Talk:Vergennes Union High School

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Small non-notable high school. --LeeHunter 02:37, 19 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Another non-notable school!!! Delete. NeoJustin 02:46 Nov. 19, 2004 (UTC)

  • I'd say merge vitals into its city article, Vergennes, Vermont but where is it located? Delete for now note i'm telling skysmith I changed my vote, I am not sure if he still "seconds" my vote —siroχo 03:37, Nov 19, 2004 (UTC)
    • Seconded - Skysmith 09:21, 19 Nov 2004 (UTC)
      • I typed "Vergennes Union High School" into Google and a quick eyeball scan of the first few dozen hits indicates that it is Vergennes Union High School, 50 Monkton Rd., Vergennes, Vermont 05491. [[User:Dpbsmith|Dpbsmith (talk)]] 14:19, 19 Nov 2004 (UTC)
        • Changing vote: Since Dpbsmith found out the school's location, now I think it should be merged into the Vergennes, Vermont - Skysmith 13:28, 21 Nov 2004 (UTC)
  • Delete: Thoroughly anonymous school...somewhere...that puts on, um, plays. Geogre 04:19, 19 Nov 2004 (UTC)
    • Plays? Plays? You're talking about some of the most refulgent jewels in the scintillating diadem that is American musical theatre here. Well, except for L'il Abner, of course. [[User:Dpbsmith|Dpbsmith (talk)]] 18:57, 19 Nov 2004 (UTC)
      • Yes, I meant those...things. <shudder> (Too many enforced viewings of "South Pacific" as a teacher.) Geogre 19:36, 19 Nov 2004 (UTC)
        • Ahhh... "When the sky is a bright canary yellow/I forget ev'ry cloud I've ever seen/So they call me a cockeyed optimist/Immature and incurably green...I hear the human race/Is fallin' on its face/And hasn't very far to go/But ev'ry whippoorwill/Is sellin' me a bill/And tellin' me it just—ain't—so." Can you tell me that you can hear that without your heart leaping? Just a little? By the way... when is any sky a "bright canary yellow?" If I had to make a list of colors that I've never seen the sky be, that would be high on the list. [[User:Dpbsmith|Dpbsmith (talk)]] 22:25, 20 Nov 2004 (UTC)
      • Thanks for making my post-traumatic stress disorder kick in. I just keep seeing that "Wash that man right out of my hair" scene over and over again, where the false innocence of the 1940's is matched by the false knowingness of high school students for a perfect cacophony of seeming and being. Geogre 02:56, 21 Nov 2004 (UTC)
  • Delete. Not notable. Indrian 04:21, Nov 19, 2004 (UTC)
  • Keep. Notable.Dr Zen 05:46, 19 Nov 2004 (UTC)
  • Merge vital information into a city article, if located by the end of this VfD (I assume it's somewhere in Vermont?), otherwise delete as insufficiently notable and unverified. Average Earthman 10:59, 19 Nov 2004 (UTC)
  • Merge into Vergennes, Vermont and delete, unless more convincing notability is established before expiration of VfD. The revision as of 21:08, 18 Nov 2004 is the product of a single author and if the author and time of revision are noted on the Talk page this should meet GFDL requirements. I wonder how amusing it might be to assemble a List of school mission statements? [[User:Dpbsmith|Dpbsmith (talk)]] 14:19, 19 Nov 2004 (UTC)
  • I suspect that many of these articles about schoools are school computer use class projects. Anthony Appleyard 16:08, 19 Nov 2004 (UTC)
  • wow they do plays! Still no evidence of notability, delete. Dunc|☺ 16:38, 19 Nov 2004 (UTC)
  • Delete. Another school. Not notable. --Improv 16:51, 19 Nov 2004 (UTC)
  • Keep. Another school. Notable. Mark Richards 17:34, 19 Nov 2004 (UTC)
    • So, from "Vergennes is a high school/junior high school of about 600 students. It hosts a wide variety of extra curricular activities such as Soccer, Basket Ball, a knitting club and a German club. Many Vergennes students take part in longboat rowing hosted by the Lake Champlain Maritime Museum" you get some notability? You can tell us about its place in the local community, the famous alumni, the history of the place? Can you even tell us, without VfD, where the school is? When you search Wikipedia, you find something like this and think yourself informed on the subject? I'm serious: what makes a thing "notable" for you? Geogre 20:14, 20 Nov 2004 (UTC)
    • "... is a high school"Dr Zen 06:47, 21 Nov 2004 (UTC)
  • Keep. Notable. [[User:Radman1|RaD Man (talk)]] 21:29, 19 Nov 2004 (UTC)
  • Merge into Vergennes, Vermont -- Jmabel | Talk 01:24, Nov 20, 2004 (UTC)
  • Delete. This school is not notable. -- WOT 17:21, 20 Nov 2004 (UTC)
  • Delete unless improved. Cool Hand Luke 03:57, 21 Nov 2004 (UTC)
    • Would you mind expanding on your reasoning for this vote? If you think it's improvable, surely it's not in need of deleting? Am I missing something? If I am, I'd appreciate your helping me understand.Dr Zen 06:45, 21 Nov 2004 (UTC)
      • Yes. I believe that every moderately large high school can have an encyclopedia-worthy article. However, wikipedia is a project and as such, I believe awful articles which are manifestly not maintained to minimal standards do us a disservice. When an article is marginally notable and so bad that having it around woulnd't even help future contributors, I believe deletion is sound. Someday someone will write a good article on this school, and when they do this stub will not help them, but more probably turn them off to joining our project. Cool Hand Luke 01:50, 22 Nov 2004 (UTC)
  • Keep. Schools are inheritantly notable. --Andylkl 08:18, 21 Nov 2004 (UTC)
  • Delete. Not notable. --*drew 08:27, 21 Nov 2004 (UTC)
  • Delete. I'm sure that this is not the only place in Vermont with musical theater. Gamaliel 08:32, 21 Nov 2004 (UTC)
  • Merge into Vergennes, Vermont or keep The Steve 09:36, Nov 21, 2004 (UTC)
  • Keep. For reasons stated by others that vote keep. --Dittaeva 20:46, 23 Nov 2004 (UTC)
  • Delete - doesn't appear to be notable. - Ta bu shi da yu 02:34, 24 Nov 2004 (UTC)
  • Keep - appears to be notable. Intrigue 17:29, 24 Nov 2004 (UTC)
  • Delete - Very non notable - Tεxτurε 21:32, 24 Nov 2004 (UTC)
  • keep Yuckfoo 05:26, 30 Nov 2004 (UTC)
  • Keep - SimonP 05:52, Dec 3, 2004 (UTC)

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[edit] Anyone paying attention?

Anybody care about this article? I got here by random, it had been vandalised for a while now. I fixed that and deleted a list of musicals; I see no reason we need to list every musical that every school has put on. Next we'll be putting the football scores in there too. Friday 04:03, 12 July 2005 (UTC)


No on the football scores. Vergennes doesn't have a football team, and is known throughout Vermont for it's drama department. I should know, I'm a Vergennes alumni. Kjhstuph 04:22, 11 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Assessment

Assessing as Start / Mid. A good article now with plenty of references, multiple sections, and an info-box. Giving Mid importance for the court case, some pictures would be good. Camaron1 | Chris (talk) 11:32, 26 December 2007 (UTC)