Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Dominican Commercial 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 speedy keep. Nomination withdrawn. (non-admin closure)

Dominican Commercial High School

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I had trouble getting this article to satisfy the general notability guidelines or organization/company notability guidelines. References in the article and those found online simply have a passing mention to the school or cannot be considered reliably sourced. Garchy (talk) 16:32, 3 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Withdrawn by nominator - I'm not one to fight a fight just for fighting's sake, I am definitely satisfied with the comments below as well as the citations and references that have been added since nomination. Garchy (talk) 13:56, 4 November 2016 (UTC)


 * Snow Keep Passes WP:ORGCRITE and WP:SCHOOLOUTCOMES (Most independently accredited degree-awarding institutions and high schools are usually kept except when zero independent sources can be found to prove that the institution actually exists.). BlackAmerican (talk) 17:18, 3 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Can you please find sources that verify that this institution was in fact "independently accredited" or a "degree-awarding institution" - per the AFD, none of these sources have been located upon search. Garchy (talk) 17:28, 3 November 2016 (UTC)
 * your nomination is already a delete vote. I changed it to comment.  With that, it says "and high schools are usually kept except when zero independent resources can be found to prove that the institution actually exists."  The school has been proven to exist, and the sources are independent.  Thus snow keep.  BlackAmerican (talk) 17:35, 3 November 2016 (UTC)
 * What you are referencing is not a Wikipedia policy or guideline; it is intended to be an explanatory supplement. This simply explains the likely outcomes of an AFD, it's not to be used specifically to decide them, or to be used as policy. The sources you have provided on the page do not appear reliable - others simply name the school in a list or directory, which is not a criteria for establishing notability. As the guideline you provide states, "The current notability guidelines for schools and other education institutions are Wikipedia:Notability (WP:N), Wikipedia:Notability (geography) (WP:NGEO) and Wikipedia:Notability (organizations and companies) (WP:ORG)." - THIS is what this is being challenged on. Thanks, Garchy (talk) 17:46, 3 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Adding comments since you added a sentence to your comment above referencing this guideline - WP:ORGCRITE - as stated numerous times above, this is being challenged under the WP:RELIABLE - "Such sources must be reliable, and independent of the subject. A single independent source is almost never sufficient for demonstrating the notability of an organization." Other than passing mentions or mentions on government lists I cannot find reliable sources for this school. Waiting for comments from others. Garchy (talk) 18:15, 3 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Keep. Other defunct NYC high schools have been deemed wiki worthy. Nothing in the article indicates this school is less worthy of inclusion. If need be, add a stub tag and on the talk page, mention what you think needs to be added. Postcard Cathy (talk) 20:34, 3 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Comment: Just because other defunt NYC high schools have Wiki pages does not mean this school is notable. Focusing on the article alone, and the references and citations related to it, (as well as my own online searches), there is not enough information on this topic to deem an article worthy. Garchy (talk) 20:44, 3 November 2016 (UTC)


 * Keep. This was a sizeable school that lasted for decades and even has at least one famous alumna.  Sources exist: I added a couple that I found in a quick look through a few pages of the 250+ results shown in a search of Newspapers.com.  No reason to vary from our uniformly observed standard practice to keep articles about such schools, as described in WP:OUTCOMES.--Arxiloxos (talk) 04:25, 4 November 2016 (UTC)


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