Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Marple Newtown 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 (non-admin closure). Pastor Theo (talk) 00:28, 4 April 2009 (UTC)

Marple Newtown School District

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One high school, and the creator has worked on this article and one minor fix to another. Gotta love the oddly-placed tiger, too. Raymie Humbert (local radar | current conditions) 05:16, 30 March 2009 (UTC)
 * I cut out some unencyclopedic material including the severe overlinking. One link the the relevant main pages is enough, not every subpage needs to be linked. Is still missing independent sources. - Mgm|(talk) 09:39, 30 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep. School district articles is typically where we merge middle schools (and may mention elementary schools) so just counting high schools is a poor measure for notability. Also, their activity frequently brings the districts into media spotlight, contributing heavily to notability. This is the most recent one, if somewhat routine, but the Google News archives has over 1800 stories, illustrating that the school districts are of reasonably wide interest over a long period of time. Among the stories is a federal court case about bible reading . The article is clearly a stub, but it's not a hopeless cause. Sjakkalle  (Check!)  11:38, 30 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Strong keep - school districts are notable as government bodies and also provide a convenient repository for otherwise nn schools. No valid deletion grounds have been specified in the nomination. TerriersFan (talk) 17:31, 30 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Schools-related deletion discussions.  —TerriersFan (talk) 17:34, 30 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Strong keep per TerriersFan - school districts are per se notable as organized government entities, and may include sections on schools that may not be individually notable. Bearian (talk) 00:45, 31 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep as is standard in these cases. Hobit (talk) 17:15, 31 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep per established precedents and standards for such articles  Schmidt,  MICHAEL Q. 23:28, 3 April 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.