User:Dpbsmith/schools2


 * Posting articles on high schools is never a sure thing, but the chance of acceptance depends a lot on how good the article is. Your first article notes that: "Local-interest articles are articles about places like schools, or streets that are of interest to a relatively small number of people such as alumni or people who live nearby. There is no consensus about such articles, but some will challenge them if they include nothing that shows how the place is special and different from tens of thousands of similar places. Photographs add interest. Try to give local-interest articles local color."


 * For examples of very good articles about high schools that survived VfD, see Moanalua High School and Montgomery Bell Academy.


 * The VfD discussion runs for several days before any decision is made, and the article can be improved during that period. If you think you can beef up your article by mentioning a notable alum or two, and something special, almost anything, about the school, go for it. Pretend that your audience is a fellow alumnus. When they look up the high school in Wikipedia, you want them to get a warm fuzzy and have the feeling that the article is really about their school.


 * Do you, by any chance, have a photograph that you took yourself (and hence can give permission to release under the GFDL) that shows that nifty bell-tower-thingy? Not every high school has one of those. Someone from Springville won something-or-other in the 2001 Utah Multimedia Arts Festival; does this mean the school has a particularly good communications arts department?


 * Please, show us, what's special about Springville High School? [[User:Dpbsmith|Dpbsmith (talk)]] 13:20, 17 Sep 2004 (UTC)