Talk:Plumpton Primary School

A couple of members have stated that this article is not fit for Wikipedia, however, I would just like to point out the following things before any action is made:

Firstly, this article will provide an invaluble source of information for the students attending Plumpton Primary School, and also new and other members of the area (prospective parents etc.) to find out about their local school's history. It could even encourage students to wikify this page, as they for sure have more information about there school than I do. Now tell me, what on earth is wrong with that!

Secondly, what offence is this article causing to anyone? I spent a great deal of time on this, and for my first article, I am fairly proud of it. It would a shame to see something I spent an hour learning about and writing about being thrown into the bin for no apparent reason.

This school is an invaluble part of Plumpton that is not doing any harm in it's article's being and would infact help, rather than demise. And for the contary, if the nearby school's article: Chailey School, has been up and running for the good part of 2 years, why should this newly created, longer article be subject to deletion?

Thankyou for taking the time to read my views, I hope you consider these carefully before making ANY decision. This page SHOULD exist and if it doesn't, it will be entirely contradictary to the sole reason Wikipedia exists, to INFORM and ADVISE. Thankyou once again.

²wenty³ (talk) 20:22, 3 January 2009 (UTC)


 * Thanks for outlining your views - it does make interesting reading, and I understand your opinion. However, there are a number of matters to consider. I shall try to address your points in turn:
 * "this article will provide an invaluble source of information for the students attending Plumpton Primary School" - I'm not convinced that the article provides any information that would be of value to such groups that isn't already available on the school's website, a place in which such users are far more likely to look.
 * "It could even encourage students to wikify this page, as they for sure have more information about there school than I do" - while it may well encourage others to add to the article, they are unlikely to be able to find many reliable sources to support their writing. As such, the article doesn't offer the sort of credibility that Wikipedia aims for.
 * "This school is an invaluble part of Plumpton" - again while this is undoubtedly true, value in a small Sussex village does not equate to notability, and Wikipedia does expect its articles to reflect issues of notability. (See WP:NN)
 * "if the nearby school's article: Chailey School, has been up and running for the good part of 2 years, why should this newly created, longer article be subject to deletion?" - There is a broad consensus among editors that secondary schools tend to be notable, whereas primary & middle schools are not, unless some particular feature makes them so. I would agree that your article about Plumpton is in a more suitable style than the Chailey one, but nevertheless, Chailey is a more notable school - if only by virtue of being more than 5 times the size!


 * I'm afraid I stand by my original view that the best solution here is to select the most significant sections of information and draw them into the main Plumpton article. I would add, though, that you have a generally good style, and you attention to some of the weaker secondary school articles would be valued, I'm sure! Perhaps you could make a start on Chailey? Tafkam (talk) 20:38, 3 January 2009 (UTC)