Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Diamond Ranch 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) Logan Talk Contributions 00:21, 19 January 2011 (UTC)

Diamond Ranch Academy

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Dubious notability and none of the sources appear to be reliable. Laurent (talk) 11:25, 4 January 2011 (UTC)  Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ironholds (talk) 05:37, 12 January 2011 (UTC)
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 * Delete (changing to "Weak keep", see below.) Non-notable. It's not a school, so there is no notability there. No Reliable Sources found at Google, just the academy's own website, directory listings, and some blogs criticizing it. --MelanieN (talk) 03:02, 10 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

 Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks,  D u s t i *poke* 07:18, 12 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Keep, although I'm not wildly enthusiastic about saying so. It's a high school, of sorts, and high schools are generally presumed to be notable. Among other things, this school fields teams that play other high schools in the area, so its name turns up on the sports pages of area newspapers. (I found several sports-related ghits in Google News archives, together with ghits related to personnel and former students.) I judge the http://www.strugglingteens.com/ source to be fairly reliable (although most of the article was sourced to the school's own statements about itself). One interesting thing I found (not to be included for various WP:BLP reasons) was an editorial in a national newspaper in which the publisher said he had a child attending this school. I've done a little bit of cleanup on the article -- more is needed. --Orlady (talk) 16:44, 17 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Weak keep I'm changing my opinion. Earlier I said "delete" because I consider that the automatic-notability rule only applies to diploma-granting institutions, and kids are only at this institution for a maximum of one year. However it turns out that the ranch can grant a diploma if the kid was already a senior upon entering: "Credit earned at DRA will transfer to high schools, colleges, and universities throughout the United States and internationally. Students near completion of their graduation requirements can complete and receive an accredited High School Diploma while at DRA." That's a pretty weak reed to hang notability on, but combined with Orlady's findings of coverage I think it may be enough. --MelanieN (talk) 15:54, 18 January 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.