Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Pinewood School, Los Altos


 * 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. John254 02:58, 26 April 2008 (UTC)

Pinewood School, Los Altos

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This high school does not meet the notability requirements for schools. ErikHaugen (talk) 17:20, 21 April 2008 (UTC)


 * Keep - includes a high school. Several notable alumni and plenty of sources available. The article needs cleaning up and sourcing not deleting. TerriersFan (talk) 17:28, 21 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Notability_%28schools%29 - A high school does not imply notability. Notable alumni do not imply notability. And they aren't _that_ notable, no offense to Şebnem or Eileen, both outstanding athletes. I don't think being the top basketball player at division 1 school automatically makes your high school notable enough for Wikipedia. (Disclosure - I went to school here for a couple years.) ErikHaugen (talk) 17:54, 21 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Notability_%28schools%29 is simply a proposal and a flawed one at that. The consensus through many AfDs is that high schools are notable. Notable sporting alumni go towards supporting the notability of the school's athletics program. Finally, the test is whether there are multiple sources available (not necessarily in the article) to meet WP:N and a couple of minutes spent searching shows that there are. TerriersFan (talk) 18:12, 21 April 2008 (UTC)
 * If HS are automatically notable, then fine. Doesn't seem right, though, and it would be nice if that page were updated to reflect that. What are the sources? I couldn't find many other than sites that review every private school, etc. Do local smalltown papers covering the cross country team's success count? I really don't think there's anything noteworthy about this school vs. any other small private school. ErikHaugen (talk) 18:58, 21 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of California-related deletion discussions.   —• Gene93k (talk) 18:13, 21 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Schools-related deletion discussions.   —• Gene93k (talk) 18:13, 21 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep. The article may be a mess, but searches show abundant WP:RS coverage to fix it. Also, multiple verifiable alumni, including at least one that's not yet in Wikipedia, and multiple athletic titles help. • Gene93k (talk) 18:58, 21 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Are there any WP:RS other than local papers that will give a few column-inches every now and then to any local high school's sporting events and the like? I can't find any. ErikHaugen (talk) 23:03, 21 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep Whether or not one agrees that a high school is inherently notable, this article is well-sourced, high in content, and seems to pass the 3A test for schools (academics-athletics-alumni) that some people look for in notability. I appreciate the nominator's disclosure that he attended the school and does not believe it to be worthy of an article, but it's a fairly well-written article, and articles about secondary schools get preference over those about primary schools.  Mandsford (talk) 19:02, 21 April 2008 (UTC)
 * I don't think the quality of the article is at issue here, it's simply that this high school is on the low end of notoriety as far as high schools go. I concede that it is pretty well written, although some paragraphs could probably be pruned. Academics - I guess it's pretty good, are there sources that it is truly exceptional or something? Athletics - not really; it's really small and occasionally dominates the other really small schools in the area, such as recently in women's basketball; I don't think it's ever been the best in the state at any sport or anything like that. Alumni - no household names, certainly; 2 division 1a bball stars, a university professor, and a budding film director? ErikHaugen (talk) 23:03, 21 April 2008 (UTC)


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