Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Archbishop Chapelle High School

 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 - kept - SimonP 15:46, May 21, 2005 (UTC)

Archbishop Chapelle High School
Despite its location in my birthplace, it's still non-notable. Delete. Neutralitytalk 20:17, May 15, 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. Verifiable and NPOV. Double Blue  (Talk) 21:04, 15 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep, verifiable, NPOV, notable enough. Kappa 21:15, 15 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete absent indication of notability and merge info to location. Gazpacho 21:22, 15 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep, verifiable - SimonP 21:33, May 15, 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. Verifiable, NPOV, perfectly rational topic. Kelly Martin 21:48, May 15, 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. Lupin 21:49, 15 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete again. ESkog 22:18, 15 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep -- Longhair | Talk 22:31, 15 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Non-notable.  Quale 22:42, 15 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep, until Wikipedia starts running out of space. Chipmunks rock. -- BD2412  thi m k  act  23:04, 2005 May 15 (UTC)
 * Delete Non-notable instutional vanity. Gmaxwell 00:49, 16 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. As noted by others above fits the criteria put up by Jimbo Wales for keeping an article on Wikipedia: verifiable & NPOV  --AYArktos 00:51, 16 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep high schools R Calvete 02:15, 2005 May 16 (UTC)
 * Keep schools.  --Unfocused 03:43, 16 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. Verifiable.  Plenty of room for organic growth. Good stub. --Tony Sidaway|Talk 06:11, 16 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, not notable, school cruft. Megan1967 06:17, 16 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Useless collection of generic facts about an insignificant school. This is not an encyclopedia article. Individual schools are not inherently encyclopedic and there is nothing to distinguish insignificant schools like this one from thousands of nearly identical schools around the world. Gamaliel 07:11, 16 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Merge into Metairie, Louisiana and delete - Skysmith 09:09, 16 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep, needs expansion. -- Lochaber 12:20, 16 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Merge into Metairie, Louisiana. --Carnildo 17:35, 16 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep How can you think this is a worthwhile contribution? All you are doing is wasting other people's time. Oliver Chettle 19:23, 16 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Exactly! Precisely my opinion of this article! --Calton | Talk 03:43, 17 May 2005 (UTC)
 * How can you think this is a worthwhile contribution? All you are doing is wasting other people's time. Did you even notice that its school colours are green and white; those are extremely notable colours. What's more, it has a chipmunk as a mascot!  Chipmunks are very, very cute!!! Only a rabid deletionist/little fluffy animal hater would vote to delete it. Delete. Jayjg (talk)  19:43, 16 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. We should err on the side of inclusion. --Zantastik 19:47, 16 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep passes the Holy Sponge test. Klonimus 20:44, 16 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep and Expand - Jersyko 00:53, May 17, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete.  [T]he mascot is a chipmunk! Cool! Useless! --Calton | Talk 03:46, 17 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete unless wikipedia wants a boring, pointless article for every average school in every country. CDThieme
 * keep A hopeless effort. Lotsofissues 11:14, 17 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep.JuntungWu 12:39, 17 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep, it's both verifiable and written in an NPOV way. Notability isn't a deletion criterion. James F. (talk) 12:54, 17 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, vanity. Radiant_* 13:46, May 17, 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep and expand when the deluge of school deletion attempts gives us a chance to stop voting and start contributing to articles. --BaronLarf 18:37, May 17, 2005 (UTC)
 * Then do so. Find some notable things about this school, and I'll change my vote.  Something beyond the usual desperate trivia about the ethnic breakdown of the students and the name of it's mascot and the most popular candy bar in the snack machine.  Something that makes it different in a significant way from several million other high shools. Jayjg (talk)  19:00, 17 May 2005 (UTC)
 * We work by consensus. The consensus seems to be heading for much less stringent requirements for an article than the ones you suggest.  Personally I see no reason why all school entries should be somehow especially distinguished.  It is possible to give useful information about a school without seeking out a famous alumnus, an unusual history, or the like (which are really as superficial as the chipmunk when all is said and done).  A SAT results table, a list of curriculum subjects, and so on would quite useful to someone considering sending a child to a school or attending it themselves. --Tony Sidaway|Talk 19:43, 17 May 2005 (UTC)
 * The current "consensus" is that there are about a dozen well-organized school inclusionists in Wikipedia who vote without considering either policy or article content, and that's really all it takes to save almost any article.  As for "less stringent requirements", why only for schools?  I see no reason why all biographies should be somehow especially distinguished.  It is possible to give useful information about a person without seeking out notable achievements, interesting occupations, unique abilities.  There are 6 billion people in this world, and they're all special and different in some way.  Maybe we could have an article about every one of them. It would be useful for someone considering marrying off their child, or buying insurance, or ... Jayjg (talk)  20:45, 17 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. Notability is still not a deletion criterion. Needs title that includes location. - David Gerard 22:28, 17 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. Wikipedia would not be improved by the deletion of this article. ~leif &#9786; (talk) 01:10, May 18, 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. I'll change my vote to delete only after all the articles on Star Wars have been deleted. Surely this school is far more notable and important than George Lucas and Obi-Wan Kenobi combined. linas 19:17, 18 May 2005 (UTC)


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