User talk:Tinayork

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Proposed deletion of York Academy


The article York Academy has been proposed for deletion&#32; because of the following concern:
 * Non-notable home school.

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Please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Removing will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. The speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and articles for deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. E. Fokker (talk) 22:07, 24 February 2011 (UTC)

can you please explain to me how a legal school is non notable? There are other schools info listed on here, is it just information for home schools that are not allowed? Or do I need to post my schools number in the artical? Tinayork (talk) 22:52, 24 February 2011 (UTC)TinaYorkTinayork (talk) 22:52, 24 February 2011 (UTC)
 * I've actually deleted the article per criterion A1 of our speedy deletion criteria, for articles that don't have sufficient context to identify the subject. To say that the school is a home school in Indiana is incredibly vague and does not provide much information to a reader. Furthermore, just because a school exists does not mean it's notable although, generally speaking, high schools are notable. If you would like to recreate the article, be sure to include plenty of information about the school, complete with reliable sources that are independent of the subject. – GorillaWarfare talk • contribs 23:19, 24 February 2011 (UTC)
 * In general, the subject matter of any article must meet the notability guidelines. In cases, blanket rules have been implemented. For example, all secondary schools (high school sin the US are deemed notable). I wasn't around when this decision was made, but I can make a reasonable guess as to the thought process. There are literally thousands of such entities, almost all of which would survive a notability debate because there would be sufficient discussion in reliable sources. While there might be a small handful of tiny and or recent schools with insufficient coverage, rather than allow a challenge for each and every school, it was easier to make the blanket rule that secondary schools are notable.
 * However, the thought process would not apply to a home school. While it may legally comply with the definition of secondary school, it wasn't contemplated within the argument that virtually all secondary schools would have sufficient coverage. If you were able to find the original discussion, you might or might not find a specific discussion of home schools. However, it wouldn't matter. If the original rule did not exclude home schools, this is not a legal rule. It is a common sense rule, and if pushed, we would simply define secondary schools as excluding home schools.
 * This doesn't mean an article cannot be written about a specific home school, it simply means that it has to comply with the general notability guidelines, it does not get to qualify because it is technically a school. Just my opinion, and perhaps someone else will hold a different opinion.-- SPhilbrick  T  23:29, 24 February 2011 (UTC)


 * Use the WP:WIZARD to create a draft article, with references, and then ask for help. All articles need references to reliable sources, e.g. newspapers.  Chzz  ► 23:32, 24 February 2011 (UTC)