Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Marble Falls Independent School District


 * 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   keep. Withdrawn, borderline WP:SNOW. tedder (talk) 00:41, 10 December 2009 (UTC)

Marble Falls Independent School District

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Non-notability. I am an alumnus of this school district and have occasionally attempted to revise the article so that it might live up to the standards of Wikipedia, but in all honesty it does not. There are two semi-famous alumnus of this school district John Arthur Martinez and Leonel Manzano but neither of them provide enough justification for keeping this article around. Theturtlehermit (talk) 12:39, 7 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Schools-related deletion discussions.  —Theturtlehermit (talk) 12:45, 7 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Strong keep - long consensus is that school districts are notable. School districts are government bodies and a convenient repository for information for schools who are not separately notable. I would add that Highland Lakes Elementary as a Blue Ribbon school arguably justifies its own page as does the high school program. TerriersFan (talk) 13:08, 7 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Additional Comment, two of the articles three sources are dead links (I'll be marking them as such shortly) and the third is a list of schools that on the 35th page (out of 42) says Highland Lakes Elementary, Granite Shoals, 2004. No mention of the school district other than the known connection between the two.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Theturtlehermit (talk • contribs) 13:21, 7 December 2009 (UTC)
 * I have fixed the links. TerriersFan (talk) 14:02, 7 December 2009 (UTC)


 * Keep Though we don't appear to have a formal policy governing this (at least that I could find), the current consensus seems to be that secondary schools and districts are inherently notable. OhNo itsJamie Talk 16:13, 7 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep. Per TerriersFan. School districts generally have a good deal written about them- they show up in government lists, they have graduation/attendance data, and so on. It's a pretty safe bet this one does. tedder (talk) 16:30, 7 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep per Articles_for_deletion/Common_outcomes.--Milowent (talk) 18:39, 7 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Strong Keep per Articles_for_deletion/Common_outcomes as noted by User:Milowent. The clear on ongoing consensus here has been that school districts, as local governmental organizations, are notable.  Likewise, marginally notable schools (especially middle and elementary schools) are almost always merged into such articles.  Deletion would create a difficult and dangerous precedent.  In any case, having notable alumni is acttually one way to prove a school is notable! Bearian (talk) 02:29, 8 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Split If a school isn't notable, there's usually no references, hence no verifiable information to be merged. If it is notable, it doesn't need to be merged. Also, while having notable alumni is a good reason to include a school, the district didn't do anything to produce that notable alumnus, you can't use that to make it notable by association. I'd much rather see school information merged to cities and towns than some school district no one really knows about. All this information can be put in appropriate articles regarding cities, towns and counties without adding another layer of bureaucracy. - Mgm|(talk) 09:55, 8 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Concede I was unaware of the standing policy regarding school districts (part of the reason I listed this article a a part of WPSchools before creating this AfD).  Based on that and the other points brought up in this discussion I concede the argument.  Would an appropriate admin please close this AfD?  Thank you, TTH  Theturtlehermit (talk) 00:39, 10 December 2009 (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.