User talk:Sstaffey

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Andover HSx
This article has been deleted under the WP:Proposed deletion process. You should have been notified and given a chance to prevent deletion by removing the notice, and I apologise that you were not. As with any PROD-deleted article, it will be restored on request, either to me as the deleting administrator or at WP:Request for undeletion; however, it would probably be nominated at WP:Articles for deletion, a more deliberate process involving seven days' discussion.

The reason given for deletion was "This article is completely unsourced". That relates to the Verifiability policy: "any material challenged or likely to be challenged must be attributed to a reliable, published source".

Even if the article were sourced, say to the school's website, there is a more serious hurdle in the inclusion criterion called Notability, which looks for references showing "significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject." Rather than "do we think this important or significant", that test asks the more objective question: "Is there evidence that people not connected with this subject have thought it important or significant enough to write substantial content about it?" See also WP:Notability (summary).

At first glance it seems to me doubtful whether the HSx program, particular to a single school, is notable enough in this sense to have a Wikipedia article; but if you think you can show notability, you are welcome to try again or to ask for the article to be undeleted. There is good general advice at WP:Your first article and the other links in the Welcome message above, and there is an WP:Article wizard you can use to help guide you through the process.

Regards, JohnCD (talk) 16:21, 26 October 2014 (UTC)