Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/K12Planet


 * 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 of the debate was KEEP. -Doc ask?  14:00, 15 February 2006 (UTC)

K12Planet
Originally listed on prod by User:Sandstein with reason: The subject of this article has no apparent notability.. Peyna 22:39, 9 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Comment: Alexa rank 135,844.  I suspect that the site is notable in its field, but first page of Google hits are pages of creator's websites, local school districts, and the WP article, rather than feature coverage by major media or major adademic publications.  No vote, pending further evidence.  Barno 01:31, 10 February 2006 (UTC)
 * After a couple of days, not much data, so I would suggest a merge and redirect to an article such as "online grade reporting system", per R6MaY89 below. Keeping a redirect would satisfy the user info-vector that Kappa identifies below, without needing to focus on the brand more than its importance requires.  Are there other similar systems which are in hundreds of other high schools?  I don't know enough to help edit the move/merge.  Barno 02:40, 13 February 2006 (UTC)
 * From the article: "K12Planet and other similar websites (such as Thinkwave and MyGradeBook) have revolutionized grading by allowing parents continual access to student performance rather than just at the end of the quarter or through a parent-teacher conference." Doesn't make it sound like this one is dominant nor sole pioneer.  Can some educators comment?  Barno 02:43, 13 February 2006 (UTC)
 * It is not the dominant one, all of the companies are essentially the same. My school has used all three (K12, MGB, ThinkWave) in the past four years and I have noticed that though each has some advanced features, they all do the same job.  Do we need an admin to end the AfD or can we just move it without a formal end to AfD? -- ʀ6ʍ  ɑ  ʏ89  03:08, 13 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Weak delete as advert. Stifle 16:57, 10 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Weak Keep &mdash; it appears to be a notable topic as it is part of the daily operation of hundreds of high schools in the US. Maybe we could instead move and expand the article under the title of Online grading system or something similar.  -- ʀ6ʍ  ɑ  ʏ89  03:05, 11 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep, in use by many schools and school districts, so students and parents would want to be able to look it up. Kappa 19:57, 11 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep per norm. 3H 05:20, 13 February 2006 (UTC)


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