Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Holland Park School


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The result was Keep. —Quarl (talk) 2007-02-11 04:05Z 

Holland Park School

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No assertion of notability, which is really a speedy delete criterion, but it's a big enough/contributed to enough article that I thought this process better for it. Deltopia 17:42, 7 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep. There seem to be plenty of Wiki-notable people among its ex-pupils. Anthony Appleyard 17:57, 7 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep, since articles about individual schools abound, like Lake Highland Preparatory School or Bukit Bintang Boys' Secondary School for example; these last two are in connection with recent AfD's but the schools themselves are a bit above the deletion mark. Perhaps criteria for these should be revised but for now the article makes it for me. Roadmr (t|c) 18:33, 7 February 2007 (UTC)
 * I kind of felt bad for not speedy'ing it, but now I feel better. The trouble is, WP:SCHOOLS hasn't really reached a solid consensus on what notability criteria are.  Is any school that ever had a pupil that was notable on any level worth keeping?  Because that seems like each notable person would then deserve at least two or three school entries along with.  Over the course of a few decades, any school with an enrollment over a few hundred will probably produce someone able to reach a notability threshhold -- ultimately, I think that leads to every school in the world winding up on wikipedia eventually. Deltopia 20:04, 7 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep, as per Anthony Appleyard and Roadmr. Furthermore this school is the most infamous in the UK and is notable for pioneering comprehensive education. These points are all alluded to in the article, so give it time for contributors to expand it and add references. I will probably do some myself if I get time. bunix 13:10, 8 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep but needs clean up Fotografico 04:08, 9 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep. Vile, loathsome institution, exemplifying the hypocrisy of the socialist education "reforms" in the UK of the 1960s. Undeniably notable/notorious, and a sad object lesson to us all. WMMartin 20:48, 10 February 2007 (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.