Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Dickerson Middle School (2nd nomination)


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The result was redirect to Cobb County School District. (non-admin closure) SST flyer 00:48, 28 May 2016 (UTC)

Dickerson Middle School
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Middle school with no real claim to notability other than blue ribbon status. Blue ribbon status is now so common, so many schools have it, that it really isn't much of a claim at all. This should be redirected or merged to Cobb County School District in accordance with longstanding tradition evidenced by WP:SCHOOLOUTCOMES and the thousands of middle schools in Category:Redirects from school articles. Jacona (talk) 02:06, 13 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Schools-related deletion discussions. Lemongirl942 (talk) 07:51, 13 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Georgia (U.S. state)-related deletion discussions. Lemongirl942 (talk) 07:51, 13 May 2016 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Delete As a strong supporter of WP:SCHOOLOUTCOMES, I support deleting articles about schools other than high/secondary schools except where significant coverage can be shown. Such coverage is not evident in this case. AusLondonder (talk) 16:45, 13 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Delete - Per . Schools other than colleges should not be kept as articles unless it has received a significant amount of coverage. Which, in this case, there clearly is none. There isn't even a "Notable alumni" section that would indicate this school educated famous people at some point in their lives. Parsley Man (talk) 16:51, 13 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Keep – Okay, if the blue ribbon part is not notable then we could take that out, but I do not think that means that this school cannot have a Wiki page. CLCStudent (talk) 17:54, 13 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Redirect per nomination., I know you have been around longer than I, but in the 4+ years I've been here, the standard practice has been keep high schools and redirect middle and elementary schools to the district, diocese, or settlement. Would you consider redirect to Cobb County School District as an acceptable outcome? Thanks. John from Idegon (talk) 06:35, 15 May 2016 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, st170e talk 18:43, 20 May 2016 (UTC)

AusLondonder, Parsley Man, while I think we are in agreement, for the sake of clarity would you consider changing your vote to redirect to Cobb County School District per the part of WP:SCHOOLOUTCOMES that reads "Most elementary (primary) and middle schools that don't source a clear claim to notability usually get merged or redirected in AfD. Schools that don't meet the standard typically get merged or redirected to the school district authority that operates them (generally North America) or the lowest level locality (elsewhere or where there is no governing body) rather than being completely removed from the encyclopedia. 'Redirect' as an alternative to deletion is anchored in policy." I think that would demonstrate consensus so this can be closed. If that's not your intention, that's OK, just want to make sure. Thanks! Jacona (talk) 18:52, 20 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Redirect per nomination. Agree that coverage is not sufficient for a separate middle school article. Gab4gab (talk) 18:46, 23 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Delete and Redirect as these not are actually ever to be found as independently notable and there's nothing particularly suggestive of it here. SwisterTwister   talk  04:56, 27 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Redirect per nom. Not seeing anything which leads me to suspect this is notable enough for a stand-alone article. &mdash;  Rhododendrites talk  \\ 15:03, 27 May 2016 (UTC)


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