Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Nelsen 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The result was Nomination withdrawn; KEEP. Tomj 00:18, 28 October 2007 (UTC)

Nelsen Middle School

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Deletion nomination Prod was removed without addressing the major concern. There is no assertion or evidence of notability as provided by this article. notability guidelines give clear standards of notability as having multiple, non-trivial referencs in reliable sources. The main editor, in the edit summary where the prod was removed, claims that the highly trivial mention of this school in a guide that lists all local area schools somehow qualifies this school as notable. I contend that a single mention in this directory-like guide is not enough to establish notability as required by the WP:N guideline, namely that the source is not extensive enough, nor does it appear that multiple independant sources exist. Also, in the same edit summary, the main editor contends that other similar middle school articles exist, and thus this one should too. That has two problems, as outlined in WP:OTHERSTUFFEXISTS as a bad arguement. First of all, the fact that a NOTABLE middle school may have an article does not mean that this apparently NON-NOTABLE one deserves one too. Secondly, the existance of another deletable article on Wikipedia does not excuse this one of its shortcomings. Jayron32| talk | contribs 05:40, 27 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Comment - AfDing an article 25 minutes after creation? That really helps the project by allowing time for the page to find editors and get developed :-( TerriersFan 19:37, 27 October 2007 (UTC)

I have added the following links to newspaper articles which note this school:
 * Seattle Times March 20, 1996 : Nelsen students win math awards
 * Seattle Times January 08, 1996: Gates Grant Will Put Renton Students Online --Bachcell 06:10, 27 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep verifiable and NPOV . Double Blue  (Talk) 07:12, 27 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep - award winning school with the multiple references to easily meet WP:N. TerriersFan 20:20, 27 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Withdraw nomination Struck through above. In the state the article is in today, there is enough reliable sources to easily pass WP:N.  --Jayron32| talk | contribs  23:32, 27 October 2007 (UTC)


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