Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Naperville North High School

 This page is an archive of the discussion about the proposed deletion of the article below. 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. Joyous 18:10, Feb 26, 2005 (UTC)

Naperville North High School
Article does not establish notability. RickK 22:44, Feb 20, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Anyone up for another round of the inherent notability of schools discussion? Preisler 23:31, 20 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete as the article says, it does kinda suck --nixie 23:35, 20 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Gamaliel 01:02, 21 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. No evidence of notability. I wasn't around during this debate about high schools some people have mentioned here before, but apparently no consensus was reached on this issue. If it was, please point to me to the discussion. JoaoRicardo 02:38, 21 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * ONE touchstone is What's in, what's out. In general: 1) there is a wide range of opinion on high schools, from those who think only very notable high schools should be included to those who think all high schools are intrinsically notable and should be included; 2) the general topic has been argued interminably and there is currently no consensus; anyone stating otherwise is misinformed; 3) in practice VfD votes are strongly influenced by the quality of the article, and less strongly by the relative numbers and energy levels of inclusionists and deletionists on any given day.
 * Comment. Thank you, Dpbsmith. JoaoRicardo 23:52, 22 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. We might as well suggest that Rambot create articles for every town reading "[name of town] High School is a high school in [name of town], [name of state];" most of them would be accurate, and VfD could always sort out the rest, right? Dpbsmith (talk) 02:54, 21 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, non notable. -- Riffsyphon1024 03:36, 21 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Not notable. Jayjg (talk)  04:47, 21 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep all school articles. We apply a lower lower of notablity to trash culture than to the real world, which is absurd imo. Wincoote 07:15, 21 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Non-notable. Carrp | Talk 07:16, 21 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. We have articles on fictional tank engines that only appear on one page of a book, why not a major school like this. Norman Rogers\talk 09:51, 21 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * That's a ridiculous comparison given that Ivo Hugh is on vfd as well and will most likely be deleted. Gamaliel 16:49, 21 Feb 2005 (UTC)


 * Make mention in Naperville, Illinois and delete - Skysmith 11:16, 21 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. Has potential to become encyclopedic. --Andylkl 14:08, Feb 21, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, high schools are not inherently encyclopedic. Note that the argument "all X are notable" is a fallacy, because for some X to be notable it must have some quality that sets it apart from other X (the obvious exception being when 'all X' is a field of study, such as ornithology that studies all birds). Radiant! 14:59, Feb 23, 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep, more notable than Pokemon - David Gerard 15:13, 23 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Come on, you've got to be kidding. Carrp | Talk 15:16, 23 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Comment. I don't understand what meaning of the word notable you are using here. The online Merriam-Webster defines it as "a: worthy of note: REMARKABLE b: DISTINGUISHED, PROMINENT" . I don't see how this applies to this school. It may be considered more important than the cartoon, because suposedly its function is to educate children and prepare them for life. But what are people more likely to type in our search bar? JoaoRicardo 02:50, 24 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Maybe it's actually more notable than Pokémon; then, we should delete all the Pokémon articles, because they aren't notable, in your opinion. After that, having no of such articles, this article won't be more notable than Pokémon and, thus, non-notable to you ;) --Neigel von Teighen 15:22, 23 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Ah, nothing like another salvo in the ongoing high school discussion.  If this was a detailed, fleshed-out stub, I'd likely vote "keep."  Instead, I'm voting on the merits of this non-article.  One lousy sentence is not an article.  Should have been a speedy for lack of content IMO. - Lucky 6.9 01:08, 24 Feb 2005 (UTC)

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