Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Finger Lakes School of Massage


 * 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. John254 00:04, 28 July 2008 (UTC)

The Finger Lakes School of Massage

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Non-notable local massage school, fails WP:ORG. Ecoleetage (talk) 00:23, 23 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep long established (17 years) and accredited trade school, that should fall under the general practice of including institutions of higher education, even in applied subjects. Real sources are needed, of course. I note that this is one of a group of articles originally speedied earlier today by a SPA who has done nothing else but try to delete articles on this general subject.  DGG (talk) 00:48, 23 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Comment Not to be disrespectful to my esteemed friend, but we are judging the merits of the article and not the motives of a mysterious third party who attempted to tag this for Speedy Delete. The problem remains that the school's notability requires confirmation. Thanks! Ecoleetage (talk) 00:54, 23 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep. The references at http://news.google.com/archivesearch?hl=en&ned=us&q=%22Finger+Lakes+School+of+Massage%22&ie=UTF-8 may be helpful in establishing notability. --Eastmain (talk) 01:01, 23 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Another comment Actually, a lot of the articles cited in that search appear to be wedding announcements! :) Ecoleetage (talk) 01:13, 23 July 2008 (UTC)
 * but not the following: (Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY), a full -page article about them,  &  same paper), & from the NYT, in which their insructors (in the plural) are quoted as representatives of the art,  among others. It does seem to be a major school in the field. It is,additionally, associated with the Ginger Lakes Community College, a degree-granting school. I consider such association to lend considerable indication of genuine higher educational status--I was quite relieved to see it, actually, along with some genuine third party references.   DGG (talk) 07:55, 23 July 2008 (UTC)
 * note: I have moved the article to the correct title according to its Web page Finger Lakes School of Massage DGG (talk) 07:38, 23 July 2008 (UTC)


 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Schools-related deletion discussions.   --  Fabrictramp  |  talk to me  00:26, 24 July 2008 (UTC)


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