Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Baptist Park School


 * 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   keep.   A rbitrarily 0   ( talk ) 22:59, 26 March 2010 (UTC)

Baptist Park School

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As mentioned in the disputed prod, the article lacks any verifiable assertions of notability, and was created by a now banned user for vandalizing the same page. Funnyfarmofdoom (talk to me) 14:00, 19 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Schools-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 00:59, 20 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep. This is a legitimate page for a high school in Taylor, Michigan, where I attend.  All information is either first-hand knowledge we get from teachers who have taught since the schools opening, or from the school's webpage, which was listed until it was removed by another editor.  Once again, this is a legitimate page, and will remain such under my guidance, and that of my friends.''' — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.40.35.242 (talk • contribs) 14:52, 20 March 2010
 * Keep - contains a high school. The arguments for keeping high schools are at WP:HS/N. Needs work, but sources are available. TerriersFan (talk) 01:47, 21 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete. It is irrelevant that this school includes a high school. There is no high school exception to WP:ORG or WP:GNG. There is no significant coverage in reliable sources of this school, so any article about the school will be unreliable. That is the standard that must be applied. --Mkativerata (talk) 04:19, 21 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep An educational institution that contains a high school. Verifiability is met through the usage of sources such as this and this from National Center for Education Statistics. I note that the article currently cites a National Center for Education Statistics source. Cunard (talk) 07:07, 21 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep Wikipedia considers all high schools notable Dew Kane (talk) 04:20, 23 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Where is the notability guideline to support that? --Mkativerata (talk) 04:23, 23 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Comment - there are also no notability guidelines to support the notability of airports, train stations, numbered highways, fauna and flora, named bridges, rivers, high court judges, super-regional malls, occupied settlements, degree-awarding institutions and a whole load of other categories that have been deemed notable through AFDs and the application of common-sense or other than policy wonking. TerriersFan (talk) 21:57, 23 March 2010 (UTC)
 * thing is,  determining consensus here at AfD just needs a majority of the responsible editors, which is not hard to achieve, For a disputed guideline or policy there usually needs to be somewhere between 66 to 75 %  agreement--except that typically the strong opposition of only 2 or 3 people is able to prevent a finding of consensus on a policy. But you;re talking as though we were handled the policy from some authority and could not deviate from it. We make our own policy, and we can make whatever exceptions and interpretations to it we please.     DGG ( talk ) 22:22, 26 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Fair enough. I happen to think "significant coverage in reliable sources" is a standard that should apply across the board and I'll put that view across firmly in school-related AfDs. But no-one badgers me for holding that view so I won't badger those who think schools should be held to a lower standard. AfD after all is a forum for community-wide consensus just as much as our policy talk pages. --Mkativerata (talk) 22:47, 26 March 2010 (UTC)
 * If it is so "common sense", propose an amendment to WP:ORG and it will achieve consensus. It's not policy wonkery to insist that articles on this encyclopaedia receive significant coverage in reliable sources. --Mkativerata (talk) 22:06, 23 March 2010 (UTC)


 * Keep per the criteria stated at WP:HS/N. School's existence is verified, it has plenty of hits in GNews Archives (for sports activities, mainly), the consensus to keep high schools works well, and there is no reason to go against it here. --Arxiloxos (talk) 23:33, 23 March 2010 (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.