Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/History of The Hill School


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The result was redirect to The Hill School. For attribution purposes, given that a merger was performed Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 14:47, 29 June 2017 (UTC)

History of The Hill School
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This is not notable enough a school for it to have individual history page, per WP:GNG 1 and 4. Reasons cited for this page existing include that if it were not to exist, the main article would be too long; however, formatting difficulties and problems do not justify excessive page splintering. I suggest merging the article with The Hill School, and cropping out any unnecessary, non-notable, and flowery details that may render its length superfluous. The fact that the school became coeducational, and the fact that it has a summer school do not explain the necessity of this article's existence. I also suggest deleting the template page for the Hill School. Peapod21 (talk) 23:08, June 21, 2017
 * Smerge (Selectively merge) to the main article about the school. As a a legitimate secondary school of long standing, the institution is clearly notable, but fans have created a number of articles about aspects of the school which serve no encyclopedic purpose: There are also Hill School Blues,  Campus of The Hill School, and  List of headmasters of The Hill School, all heavily sourced to the school's own publications.  The main article is already tagged  for containing "an excessive amount of intricate detail that may only interest a specific audience." Its daughter articles are spammy and promotional.  Would that smerging make the main article too long? Then delete the silly sections in the main article about languages taught, which include notes that some languages are not taught: "Russian:Russian is no longer available. German:German is no longer available."  Make it read like an encyclopedia article about a school rather than a promotional brochure to mail to potential applicants. Edison (talk) 00:21, 22 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of History-related deletion discussions.  WC  Quidditch   &#9742;   &#9998;  00:44, 22 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Schools-related deletion discussions.  WC  Quidditch   &#9742;   &#9998;  00:44, 22 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Pennsylvania-related deletion discussions.  WC  Quidditch   &#9742;   &#9998;  00:45, 22 June 2017 (UTC)
 * The contents of History of The Hill School and Campus of The Hill School have been merged with the main article. Without further objections, I believe this article and perhaps the latter one mentioned are ready for deletion.(talk) 03:36, June 22, 2017

— Preceding unsigned comment added by Peapod21 (talk • contribs)
 * Delete The content is superfluous (most of it not using reliable sources) and the subject isn't notable. Editors are advised to follow WP:SPINOUT when attempting this sort of thing. Chris Troutman  ( talk ) 15:21, 23 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete as per nomw. This is not notable enough a school to have its own history page. Deathlibrarian (talk) 04:30, 24 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Smerge and delete. Bearian (talk) 02:13, 28 June 2017 (UTC)


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