Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Blanche Kelso Bruce Academy


 * 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. (non-admin closure) Armbrust, B.Ed. Let's talk about my edits? 14:17, 4 January 2012 (UTC)

Blanche Kelso Bruce Academy

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PROD contested by author, a WP:SPA with voiced WP:COI issues … lacks multiple WP:RS to meet WP:GNG (just a link to subject's website.) &mdash; The Bipolar Anon-IP Gnome (talk) 17:19, 9 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Michigan-related deletion discussions.  • Gene93k (talk) 19:51, 9 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Schools-related deletion discussions.  • Gene93k (talk) 19:51, 9 December 2011 (UTC)


 * Delete. If it has a claim to notability, it certainly hides it well. --Legis (talk - contribs) 05:50, 11 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Comment. High schools are held to be generally notable but this one is certainly underdocumented (It may be intentionally obscuring itself.) Rmhermen (talk) 02:16, 12 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep I rewrote the article, adding documentation. Blanche Kelso Bruce Academy is actually the name of seven or eight charter schools serving grades 5-12 under the auspices of the Detroit Public Schools. As such they are certainly notable. --MelanieN (talk) 18:04, 17 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, v/r - TP 03:32, 19 December 2011 (UTC)

 
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, —Tom Morris (talk) 10:52, 26 December 2011 (UTC)


 * Keep Consensus is that almost all secondary schools are found to be notable if sufficient work is done to find the sources. Though the article is brief, MelanieN has improved it sufficiently.  Incidentally, Blanche Kelso Bruce is a fascinating and little-known figure in US history, but that shouldn't affect this debate.  Cullen 328   Let's discuss it  16:28, 26 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep At least some of the schools appear to function as a high school, teaching through grade 12, and should receive an assumption of notability per WP:OUTCOMES.(I do not agree that notability is inherited from being named after some admired person.) Edison (talk) 18:47, 27 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Ummm... nobody said it is. --MelanieN (talk) 03:44, 28 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Ummmmm.... Cullen broached the topic of the school being named for some fascinating person. In terms of notability, that gains a big "So what?" Edison (talk) 05:48, 29 December 2011 (UTC)
 * ...as Cullen himself pointed out ("but that shouldn't affect this debate.") --MelanieN (talk) 07:21, 29 December 2011 (UTC)


 * Comment - How does multiple references to what is essentially a press release about the school's charter from school board web sites qualify as "Significant coverage" that is "Independent of the subject" as required by WP:GNG and WP:ORG? I mean, can anyone find coverage in the Detroit Free Press or some other newspaper? These references prove that the subject exists, but do nothing to show that the subject is notable. &mdash; The Bipolar Anon-IP Gnome (talk) 15:59, 28 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Please see Articles for deletion/Common outcomes. This is not official policy, but it does reflect the consensus of the community at AfD discussions: "Most independently accredited degree-awarding institutions and high schools are being kept except when zero independent sources can be found to prove that the institution actually exists." This is a high school, existence is confirmed, that's enough for a "keep". The reason for this policy is to save everybody's time, since virtually all high schools turn out to have significant coverage, as this one does; see Google News Archive. (When you demanded news coverage, did you bother to look?) --MelanieN (talk) 16:30, 28 December 2011 (UTC)
 * BTW thanks for prompting me to look for news items; I added to the article the fact that Blanche Kelso Bruce Academy recently took over operation of the nationally known Catherine Ferguson Academy. --MelanieN (talk) 16:46, 28 December 2011 (UTC)


 * Keep per Melanie and generally accepted consensus by precedent as demonstrated by 100s of AfD closures.  Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 09:30, 30 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep I think it does count as a high school, and the compromise accepting them is one of the few good examples we have of longstanding and productive compromises.  DGG ( talk ) 04:34, 4 January 2012 (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.