Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Notre Dame Preparatory School (Towson, Maryland)


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The result was   '''Keep per WP:SNOWBALL - This school appears notable per consensus. Perhaps a cleanup of said article is in order'''. (non-admin closure) Alpha 4615 (talk) 20:45, 19 February 2009 (UTC)

Notre Dame Preparatory School (Towson, Maryland)

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Most of the content looks like it was copied out of brochures for the school, thereby failing WP:ADVERT. Nominating here instead of G11 because the article has been around for a long time. KuyaBriBri Talk 16:43, 18 February 2009 (UTC)
 * STRONG KEEP. Let's just fix it up, it should be deleted as one of the oldest schools in the country. EagleFan (talk) 18:21, 18 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep As noted by Eagle, this school would be notable even without the presumption that we indulge for high schools. It's been around since '73, and that's 1873, and it was a school to give girls and advantage in going to college.  Maybe the article has become spammy from time to time, although I suspect its the writing style of a teacher or student, rather than being lifted out of a brochure.  Would a Notre Dame Prep girl plagiarize?  Surely not. Mandsford (talk) 19:10, 18 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Maryland-related deletion discussions.   -- • Gene93k (talk) 20:19, 18 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Schools-related deletion discussions.   -- • Gene93k (talk) 20:19, 18 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep - historic high school. The issues should be dealt with by cleaning up and sourcing not deletion. TerriersFan (talk) 20:44, 18 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep-- Consensus in Wikipedia is that high schools are notable. Issues with content can be deal with editing. --J.Mundo (talk) 03:57, 19 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep. For our UK readers, I'd like to note that Preparatory school has more than one meaning. While the phrase "Notre Dame Preparatory School is one of Baltimore's oldest Catholic, college preparatory schools for girls." contains a bit of weasel wording, the idea it is actually the oldest is possibly true and its historic significance and notable alumni make it worth rewriting to get rid of any advertorial content. - Mgm|(talk) 09:51, 19 February 2009 (UTC)


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