more useful merged with the local geographical article, since that is where all the students come from. Average Earthman 08:29, 17 Jun 2005 (UTC)
  • Keep. The alumni list is nothing short of astonishing. Todd Rundgren and Jim Croce, it's stunning that two major talents of late twentieth century populat music attended the same school. I am looking at the redlinks, too, and a simple google search is turning up fantastic stuff. A President of the Brookings Institute, the founder of a huge security contractor, several major authors, and I'm not even a third of the way down the list. This school passes any notability test you would care to set. --Tony Sidaway|Talk 14:52, 17 Jun 2005 (UTC)
  • Keep — more notable than a tube station. :) — RJH 15:08, 17 Jun 2005 (UTC)
  • Keep, by the way, just for Tina Fey.  ;-) -- BD2412 talk 15:29, 2005 Jun 17 (UTC)
  • Keep at the school's current name. Gazpacho 02:27, 18 Jun 2005 (UTC)
  • Keep All schools should have an article if Wikikpedia is to fulfil its potential. CalJW 11:00, 18 Jun 2005 (UTC)
  • Keep the school is notable for both the size and the notable people who attended it. And also because I spent the last four years there. :) --Imagist 12:35, 19 Jun 2005 (UTC)
  • keep please thats alot of famous alumni Yuckfoo 23:42, 20 Jun 2005 (UTC)
  • Delete. Spoon. Gamaliel 06:16, 21 Jun 2005 (UTC)
  • Keep. Schools are notable to me, but article does need more content.--Poli 18:44, 2005 Jun 21 (UTC)
  • Keep. Holy crap, what an alumni list! Unfocused 05:19, 22 Jun 2005 (UTC)
  • Keep. I've never heard of this school, but with so many famous alumni, it's hard to tell it no. --Idont Havaname 23:59, 22 Jun 2005 (UTC)
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