Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/William Matthews (head of 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 delete. Kurykh 00:44, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] William Matthews (head of school)

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There are two links to New York Times articles, but this school rector simply still feel sufficiently notable. Delete. --Nlu (talk) 04:58, 19 January 2008 (UTC)

  • Keep The heads of the major US and UK preparatory schools are notable. There are probably more sources to be found. DGG (talk) 05:44, 19 January 2008 (UTC)
    • Do you have support for the assertion that the heads of major preparatory schools are notable? And what is a "major" preparatory school, anyway? (The high school I went to had more than 2000 students, and is a public school; what makes it less or more "major" than this school?) --Nlu (talk) 06:55, 19 January 2008 (UTC)
I'm now wondering which of the schools in Concord, New Hampshire would be regarded as major? Are we going public or private here? Concord, New Hampshire#Education. I checked a couple Concord High School (New Hampshire)#Notable alumni and faculty and St. Paul's School (Concord, New Hampshire)#Notable faculty. I'm leaning towards delete as the first ref only an incidental mention. Second ref doesn't mention the subject and third ref is a school website. Sting au Buzz Me... 07:21, 19 January 2008 (UTC)
  • Note: This debate has been included in the list of Academics and educators-related deletion discussions. —David Eppstein (talk) 07:24, 19 January 2008 (UTC)
  • Delete, no assertion of notability beyond his post, which fails to meet WP:BIO. — BillC talk 07:59, 19 January 2008 (UTC)
  • Delete nn head of a school. That's his job. Whats he notable for? Fails WP:BLP at present but I'm now waiting for an avalanche of WP:RS. Is that rumbling I hear? Sting au Buzz Me... 11:06, 19 January 2008 (UTC)
    • Hi, as the creator of the article, the reasoning was that because he's the head of an important school (yes, it doesn't have as many students as Concord High, but it was the first place that squash and hockey were played in America, and the school has many famous alums including William Randolph Hearst and John Kerry. I'll gladly stand down if you guys agree it's not relevant (am I allowed to vote?) but it seems to me that, like the CEOs of large companies, the heads of notable schools are per se notable. Mjl0509 (talk) 23:05, 19 January 2008 (UTC)
As creator of the article you are certainly allowed to vote here. However AfD is not actually a vote as such. We are after consensus. So please add your opinion (and reasons) to keep here in this discussion. Having squash and hockey first played there makes the school notable. Not this articles subject. Likewise Hearst and Kerry give notability to the school but it could be argued that their notability had nothing to do with the school (or the current head). Sting au Buzz Me... 10:09, 20 January 2008 (UTC)
  • Weak DeleteThe article is about a person who runs a major prep school but it fails to meet the standards of notability described in WP:BIORgoodermote  23:09, 19 January 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.