Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Cheraw Primary School

Cheraw Primary School was proposed for deletion. This page is an archive of the discussion about the proposed deletion. This page is no longer live. Further comments should be made on the article's talk page rather than here so that this page is preserved as an historic record. The result of the debate was DELETE. 8 votes to delete, 4 votes to keep. Block votes were ignored. Postdlf 21:51, 27 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Cheraw Primary School
Substub. Delete in my view. Mandel 18:29, Oct 20, 2004 (UTC)


 * Delete, non-notable school. Fire Star 22:56, 20 Oct 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete: Nearly a speedy delete as a substub, except that it could be expanded. Notability, however, is simply not there.  BTW, if people want to talk about a "XXXX School Project," why not a list article?  A list would contain all the information plastered across 100 insignificant entries. Geogre 01:57, 21 Oct 2004 (UTC)
 * Incidentally, Dizzy Gilespie is from Cheraw, SC, but he is very unlikely to have attended this school, as he went to school in the days of segregation. I don't know of any other famous people from Cheraw.  Having driven through it a few times, it has been left behind by the interstates.  Geogre 04:07, 22 Oct 2004 (UTC)

(see warning) 00:50, 24 Oct 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete. Stub that fails to establish or even suggest notability. Average Earthman 08:22, 21 Oct 2004 (UTC)
 * Count in 3 more delete votes from Improv, WOT and Vina. See above. Mandel 09:07, Oct 22, 2004 (UTC)
 * Also count in 21 more keep votes from 207.189.98.44, theresa knott, Camembert, Gentgeen, Penfold, Imran, Guaka, Andres, Catherine, Ambivalenthysteria, Dpbsmith, TB, Oldak Quill, Improv, Neutrality, Jamesday, Martin, TMC1221, Johnleemk, ALargeElk, and AAAAA. See Wikipedia_talk:Deletion_policy/schools. anthony (see warning) 23:31, 23 Oct 2004 (UTC)
 * Huh? I see what you're getting at, and I see that I put "keep if created, don't encourage creation" for a number of criteria, but I don't think this school meets any of them. Which one did you have in mind? [[User:Dpbsmith|Dpbsmith (talk)]] 23:57, 23 Oct 2004 (UTC)
 * "Any school about which we can write a non-trivial, non-stub, NPOV article." Regardless of whether or not this is a non-trivial, non-stub, NPOV article, certainly one can be written. Anyway, if we don't count the three proxy votes made by Mandel, then we don't have to count the 22 proxy votes made by me.  We should decide whether or not to allow proxy votes, because if we do I'll be setting up a proxy system whereby myself and several other inclusionists can vote for each other. anthony
 * Then forgo the votes by all means. Do you have to do such a childish tit-for-tat thing on a serious VfD page?  How old are you?  Are you taking Wikipedia for a spin as well?  Do you want to count in those delete votes from your stated page?  What difference is it from an edit war?
 * I did not vote on behalf of them, but is merely drawing attention that those three voted to delete all the subsequent 17 schools earlier. Whether the sysop who runs this page this bother to count in these votes is his or her choice.  Improv has categorically stated in my talk page to put these pages together for the sake of ease of voting.  Mandel 13:04, Oct 24, 2004 (UTC)


 * Do you have to do such a childish tit-for-tat thing on a serious VfD page? No, I just want to make sure that any admin who counts those delete votes will also count these keep votes.  But calling this VfD page serious.  I think you're stretching things.  Do you really think it makes much of a difference in anyone's life whether or not this page is deleted?  Do you want to count in those delete votes from your stated page?  I'd rather we count no delete votes, but counting delete votes from that page would be perfectly acceptable.  What difference is it from an edit war? There's no war.  It's merely two people expressing their opinions in a civilized manner.  I did not vote on behalf of them, but is merely drawing attention that those three voted to delete all the subsequent 17 schools earlier.  And I am merely drawing attention that those 21 people voted to keep all schools of this type earlier.  Whether the sysop who runs this page this bother to count in these votes is his or her choice.  Improv has categorically stated in my talk page to put these pages together for the sake of ease of voting.  Good.  I hope he counts the 21 keep votes too, for the sake of ease of voting, of course.  I hope he counts my vote right now to Keep all pages about schools or people or companies or bands, for the sake of ease of voting, of course.  anthony (see warning) 14:49, 24 Oct 2004 (UTC)
 * There's a difference between allowing a category in Wikipedia and allowing every single article on that category to stay. Those Wikis merely voted to allow school articles.  Right now Wikipedia allows biographical entries, but does it mean if the person is not notable it won't be deleted? How about adding my granddad into Wikipedia?  Good luck to you anyway.  Mandel 19:26, Oct 24, 2004 (UTC)
 * Their vote said "Keep [articles about schools which can become more than a trivial stub] if created". That seems to me to be much more than simply allowing school artiles.  It seems to me that they voted to keep those articles if they are created. anthony &#35686;&#21578; 20:20, 24 Oct 2004 (UTC)
 * Keep. School. anthony (see warning) 00:51, 24 Oct 2004 (UTC)
 * "School", in and of itself, is not sufficient reason to keep. Bearcat 21:23, 24 Oct 2004 (UTC)
 * D Normally, I'd say "having a name and an address does not make it notable", but this one doesn't even have an address. Chris 02:48, 23 Oct 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete, no potential to become encyclopedic. Would not object to merge-and-redirect with Cheraw, South Carolina. [[User:Dpbsmith|Dpbsmith (talk)]] 17:49, 23 Oct 2004 (UTC)
 * Keep. Guanaco 00:04, 24 Oct 2004 (UTC)
 * Spot the alumnus. Chris 01:18, 24 Oct 2004 (UTC)
 * Keep - factual, verifiable entry. Mark Richards 17:11, 25 Oct 2004 (UTC)
 * Keep this. Schools are notable. Notability is not a deletion criteria. Please stop deletion trolls. Intrigue 21:05, 25 Oct 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete. Schools are not notable just because they exist.  If that were true, we should have an entry for every building in the world.  Besides, this is hardly encyclopedic, which is a criteria. Indrian 20:54, Oct 25, 2004 (UTC)
 * As noted, notability is not a deletion reason. Also, they are notable. If you want to write an article on a building that is factual and verifiable, then please do. Intrigue 21:11, 25 Oct 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete, Notability is a deletion reason, it falls under the category of "not encyclopedic". Schools are not notable.  If I write an article on a house in my community and put in it's color, who lived there, and who's buying it, is it encyclopedic?  According to you, yes, because it is factual and verifiable.  But you would be wrong, for the sole reason that it is NOT notable.  Again, as has been repeatedly mentioned, is the article so generic that it basically applies to most primary schools?  Does it do something to stand out? -Vina 23:44, 25 Oct 2004 (UTC)

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