Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Forest Park High School, Beaumont, Texas 1962 - 1982


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The result was keep. Please defer merge related discussion to article talk. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 20:40, 26 August 2007 (UTC)

Forest Park High School, Beaumont, Texas 1962 - 1982

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High schools generally don't deserve their own page and this article is mostly just about this specific one's sports teams. The school has also been closed since 1982. It should probably be trimmed down to about a paragraph and merged into Beaumont, Texas. Scott.wheeler 23:37, 21 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep The athletics is notable, and is one of the accepted major factors for HS notability. Notability is permanent.DGG (talk) 03:35, 22 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Merge to West Brook Senior High School, the successor school located on the same campus. This is just an obsolete name for a school that was merged with two other schools.--Dhartung | Talk 04:26, 22 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Comment Seems quite sensible to me. Really, after stripping it down to the info that belongs in WP I'd say that each of the current sections could be condensed to one sentance. Scott.wheeler 02:32, 23 August 2007 (UTC)


 * Keep All high schools deserve their own page. Wikipedia is not a newspaper, so the fact that the school closed is irrelevant. We have an article about the Roman Empire, even though it closed down far longer ago. Dominictimms 14:25, 22 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Comment Needless to say, that's not a reasonable argument. There is a subtle difference between the Roman Empire and a school in Texas - at least outside Texas. MarkinBoston 19:37, 23 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep Agree with previous comment. High schools are notable (high school events, clubs, etc. are not unless they impact outsiders) 70.21.254.188 18:46, 22 August 2007 (UTC)
 * I don't think that's the rule quite yet. I think it should be, simply to avoid people bringing articles like this here. See User_talk:TerriersFan/Schools for a current proposal and its discussion.DGG (talk) 19:36, 22 August 2007 (UTC)


 * Weak Keep per the book in the ref section. Without, it fails WP:V and WP:RS, as the school's own yearbook is under no circumstances a reliable source. VanTucky  (talk) 23:39, 22 August 2007 (UTC)
 * CommentA Google search of the book shows just a few hits. The book appears to be self-published, and sold only to locals. That puts it in the catagory of the school yearbook to meMarkinBoston 19:37, 23 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep Based on rather clear precedent, high schools are notable. This article makes explicit claims of notability that more than satisfy the Notability standard. Article would benefit greatly from wikification, especially turning links into sources. Alansohn 04:06, 23 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Merge per DHartung as above. There is certainly no clear precedent about high schools; not everyone would agree that a bias in favour of notability is a good idea; and the argument that the season fame of a bunch of 14-year olds chasing each other with a pigskin on the gridiron is an assertion of notability would make Magritte proud. This is a class essay about a defunct school that makes no effective claims of notability. As it is no longer functioning, reference could easily be provided at the current school's article as noted sensibly above. Eusebeus 08:47, 23 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep. The article demonstrates permanent notability, in this particular case I do not see the need for a merge. Burntsauce 17:44, 23 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Merge - and that's generous. The article actually speaks for itself. The school is notable because it was open during the baby boom? And desegregation? I disagree that every school ever open is inherently notable. How is this school notable AMONG SCHOOLS? MarkinBoston 19:37, 23 August 2007 (UTC)


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