Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School alumni


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The result was   keep. postdlf (talk) 14:07, 5 January 2015 (UTC)

List of Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School alumni

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List tagged for needing cites since 2013 with little appreciable improvement, and is consequently violating WP:Source list. Would probably work better as a category. DonIago (talk) 16:30, 29 December 2014 (UTC)
 * Speedy keep. Nomination does not state a valid basis for deletion. See Arguments to avoid in deletion discussions including, for example, WP:MUST, WP:NOEFFORT. We don't delete articles because of a lack of sourcing if the sourcing is available, and plenty of sources are available here (many of them already present in the relevant bio articles). Alumni lists are a standard part of every high school article.  LaGuardia is noted for its many famous alumni, see e.g. "Fame's Honor Roll" and many other similar articles, so a spinoff is appropriate. --Arxiloxos (talk) 16:45, 29 December 2014 (UTC)
 * FWIW I considered retracting my nomination when I saw that you'd started adding sources but felt I should give it a bit more time before doing so. I don't agree with your claim that my concerns are invalid, but I have noted that you've improved the article and will keep an eye on it and retract the nomination if/when I feel there's enough improvement to focus on particular list entries rather than the article entire. Right now I'm still not convinced that a category wouldn't be a better way of handling this. DonIago (talk) 17:04, 29 December 2014 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of New York-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 21:58, 1 January 2015 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Lists of people-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 21:58, 1 January 2015 (UTC)
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 * Speedy keep. WP:NOTCLEANUP: effort would be better spent improving the article. The nominator has failed to explain why this topic isn't notable. Pburka (talk) 22:56, 1 January 2015 (UTC)
 * Keep - Obviously a nested page for Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School. Lengthy list which would bog down the main page. Wikipedia is not paper and all that. Carrite (talk) 04:55, 5 January 2015 (UTC)
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