Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Blooming Prairie High 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. Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:49, 30 March 2011 (UTC)

Blooming Prairie High School

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Very short article about a school. Not notable. The "notable alumni" mentionned in the article doesn't appear to be notable.  Maimai  009  20:42, 23 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep Consensus is that high schools are presumed to be notable. This one has been around for at least 65 years, and went through major expansion in 2008.  See "Cool New School",  Austin Daily Herald, September 18, 2008. Cullen328 (talk) 21:33, 23 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep If this particular high school is deleted as non-notable, then where and how should we draw the line? Should we delete every secondary school on the planet from Wikipedia? I didn't think so either.--Hokeman (talk) 22:32, 23 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep - It is general consensus that all secondary schools are notable. If not, we'd have to scrutinize the literally tens of thousands of such schools using up editor's time that can be better spent improving and creating articles. --Oakshade (talk) 00:46, 24 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep and expand the article, instead of deleting it. I will try to find reliable third-party references to help improve the article. - SudoGhost (talk) 01:12, 24 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep as has been done for 99.9999% of all high schools AfDs since 2005.--Milowent • talkblp-r 05:39, 24 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Comment Thank you Cullen328 and SudoGhost for giving your point of vue. Though originally I didn't agree for the article to be kept, I have to admit that your arguments are wise and sensefull, and that the article should be expanded. However, three other users here have invoked the high school rule to justify the keeping of the article. I know this consensus exists and in my opinion it is unacceptable. As you know, this consensus allows any high school to have an article, regardless of its notability, acomplishments or status, only by the fact that it exists. This rule apparently doesn't apply to any organization (hospital, library, company, whatever...), but high schools seem to have a special status. Anyway, arguing against this consensus seems to be like talking to a wall. It's like it is not possible to challenge it just because it has been here for a long time.  Maimai  009  10:09, 24 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Comment - actually high schools are not alone. Consensus has many categories of articles that are kept. This is for the pragmatic reason that with sufficient research, reliable sources can be found or because the community regards certain subjects are sufficiently important to merit a page. Other examples, are species of fauna and flora, high court judges, peers of the realm, super-regional malls, named bridges, numbered highways, railway stations, airports, degree-awarding institutions, regional hospitals etc TerriersFan (talk) 20:22, 24 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Agree with TerriersFan here, we have many categories of articles that are generally treated uniformly at AfD. E.g., populated places is one of the biggest ones.  AfD is overhead to the project, so it should be streamlined to getting rid of crap and not verifiable non-controversial content like this category.  Then we can spend more of our time writing, improving, and sourcing articles.  The effort that would be expended parsing thru every high school to apply our very subjective standards of when the notability threshold is crossed for this category would be a net negative.--Milowent • talkblp-r  05:43, 25 March 2011 (UTC)


 * Comment - AfD is not the venue for contesting established policy, precedent, or practice. For this, Wikipedia has other set procedures. --Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 16:37, 28 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Minnesota-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 15:43, 24 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Schools-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 15:43, 24 March 2011 (UTC)


 * Keep as noted above. According to my own standards, it also passes.  It is an accredited school of lasting duration, and has a significant staff size that indicates it is a large enough high school.  There is already at least two reliable sources to verify its existence and prove notability.  I think this discussion refreshes the consensus about high schools as virtually per se notable. Bearian (talk) 16:48, 24 March 2011 (UTC)
 * I added more information and citations, further cementing in my mind that this school is notable. Bearian (talk) 17:31, 24 March 2011 (UTC)


 * Keep - factual article of record on a public high school that educates to grade 12. No good reason to delete. TerriersFan (talk) 20:07, 24 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep. As noted, high schools are generally considered notable. Niteshift36 (talk) 06:04, 25 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep Most encyclopedias routinely accept that "very short articles" are a perfect companion for longer articles in their encyclopedia.  The keep position here is based on the fact that the nominator has not given a reason for deletion as per Arguments to avoid in deletion discussions.  Unscintillating (talk) 19:20, 27 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep - High schools are de facto notable per WP:NHS. Nomination has no rationale other than 'not notable'. Nominator's comment to the effect that s/he just doesn't like WP:NHS is not admissible as an AfD argument.  Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 16:37, 28 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep in accord with the commonly accepted sentiment that secondary schools are notable per se. Carrite (talk) 16:39, 28 March 2011 (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.