Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Belmont Ridge Middle 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 Merge to Loudoun County Public Schools. —Quarl (talk) 2007-02-17 22:09Z 

Belmont Ridge Middle School

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Mulitiple AFD: Today we are in Loudoun County, Virginia for another batch of humdrum middle schools. Schools out? Brianyoumans 20:10, 12 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Also included in this AFD:

--Brianyoumans 20:25, 12 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete all these stub-class articles on middle schools, none of which assert any claim for notability. --Hyperbole 22:21, 12 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep. To begin with, I want to remind everyone that there is not policy of notability on schools. The requirement of stating some assertion of notability is mainly created on the fact that millions of articles that are commercially based or focused individual self-promotion would be littered all over wikipedia. I believe that if any article that is not advertising in this said manner is viable. In addition, as an additional requirement, I believe that articles should have some substance and according to policy, they should have some referenced material or at least list some legitimate sources. This article appears to have some information, and I am sure that in the future, individuals could work on and improve the article based on these sources. As always, we should not be excluded articles on wikipedia on just notability alone; self-promotion and commercial characteristics of articles with illegitimate sources should be the targets of deletion. This article appears to have some possibility for growth, and I believe that if until some templates for clean up and additional sources are added, and then if no progress is made on the article within a few months, then the article can be properly assessed. --Thank You. Sukh17 Talk 22:55, 12 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete all No claims to notability on any of them. Resolute 00:07, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete all per resolute and Hyperbole. JuJube 06:02, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep all. Middle schools are notable educational institutions. The articles serve well as part of a series of Loudoun County Public Schools which is among the fastest growing school districts in US . The Loudoun County is one of the fastest growing counties, and probably the wealthiest county in US (among more than 3000 counties in US). The district and its schools are closely watched in the media for their program and educational reforms. --Vsion 06:09, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete all and merge any useful content. Middle schools are notable educational institutions as a class, and WP quite properly has an article on the subject. The middle schools in a region may together constitute a notable part of the cultural and institutional life on that region, and may possibly warrant an article, though I take no position on the appropriate size of the region. Loudon County, being notable as a fast-growing region, probably justifies an article on its middle schools. But not on each individual one, unless there is something truly notable about a particular one. For the moment such content can be merged, and we can then see if there is enough to justify an article on a particular one. I have checked each individual article, and found nothing that might be. In fact, the information would be much clearer in a single article, since almost the entire content of each articles is a description of the changing boundaries between the different zones and the schools into which they feed. As a final note, the article nominated has the revealing comment thatit follows the: "standard Loudoun County Middle School plan," DGG 08:06, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete All. Not notable. It's not enough just to exist. WMMartin 18:10, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete All A big load of non-notable schoolcruft. Soltak | Talk 00:33, 14 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete All Not notable &mdash; MrDolomite &bull; Talk 18:45, 15 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep All or Delete and Merge all into Loudoun County Public Schools or some common Loudoun County middle school page (which DGG suggested). I haven't been on Wikipedia in awhile, but I noticed today that one middle school's page has been deleted and the rest are recommended to also face the same fate.  I think Sukh17 said most of what I wanted to say, and being the one who created these pages, I made them for the purposes of being there for others to improve on them in the future, that's what Wikipedia is all about.  I also now also realize that making pages for schools that don't have too much info can also get deleted too.  In any case, if there is some way for the pages to either be consolidated into a new article of some sort, I'll be happy to help with that.  Thanks. 20176 02:47, 17 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete all and merge any useful content as per DGG. Icemuon 19:56, 17 February 2007 (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.