Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Scotts Ridge Middle School


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The result was   Redirected to Ridgefield, Connecticut. Pastor Theo (talk) 11:50, 23 July 2009 (UTC)

Scotts Ridge Middle School

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Fails WP:SCH and WP:N also it also seems to be written from a students point of view. Irunongames •  play  19:21, 15 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete, average middle schools aren't notable, and no reason to believe that this isn't average. Nyttend (talk) 22:10, 15 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Education-related deletion discussions.  -- – Juliancolton  &#124; Talk 22:19, 15 July 2009 (UTC)
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 * Merge/redirect to Ridgefield, Connecticut. I checked the Blue Ribbon Schools directory, it doesn't appear on it. tedder (talk) 22:30, 15 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep Lots of hits on Google News (although most from the local paper). Some of the entries do look like the school is quite well-known for a couple of things. --Polaron | Talk 22:33, 15 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Weak keep per Polaron. The school gets some non-trivial press coverage. • Gene93k (talk) 22:46, 15 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete per WP:SCH. A search for "scotts ridge middle school" at Google News reveals multiple references to the school, but all are in local publications and all references are trivial. Most of the articles are focused on the school district's budget, and mention multiple schools in passing as examples of where funds are or aren't going. All in all, I don't feel that it satisfies the notability requirements for inclusion.  Neil   Clancy  23:18, 15 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Merge/redirect to Ridgefield, Connecticut per usual procedures; no case for deletion has been adduced. TerriersFan (talk) 18:28, 16 July 2009 (UTC)
 * I'm not sure if you've actually read Ridgefield, Connecticut, but Scotts Ridge Middle School is already mentioned there. It has an internal link to its article, however the town's other middle school does not have its own article. Contrary to what you said a case for deletion has been made, that Scotts Ridge Middle School does not satisfy the notability requirements laid out in WP:SCH. These guidelines say that an average middle school does not merit an article, and that it should only be considered notable if it has received significant non-trivial press coverage. This school has not received any non-trivial coverage that I have been able to find. If you have found some, please, by all means, bring it forward. If not, I think it only obvious that we should delete the article as it is not in accordance with our notability requirements. My vote remains for Delete. I oppose leaving a redirect at Scotts Ridge Middle School pointing to Ridgefield, Connecticut, because if we are striving for consistency that would imply that we should also place a redirect for Ridgefield's other middle school and, indeed, a redirect for any and all middle schools we can think of pointing to their appropriate school district's article. This is neither feasible nor necessary.  Neil   Clancy  15:09, 21 July 2009 (UTC)


 * Redirect to Ridgefield, Connecticut - notability concerns. PhilKnight (talk) 11:09, 23 July 2009 (UTC)
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