Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Lanier Middle School (Buford, Georgia)


 * 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The result was nomination withdrawn by User:Mr.Z-man. Note that I am not an admin. Iamunknown 02:36, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

Lanier Middle School (Buford, Georgia)

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Non-notable middle school Mr.Z-man  talk ¢ Review! 22:35, 8 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Schools-related deletions.   -- Noroton 03:01, 9 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Speedy Keep This nomination is bad form. A two-day-old article by a new user should not be deleted so soon. Wait a couple of months, I say, or at least ask the creator to improve the article. And by the way, the instructions for deletion call on editors to FIRST consider other options, such as tagging the article. This may even qualify as biting the newbies. I've left a message on the article creator's talk page, but I can't see how this nomination would do anything but depress and discourage someone who's probably new to Wikipedia.Noroton 03:22, 9 March 2007 (UTC) (made minor edits Noroton 03:24, 9 March 2007 (UTC))
 * Again, not a valid speedy keep. --Iamunknown 07:15, 9 March 2007 (UTC)
 * endorse Noroton's approach. The idea is to get articles improved if possible. DGG 05:17, 9 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Not a valid speedy keep. --Iamunknown 07:15, 9 March 2007 (UTC)
 * A couple of months? This is the only subject this user has worked on and they haven't done anything since the day it was created. Based on the content of the article, a google search, and the accepted idea that middle schools generally are not notable, I see no reason why this should be kept. Mr.Z-man  talk ¢ Review! 20:21, 9 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Response to Mr. Z-man's comment that the creator "haven't done anything since the day it was created" These are taken from the article's history log (admittedly AFTER Mr. Z-Man's comment):
 * (cur) (last) 23:47, March 10, 2007 MRaimondi (Talk | contribs)
 * (cur) (last) 23:36, March 10, 2007 MRaimondi (Talk | contribs)
 * (cur) (last) 23:34, March 10, 2007 MRaimondi (Talk | contribs)
 * (cur) (last) 23:33, March 10, 2007 MRaimondi (Talk | contribs)
 * (cur) (last) 23:27, March 10, 2007 MRaimondi (Talk | contribs)
 * The article is now about three times as long as it originally was, although still very short. Noroton 06:36, 11 March 2007 (UTC)


 * Comment: OK, here's your notability, which ought to satisfy just about anyone (the new second paragraph of the article, where it's footnoted):
 * The Georgia state Department of Education awarded the school a "2006 Platinum Award for Greatest Gain in Percentage of Students Meeting and Exceeding Standards" after the school improved its percentage of students meeting and exceeding state testing standards. With 92.84 percent of students at or above state standards, a gain of 3.32 percent over the year before, the school improved more than 99.54 percent of middle schools in Georgia, according to the state's "report card" for the school.
 * Simply by looking at the school's Web page, Mr. Z-man could have seen that the school was given a platinum award, and a simple Web search led me to the school's "report card". Not rocket science. Noroton 07:11, 11 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Thank you Noroton, I withdraw my nomination. Mr.Z-man  talk ¢ Review! 17:00, 11 March 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.