Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Beverly Cleary School


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The result was   keep.   A rbitrarily 0   ( talk ) 21:29, 20 July 2010 (UTC)

Beverly Cleary School

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Elementary school lacking reliable sources to establish general notability or notability by the Notability (schools) proposal. At first glance, naming after Beverly Cleary carries some weight. In reality, it isn't a Blue Ribbon school, which is the only common outcome that usually preserves elementary schools. A small paragraph probably belongs in the parent article (PPS), but I'm taking this to AFD because it deserves a consensus-based discussion. tedder (talk) 15:49, 13 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Oregon-related deletion discussions.  -- tedder (talk) 15:50, 13 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Schools-related deletion discussions.  -- tedder (talk) 15:50, 13 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep I realize it's a common outcome for elementary school articles to be deleted, but this one is as well-referenced as many other small business articles. I think it's worth keeping and continuing to improve. Common outcome does not mean inevitable outcome. --Esprqii (talk) 16:22, 13 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Weak Keep. Under WP:GNG.  Because of the sourced connections to Beverly Cleary, who is certainly a significant kid's author: in particular the assertion that "she is an alumnus of Fernwood and based many of her well-known children's stories on her experiences in the Fernwood neighborhood".  But my !vote is "weak" because this this assertion is not as well-sourced as it should be, and because there's a reasonable argument that the relevant content is sufficiently handled within the Beverly Cleary article.--Arxiloxos (talk) 16:41, 13 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep per WP:CLUB which is what would currently be used to determine school notability. I'm normally a big fan of cutting down schoolcruft on Wikipedia, especially elementary schools, but this school has both a notable alum and more than enough sources to determine verifiability.  elektrik SHOOS  17:55, 13 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete Fails WP:CLUB since its activities are not national/international. Notability is not inherited, so being named for a famous person or having a famous alumna does not make the school automatically notable. Elementary schools typically fail to survive AFD. Edison (talk) 18:04, 13 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep - It's not an elementary school. They combined a middle school and an elementary school to make it.  Fernwood is notable by itself, I'd bet, and Hollyrood probably is too.  If someone really cared, they could make three well refed articles out of this subject.  One is good enough for now. - Peregrine Fisher (talk) 22:51, 13 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Sorry PF, I use "elementary" when I mean "primary" or "non-secondary". tedder (talk) 01:12, 14 July 2010 (UTC)


 * Keep - clearly notable, meets WP:ORG. TerriersFan (talk) 23:56, 15 July 2010 (UTC)
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