Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Rudolf Steiner School of Ann Arbor


 * 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 Ann Arbor, Michigan. The "keep" opinions are weak, but the "delete" opinions do not oppose a redirection as a plausible alternative to deletion.  Sandstein  12:05, 2 March 2021 (UTC)

Rudolf Steiner School of Ann Arbor

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Page has no reliable independent sources. The sources that exist are either to the school, to associations the school is a part of, or to websites advocating use of the school's techniques - nothing truly reliable and independent.

I tried and failed in trying to find significant coverage of the school online. Elliot321 (talk &#124; contribs) 04:52, 14 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Schools-related deletion discussions. Elliot321 (talk &#124; contribs) 04:52, 14 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Michigan-related deletion discussions. Elliot321 (talk &#124; contribs) 04:52, 14 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Education-related deletion discussions.  CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 07:13, 14 February 2021 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus. Relisting comment: With the previous comment appearing to lean towards deletion and a mixture of other views, consensus is unclear.
 * Merge - to Waldorf education. 174.254.192.112 (talk) 17:06, 14 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Information about one school would probably be undue in that broader article, in my opinion. Extraordinary Writ (talk) 23:54, 14 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Keep - it has a high school. Rmhermen (talk) 17:45, 14 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Schools aren't inherently notable, though. Elliot321 (talk &#124; contribs) 20:51, 14 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Redirect to Ann Arbor, Michigan. The school fails the GNG: all references are either unrelated or not independent. Redirects are cheap, so we might as well redirect it to the town's article, which briefly mentions it. See WP:SCHOOLOUTCOMES.Extraordinary Writ (talk) 23:51, 14 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Comment Up until about 2017 we held that any high school that we could actually verrify existed we would keep an article on. Then we wised up to realize how many high schools there really are, how many have 300 or fewer students tacked on in a K-12 situation, how many are in rural parts of Wyoming where they may have 10 or so students, in a good year, tacked into a school that is K-12, and the high school students are lucky if they ever get out of the same room as their classmates. Also that system was clearly presentists biased. We have since decided that high schools have to at least pass the threshold of having multiple in depth, independent secondary sources about them, although how much the articles have to be about the high school to count has not been fully decided, we have not quite gone to requiring the same level of coverage we require of any other organization, but just demonstating the place exists or existed is no longer in and of itself enough.John Pack Lambert (talk) 21:16, 16 February 2021 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Bungle (talk • contribs) 15:51, 21 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Weak delete - it's right on the edge of my standards for schools. If we could get more reliable sources about its team or alumni (plural, not just one), I'd go for a weak keep. Ping me. Bearian (talk) 15:39, 26 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Keep The use of unreliable sources by some authors doesn't make this school less notable. This is simply a reason for editors to improve the article with more reliable sources.  This school is named for the founder of the global Waldorf School system. It has a unique pedagogy that sets it apart from more conventional schools.--23mason (talk) 17:10, 26 February 2021 (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.