Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Pershing Middle School (San Diego)


 * 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. Reasonable consensus has formed that the article should not be deleted - however a merge has been suggested. That is not strictly part of AFD so I will leave it to other editors to form a consensus elsewhere on if a merge is appropriate. Camaron | Chris (talk) 13:10, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

Pershing Middle School (San Diego)

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Delete nn middle school. Carlossuarez46 (talk) 22:42, 21 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Where is the significant coverage in Reliable sources to make it WP:N? non-existing, hence nn. Notability showing in the burden of the article's proponents. Carlossuarez46 (talk) 01:34, 26 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep Well, I recognize the names of science fiction author Greg Bear and actress Annette Benning, both of whom grew up in San Diego; what's "nn" about this school, exactly? Mandsford (talk) 03:09, 22 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Weak Keep Multiple notable alumni, rather unusual for a middle school. Article would benefit greatly from expansion, not deletion. Alansohn (talk) 08:08, 22 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep - The multiple notable alumni alone demonstrates it passes the proposed WP:SCL. The nom has given no reasoning as to why this school is "nn".  --Oakshade (talk) 03:02, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete. The new guideline proposal is just that.  In the discussions there appears to be support for alumni if that notability traces back to the institution.  In the cases here it does not appear to do that. Vegaswikian (talk) 01:41, 25 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Schools-related deletion discussions.   -- --  pb30 < talk > 05:48, 26 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep passes WP:School, which is a proposed guideline, so don't remind me of that in a follow-up comment please. I am consolidating my rationale for my keep !vote as saying I agree with the proposed guideline. JERRY talk contribs 20:13, 26 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep - school is significant institution in its locality and has several notable alumni. TerriersFan (talk) 04:28, 27 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Merge to San Diego City Schools where the note about the alumni can be included. Articles do not benefit from being "expanded, not deleted" where substantial, intellectually independent secondary sources do not exist . Longer != better. Wikipedia doesn't exist to repeat what every little organisation says about themselves on their own website. (And the Mission Times-Courier is definitely not an intellectually independent secondary source for schools in their own area --- see comments at Articles for deletion/Phoebe Hearst Elementary School - Del Cerro, San Diego). cab (talk) 05:45, 27 January 2008 (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.