Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of Ladue Horton Watkins High School people


 * 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 Ladue Horton Watkins High School. Apparently already merged. Spartaz Humbug! 06:52, 16 February 2018 (UTC)

List of Ladue Horton Watkins High School people

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unneeded content fork John from Idegon (talk) 19:40, 8 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Keep list as separate article and remove list from Ladue Horton Watkins High School. In this case, the list is long enough where forking the notable people from the High School page and placing into separate list makes the main article about the school look cleaner, with more focus on the main subject, which is the school. Semper Fi! FieldMarine (talk) 19:48, 8 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Lists of people-related deletion discussions. North America1000 19:52, 8 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Schools-related deletion discussions. North America1000 19:52, 8 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Missouri-related deletion discussions. North America1000 19:52, 8 February 2018 (UTC)


 * Merge. I don't think this discussion really needs to be at AfD: no one would reasonably dispute that the list of alumni is appropriate to Wikipedia's coverage of the high school, and there will be no requirement to delete (as opposed to merging) the list and its edit history.  Whether the list is long enough to warrant a separate article is something that could have been (indeed, still could be) discussed at Talk:Ladue Horton Watkins High School, with reference to the guidance at WikiProject Schools/Article guidelines.  On the merits, however, I have to agree with the nominator: generally, only the very longest high school alumni lists end up as separate pages. So, for example, we have separate articles for really long lists like List of Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School alumni or List of Old Harrovians or List of Punahou School alumni, but not for something reasonably long and well-cited like the alumni content at Central High School (Tulsa, Oklahoma).  For the present, at least, the Ladue Horton Watkins list is not long enough to need the separate article. --Arxiloxos (talk) 21:10, 8 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Merge WP:PROD would have been the better option, but if people insist this should a freestanding article, we can go though AfD. BillHPike (talk, contribs) 23:21, 8 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Comment The content is already merged. I do not oppose a redirect. I PROD'd the list when I merged it back, and although I will not oppose a redirect here, I think creation of redirects like this will be is not a good idea. That's why I didn't just boldly merge it back leaving a redirect. John from Idegon (talk) 02:11, 9 February 2018 (UTC)
 * comment a comment above regarding the "reasonably long and well-cited like the alumni content of Central High School (Tulsa, Oklahoma)" refers to a list that has 23 entries. Some would say a list of 30-35 entries is about the number for forking, albeit also the size of the article is also a consideration. I believe this article has much potential for expansion, since there are 33 people in Category:Ladue Horton Watkins High School alumni. Semper Fi! FieldMarine (talk) 03:16, 9 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Merge / Redirect to Ladue Horton Watkins High School without prejudice to recreation if list gets much larger than it currently stands, as FM promises. JFI has already done most of the merging needed for now, but I can't tell if there are any discrepancies. Alansohn (talk) 13:11, 9 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Merge to Ladue Horton Watkins High School. This is an unnecessary content fork and a separate article for just a few names is not required. Ajf773 (talk) 22:37, 11 February 2018 (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.