Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/St. James Elementary School (New York City)


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The result was redirect to List of Catholic schools in New York. (non-admin closure) Devonian Wombat (talk) 09:17, 24 December 2020 (UTC)

St. James Elementary School (New York City)

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It takes a lot of notability to justify having an article on an elementary school, and that threshold is not met here. The coverage is more passing notice that it was closing than anything else. John Pack Lambert (talk) 14:34, 16 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Education-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 14:44, 16 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Schools-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 14:44, 16 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of New York-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 14:44, 16 December 2020 (UTC)


 * Delete - as per WP:SCHOOLOUTCOMES, schools are required to pass WP:ORG and WP:GNG and this one clearly doesn't. Spiderone  16:04, 16 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Keep per User:Bearian/Standards. It was the only school that Al Smith, a major political leader and presidential candidate in the 20th Century, ever completed. That alone makes it notable, because it was held against him; not until 2020 did a second Roman Catholic get elected President. It's still used as an upscale private (although technically not parochial) school. There's plenty of book sources available. Bearian (talk) 18:15, 17 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Redirect to List of Catholic schools in New York: Article does not meet WP:GNG or WP:NSCHOOL / (WP:ORGCRIT). Subject lacks WP:IS WP:RS with WP:SIGCOV that address the subject directly and in-depth. Notability is not inherited from notable alumni. I considered a redirect to St Joseph School Chinatown, but this also lacks notability. List of Catholic schools in New York is a reasonable target for this and St Joseph's.  // Timothy ::  talk  22:44, 17 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Comment/Disclosure: I BOLDLY redirected St Joseph School Chinatown to List of Catholic schools in New York. If there is an objection, please either revert or post at RfD and give me a courtesy ping. Thank you.  // Timothy ::  talk  23:11, 17 December 2020 (UTC)


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