Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Douglas Anderson School of the Arts Improviser


 * 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 delete. Core desat 08:14, 18 November 2007 (UTC)

The Douglas Anderson School of the Arts Improviser

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I present to you The Douglas Anderson School of the Arts Improviser, a high school newspaper with no reliable sourced assertions of notability. I've looked for about 5 minutes now, and can't find anything particularly stunning about it on t'interweb. Thoughts? Chase me ladies, I&#39;m the Cavalry 01:38, 13 November 2007 (UTC)


 * Delete: After merging any possible info to Douglas Anderson School of the Arts. Not notable by itself. - Rjd0060 04:48, 13 November 2007 (UTC)

This article is still in its infancy. Although it may not be sourced to many websites that may be unreliable in the first place, the information comes from the school and the newspaper itself. Furthermore, the article has not shown any bias, remaining objective and respectful, and has continued to grow as of late. It isn't fair to delete an article that is making a legitimate attempt to follow Wikipedia guidelines and provide straight information to those who seek it. If this article is deleted, much of the information will be lost in the merge to the Douglas Anderson School of the Arts article. This article should not be deleted when it hasn't had the chance to grow.
 * Comment: Dont think so. It has had 9 months to "grow".  Wiki is not a crystal  ball. - Rjd0060 06:49, 13 November 2007 (UTC)


 * Restore: Allow this article to grow and become notable by itself. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.127.246.17 (talk) 05:57, 13 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Sorry, that isn't how it works. We don't advertise so things can become popular, we're not MySpace. — Save_Us _ 229  06:08, 13 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Wikipedia is not a crystal ball. We have no way of being able to tell when (or if) the paper will meet the notability requirements. All we know for sure is that it doesn't meet them right now, and, to me anyway, it seems unlikely that will change regardless of the amount of time given. Most school newspapers (and many schools themselves) simply don't have any reliable, third-party sources attesting to their importance and uniqueness in their specific field. I doubt yours does either. Sorry, but if you unexpectedly get a major write up or award you can always re-create it later. Bullzeye (Ring for Service) 06:09, 13 November 2007 (UTC)


 * Delete Obviously doesn't need its own article. Merge with Douglas Anderson School of the Arts if your able to salvage anything from it. — Save_Us _ 229  06:08, 13 November 2007 (UTC)


 * Comment Previous comment is based on incorrect facts. The Improviser has received several awards and just last year took a trip to New York for their newspaper. The newspaper comes from a school of notable alumni, some of which got their starts on The Improviser. The article does not "advertise" or promote itself suggesting that it is better than any other newspaper. The article in no way treats the Wikipedia community as a MySpace, and therefore should not be treated as such. The article was recently cut down by Chase me ladies, I&#39;m the Cavalry and so much supporting information was lost. And as for the previous suggestion of deletion then recreation, why delete an article that doesn't need to be deleted in the first place?


 * 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.