Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/West Rome High 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   keep. There is no support for deletion here (apart from the nominator) and while there is support for merging there is a rough consensus that the article is sufficiently notable to be kept. This does not prejudice however a consensus on the article talk page later reaching a decision on a merge. Davewild (talk) 10:40, 1 July 2012 (UTC)

West Rome High School

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Was dePRODED but still  fails to  address notiability  issues. Article needs to be about  a school, or about  its sports people, either way  it  needs more substantial  coverage by  WP:RS Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 08:09, 24 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Keep. The article is about a now-closed public high school. GNews reveals literally thousands of potential sources.  I added a few to start.  I can't see any reasonable argument that this subject is not notable under our current standards relating to school articles and under WP:GNG.--Arxiloxos (talk) 08:28, 24 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Schools-related deletion discussions. Arxiloxos (talk) 08:49, 24 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Georgia (U.S. state)-related deletion discussions. Arxiloxos (talk) 08:49, 24 June 2012 (UTC)


 * Merge to Rome High School. There's little chance that the current stub will be expanded. The best outcome would be to merge it. WP:WPSCH has discussed this before in regards to a different school (which is substantially more than a stub) at Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Schools/Archive_21. &tilde;danjel [ talk &#124; contribs ] 09:26, 24 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Keep- The school holds multiple state records; once notable, always so. Anyone have access to Zell Miller's May 30, 1980 speech there? Dru of Id (talk) 13:58, 24 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Keep per standard practice for high schools, which treats these community landmarks in the same way in which are cities, villages, rivers, professional athletes, etc. Under no circumstances should a high school piece ever be sent to PROD. Who thought that was a good idea?!?! Carrite (talk) 18:18, 24 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Actually, it has been prodded twice. Unscintillating (talk) 19:59, 24 June 2012 (UTC)


 * Keep Don't know why this was nominated, we don't spend time with high schools at AfD for the simple fact that they are easily sourced by local newspapers and government agencies.  And the high school here is not a small rural school, this is a high school with coverage in multiple books.  I don't think that this is a good merger target, but merger is more up to the people that are willing to do the work, than participants at an AfD.  Unscintillating (talk) 19:59, 24 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Keep High schools, even closed high schools, are notable and this school did win numerous awards. --Artene50 (talk) 21:51, 24 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Comment Can someone provide a good argument as to why this stub article of a school that closed ~20 years ago should not be merged into the article of the successor school? &tilde;danjel [ talk &#124; contribs ] 03:52, 25 June 2012 (UTC)
 * From my viewpoint, it is called factoring. Why should we have two bundled articles, when they have almost nothing in common but ancestry?  How would you handle the geo-coordinates for the three schools?  I did a merge recently, a "WP:BIO1E" merge that the AfD volunteers called for, so that now at  we find that "Mantell UFO Incident" was a birth in 1922.  In general, IMO Wikipedia has a problem with not knowing the difference between a stub and a short article.  But like I said, if you want to do the work, that is ok with me.  Unscintillating (talk) 04:25, 25 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Merger could be discussed in the normal course of editing, outside this AfD. I'm not adamantly opposed to a merger, but it would have to be substantive, not just a token redirect.  I disagree with the assertion that "There's little chance that the current stub will be expanded"; expansion has already started.  There actually is quite a bit that could be written about this school, which sources show was notable for demonstrated academic and athletic achievements and for its role in Rome's segregation and desegregation. Given the substantial sources that exist not only for West Rome High but also for the current Rome High's other predecessors, including East Rome High and Main High, I suspect that the end result could be a rather long article, maybe not suitable to keep as one.  In any event, discussing a merger of this type means a "keep" result for this AfD. --Arxiloxos (talk) 04:50, 25 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Fair enough, and yeah I agree that the content should be kept (and I have frequently stated so at WP:WPSCH and elsewhere). I'm not volunteering to do the merge, as I've still got Vaucluse High School and Rose Bay Secondary College to do, but perhaps Kudpung wants to do it. &tilde;danjel [ talk &#124; contribs ] 05:09, 25 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Strongly opposed to merge; still holds the (later tied) state record for four consecutive championships, unaddressed if total records (5) was or still is state record, and if it was, and later tied/exceeded, this school's closure prevented further accomplishments. It's four consecutive state titles were 59-1. While an achievement to include in our not-yet-available bio of Coach Nick Hyden, West Rome High School's 1968-1973 were at least 6 consective other winning seasons (63-12-3 84%), his first 6 seasons; he would later win 200th game in state-record 20 seasons, though mainly associated with Valdosta High School, retired after 28 seasons (winningest in Georgia history?) , and for whom FL/GA all-star game named.


 * If Rome High School later titles and 6th title makes/ties record, it will be with an asterisk* of it's West Rome heritage. Dru of Id (talk) 14:55, 25 June 2012 (UTC)


 * Merge - while we normally keep such articles at AfD, this school is defunct and has merged in real life with the other HS in Rome. This is a sensible outcome. Bearian (talk) 00:31, 28 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Keep. Consensus is that all verifiable secondary schools are notable. The fact it is defunct is irrelevant. -- Necrothesp (talk) 12:16, 28 June 2012 (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.