Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Alvarado Middle


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review).  No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was   redirect to New Haven Unified School District. Feel free to merge content from the page history, and/or disambiguate. ‑Scottywong | squeal _ 18:18, 30 April 2012 (UTC)

Alvarado Middle

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Non-notable middle school. Binksternet (talk) 01:43, 20 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Keep - community consensus is that, barring small private schools and academies which have not otherwise established notability, schools are not subject to the burden of notability. Wer900  talkessay on the definition of consensus 01:58, 20 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Incorrect interpretation of community consensus; see Articles for deletion/Common outcomes. Dru of Id (talk) 02:38, 20 April 2012 (UTC)


 * Rename & Disambiguate- My Prod removal edit summary in full: 'Disambiguate: Alvarado Middle School in Union City, Ca (to New Haven Unified School District), and Alvarado Junior High School in Alvarado, Tx (to Alvarado Independent School District).' Dru of Id (talk) 02:38, 20 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Delete Middle schools are not notable unless there's something exceptional. Merge would be an alternative, if there was a good target. --Colapeninsula (talk) 11:12, 20 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of California-related deletion discussions.  • Gene93k (talk) 23:13, 20 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Schools-related deletion discussions.  • Gene93k (talk) 23:14, 20 April 2012 (UTC)


 * Delete per WP:ORG -- there is no assertion of notability. Create a redirect for Alvarado Middle School to New Haven Unified School District. — Cactus Writer (talk) 01:21, 21 April 2012 (UTC)
 * merge as customary  DGG ( talk ) 18:22, 21 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Delete per WP:ORG...could make that the new custom (-: Stormbay (talk) 22:50, 27 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Delete, run-of-the-mill organization with no apparent third-party coverage, fails WP:GNG.  Sandstein   10:48, 28 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Keep all schools are notable.LuciferWildCat (talk) 23:01, 28 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Really? I have not seen anything like that in a guideline. I submit that the great mass of lower and middle schools are not notable. Binksternet (talk) 01:53, 29 April 2012 (UTC)


 * My understanding is the same as that of Binksternet. Many of the ones that were kept were done so by a group effort from editors that feel all schools are notable. A scant few elementary and middle schools reach that threshold. In my opinion, this one doesn't. Stormbay (talk) 16:35, 29 April 2012 (UTC)


 * Merge/redirect (not delete) to New Haven Unified School District per usual practice. Disambiguation also a good idea. TerriersFan (talk) 16:37, 29 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Merge/redirect per TerriersFan and per usual practice. (I did a double take when I saw the name of the school district, but that really is the name of this California school district.) Man, what a bunch of misinformation is being cited in this discussion! Please read WP:SCHOOLOUTCOMES, which is not official policy but does state the consensus result of innumerable AfD discussions. The only schools that are "presumed" notable (that is, allowed to stay even if they are not currently sourced to multiple independent reliable sources) are diploma-granting secondary schools (high schools) and degree-granting colleges and universities. On the other hand, elementary and middle schools are usually NOT deleted outright per WP:ORG; instead, they are redirected/merged to the parent school district, or to the locality, unless they clearly demonstrate individual notability. This is a middle school; it does not have any unusual notability; therefore it gets merged/redirected, per longstanding practice. (Note that Colapeninsula and CactusWriter, although they tagged their comments as "delete", are really advocating a redirect/merge.) --MelanieN (talk) 17:38, 30 April 2012 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.