Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Valleyview Centennial School (Brandon, Manitoba)


 * 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 Brandon School Division. (non-admin closure) SST flyer 03:23, 23 April 2016 (UTC)

Valleyview Centennial School (Brandon, Manitoba)

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Does not meet WP:GNG or WP:NSCHOOL. Redirected, according to WP:SCHOOLOUTCOMES, but creator declined. ubiquity (talk) 14:11, 8 April 2016 (UTC)


 * To potential closers, please let this AFD run the standard course of a week and do not close before 15 April. As the article creator is a new editor, they may learn from this process and I have invited them to look for sources and to participate here. -- do  ncr  am  19:13, 8 April 2016 (UTC)


 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Manitoba-related deletion discussions. ubiquity (talk) 14:30, 8 April 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Schools-related deletion discussions. ubiquity (talk) 14:30, 8 April 2016 (UTC)


 * Comment. Hey let's try to make this constructive.  The creator of the article appears to be brand new to Wikipedia, and deserves some support, and it's not necessary to rush to crush a pretty innocent starter article about an elementary school.  Note there is no an emergency here, there is not a wp:BLP violation, and it really does not hurt anyone that the article exists.  It was started with "Valleyview Centennial school is an elementary school in Brandon, Manitoba. It is for grades K to 6", which is fine, right?  I mean no one contests the accuracy of that.
 * Okay then, what can be done? For one, the article could be improved.  Has the deletion nominator performed wp:BEFORE and looked for sources that might provide useable information?  We can at least attempt to look in on-line sources.  I wonder who has access to a literature search that includes newspapers of Canada and specifically of Manitoba.  To the creator, do you have other material to add?  In particular do you have anything published about the school, such as a history of it, or a history of the area which includes coverage of the school?
 * Second, the so-far-suggested alternative was to redirect the article to Brandon, Manitoba. The guideline (or essay?) wp:SCHOOLOUTCOMES does not dictate that that is the correct redirect target in this case.  Would a better alternative be possible?  Any related article could possibly be a redirect target or it could be a useful link to include in the article itself, if the article survives this process.  I think many elementary and middle school names often have been redirected to school district articles, where the school is mentioned.  The link target mentions 3 separate high schools;  perhaps one alternative is to mention the elementary school in the article for its high school, and to redirect to there.  The link target mentions a "Brandon School Division #40", what is that? -- do  ncr  am  18:52, 8 April 2016 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Keep Disk space is cheap. Let's not bite the newcomers, instead coach a little and find creative solutions.VanEman (talk) 22:41, 8 April 2016 (UTC)
 * Redirect to a new article, Brandon School Division . (ETA: It already exists.) There is no reason to have a separate article on this elementary school, and no individual notability is shown.--Milowent • hasspoken  00:20, 14 April 2016 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America1000 00:26, 16 April 2016 (UTC)
 * Redirect. I found nothing that comes close to meeting WP:GNG, and it fails WP:NSCHOOL. Per WP:SCHOOLOUTCOMES, a redirect is the most generous we can be. --Larry/Traveling_Man (talk) 04:39, 16 April 2016 (UTC)


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