Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Pike School


 * 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   redirect to Andover, Massachusetts. Nakon 03:10, 11 April 2015 (UTC)

The Pike School

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Not a high school, so it has no presumption of notability. Fails WP:ORG, the applicable notability standard for a private school. John from Idegon (talk) 17:55, 2 April 2015 (UTC)
 * Comment. The nominator is correct that this prep school goes only to grade 9 and thuse doesn't qualify for our usual presumption of high school notability.  HighBeam turns up quite a few sources about the school, including some that might be taken as evidence that it's an elite, notable school, such as .  And here's a news article that explicitly refers to it as "prestigious" and "elite", although it does so in the context of reporting an accusation of sexual abuse by a teacher.  I'm on the fence about whether this is quite enough; it wouldn't take too much more, though. --Arxiloxos (talk) 22:49, 2 April 2015 (UTC)
 * Thanks for finding those, but I disagree on their utility as notability sources. Two of the five were not directly about the school but more about prep schools in general. The two sex abuse stories may go a bit further, but until the situation resolves, we cannot use them due to blp concerns and NOTNEWS. The story on oratory is great and should be added to the article. The biggest problem is they are all out if Boston, which is essentially local. They do nothing toward satisfying ORG. John from Idegon (talk) 23:43, 2 April 2015 (UTC)
 * Delete. I have this page on my watchlist. I think you're right that this page on that basis is not notable, even with the news story and the information that's about it. Even looking at it, there's not much to be put on Wikipedia about it besides the speech team, so I would say this doesn't warrant a page at all. It's already on stub and low class in two or three WikiProjects. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mechanic1c (talk • contribs) 19:18, 3 April 2015 (UTC)
 * Redirect to its locality per long-standing precedent as documented at OUTCOMES.--Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 09:23, 5 April 2015 (UTC)
 * I change my mind. I think you're right on that idea Mechanic1c (talk) 15:34, 6 April 2015 (UTC)


 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Massachusetts-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 16:13, 4 April 2015 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Schools-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 16:13, 4 April 2015 (UTC)


 * Redirect per longstanding consensus at AfD regarding the treatment of ordinary primary schools. Carrite (talk) 17:23, 10 April 2015 (UTC)
 * 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.