Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/St. Louis School, Hong Kong

 This page is an archive of the discussion about the proposed deletion of the article below. This page is no longer live. Further comments should be made on the article's talk page rather than here so that this page is preserved as an historic record. The result of the debate was DON"T DELETE. Zero 07:26, 27 Apr 2005 (UTC)

St. Louis School, Hong Kong
Another unnotable school. Hideous POV. I don't know how this has lasted so long. Edit histoy is mainly anon IPs, and the cleanup and notability tags have been displayed. The JPS 18:08, 15 Apr 2005 (UTC)

*Delete, nearly 100% POV &#151; FoodMarket  talk! 20:06, 15 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete - Agree completely. Tufflaw 19:21, Apr 15, 2005 (UTC)
 *  Keep rewritten article &#151; FoodMarket  talk!  23:16, 15 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, worse than evah. Grue 20:14, 15 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. POV, vanity, notability not established. -- Brhaspati\talk/contribs 20:22, 2005 Apr 15 (UTC)
 * Delete. Remove all the drivel and you merely state that there is a school by this name in Hong Kong's Central and Western District. This is already stated in the article, so no merge. Average Earthman 20:26, 15 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete - indeed hideous POV. --Anonymous Cow 20:34, 15 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep I redid the article, it is now open for tender love and organic growth All school's are worthy of inclusion in a truely great encyclopaedia. Klonimus 21:30, 15 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep and tenderly love as above. Kappa 22:06, 15 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Article fails to establish notability. --Carnildo 22:11, 15 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete this and all other articles where there is an attempt to pack the vote. &mdash;Korath (Talk) 22:50, Apr 15, 2005 (UTC)
 * Interesting precedent. Kappa 22:56, 15 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Very interesting precedent. It seems that Korath is voting delete without evaluating it on the merits. Pray tell what is the attempt to "pack the vote." Klonimus 01:50, 16 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * &mdash;Korath (Talk) 02:49, Apr 16, 2005 (UTC)
 * Korath, Listing school's on User:GRider/Schoolwatch is not a crime. Both deletionists and inclusionists can use the information therein. Klonimus 06:26, 16 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * It is really a sad, sordid state of affairs when someone is bothered or irritated by the actual improvement of an article. &mdash;RaD Man (talk) 09:43, 16 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, yet another non-notable school. Tempshill 22:55, 15 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Article much improved, but still non notable. Unless my original nomination acts as my vote, tenderly delete (otherwise this is a comment) The JPS 23:08, 15 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * del I can state with confidence that not all schools are notable. Every school I attended before the age of 18 is NN. BigFatDave 23:21, 15 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * The tags are longer than the article itself, so Delete. Zscout370 00:26, 16 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * The tags are no longer, longer than the article itself. Klonimus 01:50, 16 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * This school is over 140+ yrs old. Keep and cue the Marvin Gaye tracks, baby.  &mdash;RaD Man (talk) 01:16, 16 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. Verifiability established. Article is not nonsense, vanity or original research.--Centauri 01:36, 16 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, this is borderline notable, schoolcruft. Megan1967 02:13, 16 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. Indeed a distinguished school in Hong Kong, founded in 1846 and has brought up many notable people there, including legislative council member Wong Wang Fat. However this article needs expansion. Mark Shew 02:25, 16 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * User has three edits.
 * Who? Obviously isn't notable enough to have a wikipedia articles about him. The JPS 11:44, 16 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Oh! You don't know him doesn't mean that the people in Hong Kong won't know him.
 * Keep. Undoubtedly this article has to be kept. It is such a great school with high quality, and so we should let more people know about it!
 * Keep. Current well-written article establishes notability.  Nice save! - Lucky 6.9 05:21, 16 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Thanks. Klonimus 06:27, 16 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. People have turned this article around from mostly vandalism to the beginning of a very interesting article. What about the history of the school, especially during WWII?  Less about who is the current faculty and more about why this school is interesting. Good work! Shoaler 10:56, 16 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * What makes this school notable from the hundreds and thousands of other schools? Who is the user with the WP:BEEFSTEW test again? The JPS 11:44, 16 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Nicely written but not notable. --Bucephalus talk to me  13:53, 16 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * keep this rewrite as well please ! Yuckfoo 01:32, 17 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Notability not established, even after re-write. Jayjg (talk) 03:03, 17 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. Sufficient notability derives from being a school and this has more than average. --Zero 03:54, 17 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. I appreciate attempts to improve articles during the VfD process, but the rewrite here has failed to provide notability for this subject. Indrian 04:05, Apr 17, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Useless collection of generic facts about an insignificant school. This is not an encyclopedia article. Individual schools are not inherently encyclopedic and there is nothing to distinguish insignificant schools like this one from thousands of nearly identical schools around the world. Gamaliel 07:33, 18 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, concur with Indrian. Radiant_* 13:16, Apr 18, 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep, as notable as any other School. Ejrrjs | What? 22:36, 18 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep There is a place on Wikipedia for schools. --ShaunMacPherson 03:51, 19 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete: There is a place for articles about notable schools, yes. Notability still not established here. Jonathunder 03:54, 2005 Apr 19 (UTC)
 * Keep rewrite looks good.  ALKIVAR &trade;[[Image:Radioactive.svg|18px|]] 09:40, 23 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep improvement happens. Houshuang 01:11, 26 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * 39 hits? Sorry, that's a Delete from me for sure. Master Thief Garrett 01:36, 27 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Comment: The account User:Master Thief Garrett was created 2 weeks ago. Welcome to Wikipedia!  &mdash;RaD Man (talk) 06:45, 27 Apr 2005 (UTC)


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