Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Manchester Township Middle 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   redirect to Manchester Township School District. This one comes closer to notability than most - at a glance. However, it appears to all be routine coverage - yes, even the threats (sadly). This one might become notable in the future, at which point it can be recreated, but it isn't there yet. The Bushranger One ping only 09:32, 29 December 2011 (UTC)

Manchester Township Middle School

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This middle school appears to be non-notable, and its article has been tagged as such for 2 years. Epeefleche (talk) 21:56, 21 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of New Jersey-related deletion discussions.  • Gene93k (talk) 23:21, 21 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Schools-related deletion discussions.  • Gene93k (talk) 23:22, 21 December 2011 (UTC)


 * Delete: We don't need an article on every school  Purpleback pack  89  ≈≈≈≈  01:08, 22 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Redirect to to city or school district, per standard practice for non-notable elementary schools. Carrite (talk) 07:28, 22 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Redirect to Manchester Township School District  according  to  established procedure for non -notable primary/elementary/middle schools to  article about  school  district or locality. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 02:53, 23 December 2011 (UTC)


 * NOTE to closer. If this AfD is closed as 'redirect', please remember to  include the  template on  the redirect  page. --Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 02:53, 23 December 2011 (UTC)


 *  Keep  All schools are notable, I have never been inside an elementary, middle, or high school office that wasn't lined with news articles that dealt exclusively with the school framed on the wall. Many of these are old news and not archived online but we should keep and open mind and keep based on NRVE. If not merge with the district until more content is available for later splintering off but my problem with that is that it may discourage article development. This school is verified and therefore is harmless here and it is likely to be a topic of interest and a good neutral history should be online as wikipedia is not paper, also junior highs are huge in the United States often having more students than high schools.LuciferWildCat (talk) 22:48, 23 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Can you please cite the Wikipedia policy  that  states all  schools are notable? Thanks.

--Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 09:32, 26 December 2011 (UTC)
 * It's a long held belief many wikipedians have on the inclusionist side. There is no policy on schools other than high schools and higher education institutions are inherently notable. ASAN is from an essay here that many consider of note. They are all notable because every school that I have been to has NRVE style references.LuciferWildCat (talk) 23:19, 26 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Please cite the policy, guideline, or provide a diff that clearly  states 'all  schools are notable' otherwise this vote appears to  be based only on your personal point  of view. Thanks.  Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 04:55, 27 December 2011 (UTC)
 * He cited WP:GNG. They get news coverage, so they are all notable.   D r e a m Focus  17:30, 27 December 2011 (UTC)


 * Redirect to Manchester Township School District. Tinton5 (talk) 01:51, 26 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Comment several sources here.LuciferWildCat (talk) 23:31, 26 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Not good enough. Lagrange613 17:14, 27 December 2011 (UTC)


 * Redirect to district. The (unsourced) statement that they'll be performing The Wiz is the closest this gets to notabiliy. Lagrange613 17:14, 27 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep Click Google news archive search at the top of this AFD, and you get coverage of the school's activities, notable teachers being honored, bomb threats emptying the school, theater performances, charity activity, and whatnot. News results from Asbury Park Press, The Press of Atlantic City, and Tri-Town News   D r e a m Focus  17:30, 27 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Redirect per WP:OUTCOMES. Does not appear to satisfy the applicable notability guideline, WP:ORG. Wikipedia is not a directory of every thing that exists or which previously existed which fails to satisfy the notability guidelines. Edison (talk) 18:41, 27 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Changing vote from above to Procedural Keep, I just realized that "we don't need an article on every school" has absolutely no basis in policy whatsoever. However if you were to read the GNG it says that multiple no trivial coverage of a topic constitutes notability. And this school has been the subject of dozens of in depth pieces in the Asbury Park Press and should therefore be a speedy keep.LuciferWildCat (talk) 11:21, 28 December 2011 (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.