Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of high school dropouts


 * 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 delete. W.marsh 16:05, 6 October 2006 (UTC)

List of high school dropouts
Incomplete nom started by Beatdown. No reason given. Yomangani talk 22:54, 26 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Weak delete - per Wikipedia is not an indiscriminate collection of information. Cordless Larry 23:14, 26 September 2006 (UTC)

Reason #1 The reason you can't delete this webpage is because it contains an important list of featured people that were able to be successful but didn't go through life in the same way, instead they chose a vagrants life, but payed out. This will make people think twice about cultural norms and in public education. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 150.216.90.147 (talk • contribs)


 * Comment - Wikipedia, however, is not a platform for political stumping. See my statement below.  --Dennisthe2 17:53, 27 September 2006 (UTC)


 * Comment &mdash; It's an interesting list and I don't think it's quite "indiscriminate". But it could be quite difficult to maintain and could easily end up including some inaccurate entries unless it becomes well-referenced. So I'm not sure which way to go on this one. &mdash; RJH (talk) 15:10, 27 September 2006 (UTC)


 * Weak Keep and Rename to something a little more indicative of the content - say, "List &c who were successful" or something like that. Keeping in mind the wisdom of judging books by covers (!), the title is not all that descriptive.  The article, however, holds its own weight.  The anon semi-political statement above keeps it from being better than "weak", though, IMNSHO.  --Dennisthe2 17:53, 27 September 2006 (UTC)


 * Delete This is a pointless list. Who uses an Encyclopedia to find a list of high school dropouts? This information can just be mentioned in the individual pages. Valkotukka 16:38, 28 September 2006 (UTC)


 * Delete Another needless list when a category will suffice. I'm a jackass.-- Armadillo From Hell 07:06, 1 October 2006 (UTC)


 * Comment - We probably shouldn't go deleting things just because we don't like them. This article isn't suggestive of the idea that students should drop out of high school. It mearly shows a well developed list of individuals who "made it" in the world without secondary education. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.220.153.58 (talk • contribs)


 * Delete per above --Bill.matthews 02:41, 5 October 2006 (UTC)


 * "'Delete'" sorry not to have given reason before, but this is a pointless list and doesn't deserve an encyclopedia page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Beatdown (talk • contribs)


 * Keep. Very interesting article which I have referred to several times.  It could use some sources, though.  If this article were deleted and a category remained, this would be fine too.--The Fat Man Who Never Came Back 00:57, 6 October 2006 (UTC)


 * Delete. Ensure all are included in Category:High school dropouts.  --Holderca1 12:41, 6 October 2006 (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.