Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Adams' Grammar School Senior Debating Society

 This page is an archive of the discussion about the proposed deletion of the article below. This page is no longer live. Further comments should be made on the article's talk page rather than here so that this page is preserved as an historic record. The result of the debate was 7 delete, 5 keep, 1 merge to another article - therefore keep. - Ta bu shi da yu 06:00, 21 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Adams' Grammar School Senior Debating Society
This schoolcruft is getting out of hand. Not encyclopedic. Gamaliel 22:26, 8 Feb 2005 (UTC)


 * KEEP Sorry but this is more than just the usual "schoolcruft" - it gives a good example of an English debating society. Please don't delete this page - it's far more encyclopedic than many pages on wiki! David.


 * Delete - It may be an example of an english debating society, but a good one ? Really ? But if so  why not have a School debating society article instead ? Nothing much else links here and, honestly, it isn't encyclopaedic.  Velela 22:40, 8 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Not encyclopedic. I agree that schoolcruft is becoming an issue. Carrp | Talk 22:43, 8 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, I guess. Perhaps start a wikijunior for such content? &mdash; RJH 22:55, 8 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Seems notable and factual enough. Keep. --Centauri 00:36, 9 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Resolved: School debating societies are notable.  I'll take the negative side.   --BM 01:20, 9 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Notability does not extend to an elementary school debating club, no matter how many British prime ministers have sprung from its loins. Denni &#9775; 05:07, 2005 Feb 9 (UTC)
 * Delete. &mdash; Brim 10:15, Feb 9, 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep, or merge useful content into Adams' Grammar School - Drw25 14:34, 9 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Merge to Adams' Grammar School. Create a section called 'Student Activities' or 'Clubs' or somesuch.  Contains too much detail (we don't need to know about the duties of the club Secretary, or that they usually meet in the school library), and duplicates information covered in debate.  Few debating societies warrant their own articles&mdash;see for example the Oxford Union, which actually has a smaller entry. --TenOfAllTrades | Talk 18:29, 9 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep, or Merge to Adams' Grammar School. It is the oldest club/society in the school and it deserves a mention. LukeSurl
 * Keep, or Merge as above, preferably the latter. Think it might be one of the oldest school clubs in the world, 349 years old and counting. --Andylkl 20:17, Feb 11, 2005 (UTC)
 * It should be noted that it is the school that is 349 years old. There is no information in the article about the age of the club. --TenOfAllTrades | Talk 19:42, 14 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep - it is factual, NPOV and encyclopedic. Ronline 11:58, 12 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep Are we running out of paper? Are high schools unimportant? Zantastik 07:08, 13 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete This isn't a high school, it's a unexceptional club at a non-notable school. Gamaliel 16:40, 14 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Adams Grammar School isn't a high school because it's not in the USA. It is a secondary grammar and sixth form though, which I would suggest is equivilent to a so-called "high school". And if you would look into the British education system a little more, you'd understand that there are in fact only 165 grammar schools remaining and even fewer debating societies - this one being founded in 1912! David

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