Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ben Milam Elementary 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   redirect to Dallas Independent School District. The redirect actually represents current meta consensus on how to deal with these articles so although its a single article its the vote that represents the widely accepted approach. Spartaz Humbug! 03:50, 4 June 2011 (UTC)

Ben Milam Elementary School

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Elementary/primary school with no evidence of notability. The article is also substantially promotional. The article was proposed for deletion, but the PROD was contested without any explanation by an account with no other edits. (Perhaps a new account for the author of the article, whose original account is blocked.) JamesBWatson (talk) 10:36, 27 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Sorry, but I think that your comment in parenthesis is unnecessarily prejudicial. We have no basis for knowing the identity of the author but if we are speculating it is most likely to be a school project judged by the content. TerriersFan (talk) 19:50, 31 May 2011 (UTC)


 * Delete per nom. -- Joaquin008  ( talk ) 11:42, 27 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Redirect to Dallas Independent School District per standard procedure for elementary schools. (Note: When I say redirect, I mean a straight redirect, without deleting the prior history.) --Metropolitan90 (talk) 13:32, 27 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Why? What is there in the article that needs to be kept? If the school is notable then we should be keeping the article, and if it isn't then why keep any of it? JamesBWatson (talk) 12:57, 31 May 2011 (UTC)
 * It is usual to put a summary of the key facts about each school in the district article. In any case, merging information about nn places and things into a more general article is standard practice. TerriersFan (talk) 14:30, 31 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Texas-related deletion discussions.  — • Gene93k (talk) 23:18, 27 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Schools-related deletion discussions.  — • Gene93k (talk) 23:18, 27 May 2011 (UTC)


 * Delete per nom. Non-notable school. Keb25 (talk) 23:31, 27 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep - Blue Ribbon school, the highest award a US school can have. The better way forward is to clean up and source not to delete. TerriersFan (talk) 14:02, 30 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete & redirect, not notable. There are 300 "blue ribbon" schools every year; this school was on the list in 2008 but is not on the current list, so I don't see the relevance of the award. Hairhorn (talk) 04:13, 31 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Comment - schools can only receive the award every 5 years so the 2008 award is current and cannot be reawarded until 2013. The list you linked are not the current schools but the new 2010 awards.TerriersFan (talk) 14:30, 31 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Whatever the details, if "blue ribbon" award is the only claim to notability, the school isn't notable. Hairhorn (talk) 16:37, 31 May 2011 (UTC)


 * Keep - Ben Milam Elementary in Dallas, TX is also notable in that the school is over 100 years old, according to their Blue Ribbon application. The city itself predates the school by mere decades.  Any biases can be corrected via guidance from the Wikipedia community.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jtarango (talk • contribs) 19:23, 31 May 2011 (UTC)
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 * Goodness, so anything that was created before 1911 is automatically notable? Or is there some special reason why this applies to elementary schools? My son attended a primary school that was built in the nineteenth century, but it has no Wikipedia article, and it never crossed my mind that it should have one just because it was built a long time ago. I'm afraid that there is no connection at all between being 100 years old and Wikipedia's notability guidelines. JamesBWatson (talk) 10:31, 1 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Comment - Thanks for your input, James. A centennial celebration is a significant milestone. This is especially true in a state that has yet to reach its bicentennial. On a side note, two UT Arlington students put this together for a technology class project. It would be a shame if those students' work had gone to waste. Rather than delete the page, I ask that you offer suggestions for improving this entry.  Unlike others who would vandalize the wiki, they are merely trying to expand it.  Jtarango


 * Keep 22:37, 3 June 2011 (UTC)Warburton1368 (talk)
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