Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Hickory High School (North Carolina)


 * 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 (closed by non-admin). RMHED (talk) 21:52, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

Hickory High School (North Carolina)

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Possible CW issues mitrebox (talk) 06:22, 1 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete. Notability issues as well - all references are related to the school or athletics. Wisdom89 (talk) 06:54, 1 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Strong Keep - Precedent has been set per WP:OSE and many other discussions; High Schools have an inherant notability. Granted, the article sucks. It's been tagged (a ton of tags), but quality and notability are distinctly different. It needs major attention and a lot of scalpeling (something which I usually vehemently oppose!), but its existence is well within the scope and existing consensus regarding high schools, notability, and precedent. VigilancePrime (talk) 06:56, 1 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep - Winning 27 state baseball championships, plus many football state championships, certainly indicates notability and a direct inclusion qualifier from the proposed WP:Notability (schools) ; "A school winning a notable sporting or academic event (including, but not limited to, state and national sports championships)." And nominating an article that's not obvious vandalism or spam within an hour of it's creation and making no effort to improve the article is counter-productive to the improvement of this project. --Oakshade (talk) 07:49, 1 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete No reliable sources are cited in the article, and I can't find any via Google so does not pass WP:N. WP:SCHOOLS is currently only a proposal, and even that section of the proposal requires that more than just having winning sports teams is needed to establish notability.  There is no consensus on high schools being automatically notable (prove me wrong - WP:OUTCOMES says that there "consensus is frequently not reached" on this issue) so WP:N fully applies here as there are no special exceptions for high schools. --Nick Dowling (talk) 10:40, 1 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Comment --- I suppose the hits from the Charlotte Observer are about this school. cab (talk) 11:12, 1 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Schools-related deletion discussions.   cab (talk) 11:12, 1 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Wow, there is a lot to clean up, but Keep as an inherently notable high school. Nyttend (talk) 16:50, 1 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep - major high school that is notable due to the high number of state championships. Needs a big cleanup but AfD is not a cleanup squad. Plenty of sources available to meet WP:N. TerriersFan (talk) 18:16, 1 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep Above and beyond the general consensus on WP:Inherent notability of high schools, this article establishes a strong claim of notability. Alansohn (talk) 21:57, 1 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Merge to Hickory, North Carolina Mandsford (talk) 22:42, 1 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep regardless of what one thinks about whether all high schools are likely to be notable, this one clearly is. A very long string of athletic championships. DGG (talk) 06:06, 2 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep there are certainly a lot of sports awards "27 state baseball championships" tells me there must be some reference sources out there. Article needs work but shows potential for future expansion. Sting au  Buzz Me...   03:46, 3 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep. Besides its many athletics titles, the school has a long and substantial history that needs to be expanded. Stuff like integration and race relations have non-trivial coverage. Searches on predecessor Claremont Central High also indicate non-trivial history. • Gene93k (talk) 16:48, 3 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep. Large amount of information for sports achievements and notable faculty. I have added additional details for the article on the article's talk page. --Daddy.twins (talk) 20:02, 6 February 2008 (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.