Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Westland Middle School (2nd nomination)


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The result was redirect to Montgomery County Public Schools (Maryland).  Sandstein  18:35, 21 June 2018 (UTC)

Westland Middle School
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This page was passed at AfD once before, but I believe the community's understanding of notability as it applies to schools has changed. The claim of notability in the previous AfD hinged on the fact that an alumni is (was) the president of Chile. Current understanding of notability as it applies to schools (and elsewhere) is that WP:INHERIT says that just because someone clearly notable was at one time associated with the organization, that does not transfer to the organization. There isn't enough independent sourcing in detail to support WP:GNG, and the assumption of same that we normally apply to secondary schools does not apply to lower schools. Of course, I would be fine with a redirect to the district or an appropriate list article. John from Idegon (talk) 16:01, 14 June 2018 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Schools-related deletion discussions.  CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 16:11, 14 June 2018 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Education-related deletion discussions.  CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 16:11, 14 June 2018 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Maryland-related deletion discussions.  CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 16:11, 14 June 2018 (UTC)


 * Redirect to Montgomery County Public Schools (Maryland). Looking at the previous AfD back in 2015, it does seem that the entire case for inclusion rested on the alumi subject matter discussed in the nomination. I was a bit on the fence with this, namely as some could argue with some reason that it could be said the school is more notable than others for that reason. In saying that, I accept the viewpoint and statement taken from WP:INHERIT which reasonably states that the organisation can't be considered sufficiently notable wholly on this alone. I don't think understanding on notability has changed at all since the last AfD, but I do think the votes provided last time to keep were weak and without any substance pertaining to the article itself. Bungle (talk • contribs) 18:28, 14 June 2018 (UTC)
 * Redirect and merge some content. Few middle schools are notable, and WP:INHERIT applies to the coverage of this school. — BillHPike (talk, contribs) 04:03, 16 June 2018 (UTC)
 * Redirect per above - 3 years ago all high schools were deemed notable and closed as such, 3 years later things changed and that's no longer the case, I'm not seeing any sort of evidence of notability here so redirect. – Davey 2010 Talk 15:01, 16 June 2018 (UTC)
 * A middle school isn't a high school though, it would need more notability beyond existence. I'm okay with expanding the role of the middle school in the district article to a section or paragraph. AngusWOOF  ( bark  •  sniff ) 16:12, 21 June 2018 (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.