Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Rockledge Elementary 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   redirect to Prince George's County Public Schools. King of &hearts;   &diams;   &clubs;  &spades; 23:18, 4 June 2012 (UTC)

Rockledge Elementary School

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Elementary schools are not generally considered notable enough to be subjects of articles, and nothing in this article suggests that this is an exception. (PROD removed without explanation.) JamesBWatson (talk) 13:10, 12 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Convert to disambiguation- PROD removed without explanation= Prod removal edit summary in full: 'Needs disambiguation; I've identified redirect destinations for two schools with the name and a one-off which references misname; see Talk:Rockledge Elementary School.", supplemented by "Null edit, add Bowie, Maryland; meant to include in previous edit summary- '; coverage for each is routine.' Dru of Id (talk) 14:32, 12 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Maryland-related deletion discussions.  • Gene93k (talk) 15:51, 12 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Schools-related deletion discussions.  • Gene93k (talk) 15:52, 12 May 2012 (UTC)
 * There was no reason given for contesting the proposed deletion of this article. You commented on the fact that the title is ambiguous, but that is not giving a reason for not deleting it. You now say "convert to disambiguation", but you have neither indicated what existing articles need such disambiguation, nor given any reason why the present article should not be deleted. If there are other articles which might justifiably have this title, then we can create a disambiguation page for them, but creating such a disambiguation page is a completely separate issue from whether the present article should be deleted. JamesBWatson (talk) 20:37, 12 May 2012 (UTC)
 * The reason given is implied, that 1) deletion is not necessary & 2) that it could serve a better function; while I could have just parroted "Per Articles for deletion/Common outcomes", I went to more effort to try to locate all schools with the name, checking each state & the NRHP; there are 2 and a one-off, as I listed at the article talk page. None are on the NRHP or involved in momentous events which indicate articles are justified. A disambiguation page for them, therefore, should conveniently be located here. You could have redirected it, or renamed it with its locality and redirected it, justified per Common outcomes#Schools; instead you Prod'ed it which would have left a void, inviting recreation, and doing nothing to fix the problem, and bit a new contributor. I deProd'ed it, having done all the necessary verification. The school is verifiable; the article is not a hoax, an attack page, or a copyvio, but seems to be a good faith initial contribution by a new editor. I gave an explanation, you claimed I gave none, and I can see that it did not address your concern, skipping straight to the end result that fills the most voids. You could then have turned it into a disambiguation page; none of these schools meet current guidelines to justify existing articles, which is unlikely to change anytime soon, but are valid search terms which can be used to get users to relevant content. All of this you no doubt know as an adminstrator. Deletion is unnecessary overkill which invites the creation of the other school's article, and/or recreation of this one, when we can fix both situations now and get back to work. Dru of Id (talk) 05:55, 13 May 2012 (UTC)


 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, ItsZippy (talk • contributions) 17:33, 20 May 2012 (UTC)

 
 * Keep for purposes of disambiguation.  coccyx bloccyx  (toccyx)  18:47, 20 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, → B  music  ian  00:09, 27 May 2012 (UTC)


 * Delete. Dab pages are for articles or potential articles, neither the case for these elementary schools. Clarityfiend (talk) 06:33, 27 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Redirect to school board as per common practice (Prince George's County Public Schools). -- P 1 9 9 ✉ 13:51, 4 June 2012 (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.