Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/James Woodrow Adams Combined 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  redirect to Wise County Public Schools. Verifiable information can be merged from the page history with attribution. Non-admin closure.  Jujutacular  T · C 04:35, 9 July 2010 (UTC)

James Woodrow Adams Combined School

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Public primary school. A redirect to the appropriate school district was reverted. Per this edit, this article seems to have been created as a vehicle to advertize Pound's Performing Arts Center, which is located within the school building. Restore the redirect.  Blanchardb - Me•MyEars•MyMouth - timed 20:43, 24 June 2010 (UTC)

Questions
So maybe I am new at this whole thing. I am not trying to advertise anything I am actually trying to provide information strictly as is, not choosing sides. If a performing arts center is cause for deletion, then why don't you start deleting every performing center/theater there is on Wikipedia. I have searched & found many on Wikipedia. This region (Southwest Virginia) does not have a lot of information on anything; I was simply just giving information about a school that is in the area, when it was redirected because "articles about primary schools are not accepted". So I put the information about the Performing Arts Center that is in the Auditorium, and then it was flagged it for deletion because "I was advertising the center". If primary schools should not be on Wikipedia, then you need to delete EVERY school that is listed in this category Category:Elementary Schools in the United States. If mentioning the center caused the school to be marked for deletion, why can I not just delete that section? L.N.farm (talk) 00:35, 25 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Virginia-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 02:26, 25 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Schools-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 02:27, 25 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Mentioning what else there is in Wikipedia will not sway the outcome of this discussion, as we deal with one article at a time, and, well, while some others fell through the cracks, this one didn't. If the article is to be kept as anything other than a redirect, it has to be shown that its main topic meets our notability guidelines. --  Blanchardb - Me•MyEars•MyMouth - timed 04:22, 25 June 2010 (UTC)

May I ask for some guidance? I have information from (reliable) outside sources about the prequel history of elementary/middle schools in the town (starting in the late 1800s) that lead to the creation of the school. I also have information from outside sources about how it came to be named James Woodrow Adams School. Would this be sufficient enough to meet the guidelines? Or should I add the history of the schools to the main town’s page? Thank you for your instructions and I am sorry for the frustrations that I have caused. —Preceding unsigned comment added by L.N.farm (talk • contribs) 14:19, 25 June 2010 (UTC)
 * I don't think that would be sufficient. Showing that the school itself was built in the 1800's and its building listed in the National Registry of Historic Places would be enough, though. The sources have to be non-trivial (that is, directories cannot be used to establish notability). Basically, what you're telling me here is that you have information to expand the article on the school district (not articles on each individual school), but that's about it. --  Blanchardb - Me•MyEars•MyMouth - timed 15:13, 25 June 2010 (UTC)

 Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:01, 1 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Merge/redirect to Wise County Public Schools and Pound, Virginia. The school only educates up to middle school so doesn't merit its own page. However, some sourced factual information about the school can be added to the district article. Information about the history of the schools in the town can be added to the Pound article as can the details on the Performing Arts Center. TerriersFan (talk) 15:22, 26 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.


 * Merge/redirect to Wise County Public Schools. Without non-trivial coverage by third party WP:RS, this is a non-notable primary school. • Gene93k (talk) 13:57, 1 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Merge/redirect per Wikipedia's usual consensus that high schools are generally considered notable, but primary and middle schools rarely are - unless they have received a LOT of media attention. The information about the school's history, naming, etc. sounds interesting, but it should be added to the articles about the school district or the town. L.N.farm, thanks for your attempts to provide interesting material on Wikipedia; you just didn't know about WP:Notability (schools). --MelanieN (talk) 19:04, 5 July 2010 (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.