Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/School holidays in the United States


 * 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 Academic year. Clear consensus below not to keep this article, but unclear whether to delete, merge or redirect. Taking the ATD option of redirecting, with the content available behind the redirect if anyone wishes, of their own volition, to execute a merge. Daniel (talk) 21:56, 6 August 2021 (UTC)

School holidays in the United States

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No reliable sources, many statements likely contain original research. School breaks and holidays vary widely by state and local school districts. In addition, this article is all redundant to Academic year and there is no reason the United States needs a separate article. JayJayWhat did I do? 20:06, 30 July 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of United States of America-related deletion discussions.  Spiderone (Talk to Spider) 20:36, 30 July 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Schools-related deletion discussions.  Spiderone (Talk to Spider) 20:36, 30 July 2021 (UTC)


 * Delete: Redundant article based off of Academic year. Nothing here suggests that the split was warranted. It's all sourced to a single source, and most of the statements seem to be unreferenced original research. Curbon7 (talk) 21:46, 30 July 2021 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom. The sources cited are (a) a website of no particular authority and (b) a YouTube video which isn't even linked from this article. A large portion of the article consists of text such as "If the year is a common year starting on Wednesday or leap year starting on Tuesday, Thanksgiving is on November 27 and Black Friday is on November 28", implying that one should look at a January calendar in order to learn the date of Thanksgiving, rather than a November calendar on which Thanksgiving would be the fourth Thursday (and commonly would be listed there). --Metropolitan90 (talk) 00:06, 31 July 2021 (UTC)
 * Merge and redirect. The content is very close to Common knowledge territory, and if we want to verify the details or determine how many states a given claim applies to, it's easy to find many sources. The content should either be at Academic year or a standalone article (not necessarily with this title) but certainly not in both places. (It looks like I moved content here from Public holidays in the United States.) The link from Template:Public holidays in the United States/caption should be updated if needed. -- Beland (talk) 02:04, 31 July 2021 (UTC)
 * Keep and develop. The parent article is a start, overlong and going nowhere. Personally I have been trying to coordinate a family holiday, with kids in England and Northern Ireland France and possibly US. All need separate articles. Use Academic year to provide links by country. Academic year is different school academic year- and different from school holidays. The information may be easy to find locally, outside the country it really is not obvious. ClemRutter (talk) 10:07, 31 July 2021 (UTC)
 * Keep There's more to the topic than just the dates and it's easy to find sources such as Creating a School Policy about Holidays; The History of School and Summer Vacation; The Impact of the Year-Round School Calendar on the Family Vacation; Accelerated Weight Gain Among Children During Summer Versus School Year and Related Racial/Ethnic Disparities: A Systematic Review; &c. Our policy WP:ATD therefore applies, "If editing can improve the page, this should be done rather than deleting the page." Andrew🐉(talk) 20:28, 31 July 2021 (UTC)
 * Redirect/merge/delete Since the article merely duplicates Academic_year, this should have just been a bold merge, no discussion required. While the above links do relate to that article, Summer vacation, and Spring break, they are not the basis for keeping another redundant page. IF that article is improved, an appropriate split could be performed but I see nothing to keep here. Reywas92Talk 15:23, 2 August 2021 (UTC)
 * Keep as appears to be a notable topic, AfD isn't for cleanup. Rubbish computer Ping me or leave a message on my talk page 13:57, 5 August 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.