Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mercyhurst Preparatory School

Mercyhurst Preparatory School was proposed for deletion. This page is an archive of the discussion about the proposed deletion. This page is no longer live. Further comments should be made on the article's talk page rather than here so that this page is preserved as an historic record. The result of the debate was DELETE. 6 votes to delete, 2 to keep. Bootstrapped votes were disregarded&mdash;please vote in each individual vfd if you wish it to be considered. Postdlf 21:32, 27 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Mercyhurst Preparatory School
What do you want me to say? The entry doesn't say much. Mandel 18:59, Oct 20, 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete, non-notable school. Fire Star 22:58, 20 Oct 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete, evidence of notability not presented. By the way, I am about to delete some point-of-view promotional cruft from the article. This will make the article shorter and stubbier, so I am going to present the full text here before I edit it. This is so that people in this discussion can judge the article both in its original and its present form. The struck-out material is what I've deleted. I won't revert if anyone puts it back. [[User:Dpbsmith|Dpbsmith (talk)]] 02:19, 21 Oct 2004 (UTC)
 * Mercyhurst Prep is a Catholic, coeducational secondary school located in Erie, Pennsylvania. It is an institution of learning founded by the Sisters of Mercy.  The school is located up the hill from Mercyhurst College on East Grandview Boulevard.  As one of the finer high schools in Erie, the students of Mercyhurst Prep excel academically, artistically, and athletically.  At Mercyhurst, there are a wide variety of interests and opportunities, allowing for excellence to be found throughout the halls of the school.
 * In place of the struck material, I'm adding: "It describes itself as 'the premier Catholic high school in Northwestern Pennsylvania.'"


 * Any famous alumni? Educators of national note? If not, delete. Average Earthman 08:19, 21 Oct 2004 (UTC)
 * Count in 3 more delete votes from Improv, WOT and Vina. See above. Mandel 09:06, Oct 22, 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete non-notable school. The school has no notable achievements, famous alumni or educators. --Cynical 20:26, 22 Oct 2004 (UTC)
 * D I imagine that Catholic mixed schools are ten-a-penny in the US. This could be any one of them. Chris 02:34, 23 Oct 2004 (UTC)
 * Keep - factual, verifiable entry. Mark Richards 17:07, 25 Oct 2004 (UTC)
 * Keep this. Schools are notable. Notability is not a deletion criteria. Intrigue 20:42, 25 Oct 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete. Notability is not an enumerated criteria, but potential to be encyclopedic is.  Most encyclopedias I know only include notable things. Indrian 20:45, Oct 25, 2004 (UTC)

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