Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Shorewood High School, Shoreline, Washington


 * 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. alpha Chimp laudare 23:34, 2 August 2006 (UTC)

Shorewood High School, Shoreline, Washington
Completely non notable suburban high school. I have attended this school for 4 years and it offends me that it is included in this encyclopedia. The article makes no claim of notability, making statements like: As of 2005-06, Shorewood has advanced placement (AP) offerings in... and Most students go on to attend a two-year or four-year college after graduation and As of 2006, there are more than 100 full and part time faculty members at Shorewood High School. I will also list the school's equally non notable cross town rival. Musaabdulrashid 20:39, 28 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Shorecrest High School


 * Strong keep for both. High schools generally are notable.  If we go down this road, a great many articles would be up for deletion, see List of high schools in Washington.  Sorry the article offends you.  --TeaDrinker 20:54, 28 July 2006 (UTC)


 * Delete - High schools are not generally notable. Of course there are notable high schools such as Stuyvesant High School or Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, this one is insignificant.--Shrek05 21:15, 28 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Comment The specifics of the notability of schools is a very old discussion (see WP:SCHOOL), and is controversial. Perhaps better phrased, this high school is as notable as most which have articles, following a de facto standard.  --TeaDrinker 21:27, 28 July 2006 (UTC)


 * Delete (nominator's vote) Of all American high schools, less than a third are probably notable. These are suburban schools.  The performance of their students in PSAT results is less than notable (about 2 NMS finalists per year), and everything in the article could be guessed without reading it. Other high schools in washington are notable, such as Garfield High School (Seattle) and Roosevelt High School (Seattle), for the performance of their students and social significance. The obviousness of this article as a target of vandalism for students is also an issue because, to be frank, Shorewood students hate their school. --Musaabdulrashid 21:42, 28 July 2006 (UTC)


 * Keep per precedent. Nominator's reasoning is specious anyway. Haikupoet 00:57, 29 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep, it would offend me if this article was deleted. Kappa 01:42, 29 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep and improve per WP:DP. --Usgnus 04:05, 29 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep. Not a single, verifiable high school has been excised from wikipedia through the deletion processes in almost 2 years. While this precedent is not binding upon future AfDs (such as this one), it has established the standard that any given reader would expect to find articles about any given high school on wikipedia. Being offended that your high school is included in wikipedia is surely not a valid criterion for deletion.--Nicodemus75 20:09, 29 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep. High schools are notable community institutions worthy of inclusion. Erechtheus 21:51, 29 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep an excellent start for an article that merits retention and can only be improved. Nominator's "explanation" seems to be a case of familiarity breeds contempt. Alansohn 03:21, 30 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep &mdash; Nomination was based on personal standards of importance. In contrast I find both school pages meet my personal criteria of notability for High Schools. Thanks. :-) &mdash; RJH (talk) 16:51, 30 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep - schools are generally considered notable. Metamagician3000 12:14, 31 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep as per usual. Piccadilly 14:23, 31 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep per notability of all schools but those in Washington are specially protected and should never even be nominated. Orangehead 16:04, 31 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Comment - as for the comment by Musaabdulrashid about, User:RJHall voted to keep it, so your arguments go out the window.  Orangehead 16:08, 31 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete per quote from article "Shorecrest Highschool is mainly notable because as it was created, the students elected to create a mascot did very thorough research" JoshuaZ 04:05, 1 August 2006 (UTC)
 * That was a bit of akward wording that was recently added to the article. I just changed it since the mascot does not speak to notability.  --TeaDrinker 15:18, 1 August 2006 (UTC)


 * Keep per the reasons described at Schools/Arguments. This article meets my own standards for inclusion.  Silensor 17:21, 1 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep per the outcome of the school wars. Gazpacho 19:27, 1 August 2006 (UTC)
 * keep please this article is about a notable high school Yuckfoo 23:06, 1 August 2006 (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.