Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Valley View Middle 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 keep. Titoxd(?!? - help us) 06:58, 27 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Valley View Middle School

Originally, I popped a proposed deletion notice on this article because it didn't even attempt to assert how this middle school is at all notable compared to any other middle school. I ran a google search on the school and didn't find anything particularly impressive about it besides the fact that it's a school. Thinking that I may have just been crazy in remembering that schools usually need to be particularly notable to make it into Wikipedia, and wondering if it was proper that my proposed deletion was shot down, I ran a search of past deletions and found that such articles usually end up having to go to AFD for a decision to be made. So, here we are, with this school article nominated for deletion on the grounds that it's barely a stub and not of encyclopedic notoriety. FreelanceWizard 05:09, 21 April 2006 (UTC)

It's a school, ergo it's notable. Keep. --Gene_poole 05:40, 21 April 2006 (UTC)

Comment I agree with merging the article into Snohomish School District. How many schools in the US do you think are named "Valley View Middle School"? Dozens at least, I would guess, as it's a rather generic name. Obviously this naming convention cannot be kept if we are to allow any grade school to have its own Wikipedia article. As it stands, the article contains nothing to suggest that this school is any different from any other one. Rishodi 07:48, 21 April 2006 (UTC)
Quite a lot. Let's see, using Google we have at least: Edina, Minnesota ([1]), Simi Valley, California ([2]), Pleasant Hill, California ([3]), Bloomington, Minnesota ([4]), Valley View, Ohio ([5]) and El Paso, Texas ([6]). That list is not exhaustive. The problem over naming is discussed at Wikipedia:Naming conventions (schools). I agree that if kept as is, we will need to move this to Valley View Middle School (Snohomish, Washington) and leave a disambig here. Sjakkalle (Check!) 08:17, 21 April 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep - schools, providing that they are accredited, are an integral part of their community, as everybody goes to one (by law), and should be kept.ßlηguγΣη | Have your say!!! - review me 06:30, 21 April 2006 (UTC)
    • Comment: it does not really affect the argument, but I would say "almost everyone". Home schoolers, unschoolers and the medically exempt don't go to school. Also, schooling is not required in some parts of the world. :-) -- Kjkolb 08:50, 21 April 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep school=notable Jcuk 10:18, 21 April 2006 (UTC)
  • Merge per Sjakkalle. middle school < notable. Eusebeus 11:46, 21 April 2006 (UTC)
  • Merge per Sjakalle, and per the loose consensus reached at WP:SCH. Proto||type 12:00, 21 April 2006 (UTC)
  • Merge per WP:SCH. Articles that say nothing are useless; give the poor thing some context. — Haeleth Talk 14:48, 21 April 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete — Current content is redundant with Snohomish School District page. This adds nothing new. — RJH 15:54, 21 April 2006 (UTC)
  • Merge per Sjakalle.--Isotope23 16:08, 21 April 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep and allow for organic growth. Bahn Mi 17:06, 21 April 2006 (UTC)
  • Merge per Sjakkalle. BryanG 18:17, 21 April 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep What harm does it do? Scranchuse 20:39, 21 April 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep, seems notable. Expansion nessasary. SorryGuy 23:39, 21 April 2006 (UTC)
  • keep please these are notable really Yuckfoo 23:43, 21 April 2006 (UTC)
  • Move to Valley View Middle School (Snohomish), The days of Wikipedia deleting articles on individual schools is over, but it would probably be best to disambiguate considering all the other Valley View Middle Schools out there. --AlexWCovington (talk) 00:12, 22 April 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep and Expand I agree with Sjakkalle. I believe it is possible to acquire much information on this school.Generalnonsensecomic 01:47, 22 April 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete. Non-notable. — Rebelguys2 talk 13:54, 22 April 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep as most schools are notable. bbx 21:16, 23 April 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep as per Wikipedia:Schools/Arguments#Keep. Silensor 21:51, 23 April 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete. Does not even meet the little in WP:SCHOOL which was not able to get a consensus. Vegaswikian 23:22, 24 April 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep > Expand Startup account 23:34, 25 April 2006 (UTC)
  • Weak keep Irvington high school of fremont, california isn't notable either. But it's still here. I'll site WikiProject:Schools to prevent personal attacks ;) M1ss1ontomars2k4 04:21, 26 April 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.