Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Lockport Township High School


 * 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The result was   speedy keep; nomination withdrawn by nominator and there are no outstanding delete !votes. Non-admin closure. &mdash; KuyaBriBri Talk 15:16, 17 June 2011 (UTC)

Lockport Township High School

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This article has no references and has been tagged as such since November 2009. Wiki4chris (talk) 22:38, 16 June 2011 (UTC)


 * Strong Keep. Lack of references is not by itself a reason to delete an article, if the topic is a notable one. As a general rule, high schools can be assumed to be notable -- they tend to get covered in a variety of publications. Since this school has over 3,000 students and has existed for more than a century, it would be extraordinary for it not to have coverage to meet the General Notability Guideline. Additionally, the article lists several notable alumni, which is another indicator of notability. As for references, the article actually wasn't unsourced -- it just lacked inline referneces. The article is clearly based (at least in part) on the school's own website, which was linked, and there was a ref called out in the text by someone who didn't know how to format it. --Orlady (talk) 00:07, 17 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Illinois-related deletion discussions.  — • Gene93k (talk) 01:41, 17 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Schools-related deletion discussions.  — • Gene93k (talk) 01:41, 17 June 2011 (UTC)


 * Speedy keep - per Orlady. All  high schools as long  as they really exist are inherently notable per established process. See WP:WPSCH. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 01:54, 17 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep per ever high school AfD since just about forever.--Milowent • talkblp-r 03:28, 17 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep as high schools are always notable. --Simple Boba.k.a. The Spaminator (Talk) 09:23, 17 June 2011 (UTC)


 * Good, valid points by all. While I'd really like to see references, I think that Orlady summed it up best and causes me to totally rethink the issue. If possible, I'd like to withdraw my nomination for deletion. Thanks,  Wiki4chris (talk) 14:20, 17 June 2011 (UTC)
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