Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kiski

 This page is an archive of the discussion about the proposed deletion of the article below. This page is no longer live. Further comments should be made on the article's talk page rather than here so that this page is preserved as an historic record. The result of the debate was keep and rename. BLANKFAZE | (&#1095;&#1090;&#1086;??) 20:58, 23 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Kiski
Was tagged as a speedy, but since it states to be the "oldest remaining all-male boarding school in the United States" I have doubts there's any good grounds to speedy. I think it needs to be renamed, but before I rename, I'd like to know whether the stated facts are at all verifiable by Americans. Mgm|(talk) 10:56, Mar 7, 2005 (UTC) I think it should be renamed "The Kiski School" as it says on the school's webpage. After looking at their website for awhile I did find that they were the oldest all-male boarding school remaining in the United States. I do not know whether or not this includes military schools or not. It does look pretty exclusive and boarding school enrollment in the U. S. has been on the upswing in years so it may as well be kept. The school also had one of the longest serving headmasters in U. S. history. His named was John A. Pidgeon. Apparently, he served for at least 40years. He went to Andover where he played on the same baseball team as George H. W. Bush. Pidgeon retired in 2002. His wife is the state treasurer of Pennsylvania named Barbara Hafer. The Kiski School also has a noted football program. Joe Paterno, the coach for the Penn State football has often sent prospective players who could not make the grade academically to qualify according to NCAA standards. An example of this was Curtis Enis. U. S. Representative John (Jack) Murtha also went there. The schools that Kiski competes against include Mercersburg Academy, The Hill School, University School, Western Reserve Academy, Shady Side, and the Valley Forge Military Academy.
 * Weak Keep. It does appear to be a real school. Its web site looks legit, and it gets about 2000 google hits. It just barely squeaks by as notable enough for me. Needs to be renamed and expanded though. DaveTheRed 05:16, 8 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, just under the bar of notability, schoolcruft. Megan1967 06:43, 8 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete but not speedy. Notability not established. Radiant! 09:44, Mar 8, 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep and expand. (Agree on rename.) How come all the people who keep coming out of the woodwork to say "keep" on schools with no claim to fame haven't come out to defend one that actually has one? -- Jmabel | Talk 01:26, Mar 10, 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep - David Gerard 11:19, 11 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * Leaning towards keep. Everyking 11:38, 11 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * Obvious keep, with a rename. --Zero 13:44, 11 Mar 2005 (UTC)

More Info.: Beano Cook (ESPN commentator); Bob Mathias (won decathlon in 1948.Also, in 1952, became the only athlete ever to play in Rose Bowl and compete in the Olympics in the same year. From 1967-1974 served 4terms as U.S. Congressman from California); David Conrad (Actor); Harry Stuhldreher (of the "Four Horsemen" of Notre Dame was the quarterback); Scott Paterno (son of Joe Paterno who lost his race for congress this year); Alex Schoenbaum (Founder of Shoney's and owner of Big Boy hamburger chain). Jack Hanna also went there.


 * keep and retitle please. Yuckfoo 20:51, 18 Mar 2005 (UTC)

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