Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Smyrna High School (Delaware)


 * 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. Enigmamsg 21:15, 22 June 2018 (UTC)

Smyrna High School (Delaware)

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Non-notable school fails WP:GNG and WP:SCHOOLRFC. Prod was removed. TM 18:45, 15 June 2018 (UTC)
 * Speedy Keep Keep no support for deletion so far other than nominator but this is dragging on so not going to be a speedy Article is rapidly being filled in with content and refs. Deletion is based on the  notability of the subject, not the content of the article.  Nominator appears not to have followed WP:BEFORE. Meters (talk) 19:09, 15 June 2018 (UTC)
 * Comment WP:SCHOOLRFC is not an argument that can be used to justify deletion. No-one is claiming that the school is notable simply because it exists. It was stub, it needed work, and sufficient material has been added to the article to show WP:GNG is passed. This is a case of WP:ARTN. Meters (talk) 06:30, 16 June 2018 (UTC)
 * Keep I added several references. This school has received significant news coverage for over 100 years. — BillHPike (talk, contribs) 19:11, 15 June 2018 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Schools-related deletion discussions.  CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 00:08, 16 June 2018 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Delaware-related deletion discussions.  CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 00:08, 16 June 2018 (UTC)


 * Keep. All high schools are notable. Eastmain (talk • contribs) 09:07, 16 June 2018 (UTC)
 * That is simply incorrect per WP:SCHOOLRFC.--TM 12:20, 16 June 2018 (UTC)


 * Keep per the sources in the article which IMHO as a whole makes the article meet GNG, I will just add not all schools are notable and WP:SCHOOLRFC proves that, Anyway meets GNG so keep. – Davey 2010 Talk 14:59, 16 June 2018 (UTC)
 * Keep per above. Sources show significant coverage. Newspapers.com articles show good-faith searches into the school's history, so WP:FUTON could apply. AngusWOOF  ( bark  •  sniff ) 14:30, 17 June 2018 (UTC)
 * Keep. Because it is a secondary school, and it is stupid for wikipedia to shoot itself in the foot about these. --Doncram (talk) 13:47, 19 June 2018 (UTC)
 * Keep. For all the above reasons. It is blatantly obvious that secondary schools are considered to be notable by most editors. -- Necrothesp (talk) 13:52, 19 June 2018 (UTC)
 * Keep: per above; meets GNG through coverage. &mdash; Javert2113 (Siarad.&#124;&#164;) 14:28, 19 June 2018 (UTC)
 * Comment, some editors above are suggesting that as this is a high school than it is automatically notable, if that is the case, then wikipedia should have around 400,000 high school articles, i have seen afds where universities/colleges have been nominated as they dont have appropriate sources so, as other editors have also said above, this is not a given. (btw, i am not saying this is the case here). Coolabahapple (talk) 04:29, 20 June 2018 (UTC)
 * Yes, WP:SCHOOLRFC clearly says that high schools cannot be presumed to be notable merely due to their existence. On the other hand, it is also not a valid criterion for deletion, even though the nominator seems to believe it is. It's not a criterion at all. Any arguments above that the school is notable simply because it exists are invalid, but there's nothing in SCHOOLRFC that a school has to pass to be notable. It also says "References to demonstrate notability may be offline, and this must be taken into consideration before bringing a page to AFD" Was this done by the nominator? Meters (talk) 05:34, 20 June 2018 (UTC)


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