Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Lackawanna Trail 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. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 01:48, 5 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Lackawanna Trail High School

A non-notable school that's only claim to notability is they managed to graduate a future Senator. However, whilst some High Schools are certainly notable, that derring-do, being its only apparent claim to distinction, fails the standard set out at, inter alia WP:N. For further detail about general notability as it pertains to High Schools specifically, interested editors can consult (and weigh in on) the extensive back and forth archived at the (stalled) debate at WP:SCHOOL Eusebeus 23:56, 31 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Pennsylvania-related deletions. -- Eastmain 01:44, 1 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. The article includes references, albeit unexciting ones. --Eastmain 01:44, 1 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep State sports championship, plus two distinguished congressional representatives, all backed up with reliable and verifiable sources, establishes notability per WP:N and even per the WP:SCHOOLS standard. Alansohn 02:26, 1 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Schools-related deletions. -- Butseriouslyfolks 02:50, 1 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - Significant high school with the necessary multiple sources to meet WP:N. TerriersFan 03:24, 1 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Comment If there are enough sports, and enough divisions for schools of different sizes, in enough time all schools will become notable. DGG 04:42, 1 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Keep passes several parts of the school debate, as well as WP:N.--Wizardman 13:15, 1 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Comment: Articles such as this raise the bigger question of all the school articles. They are harmless as keepers, I suppose, but often amount amount to little more than vanity pieces. The notable alumni can have their own article. This particular article began as a "Db" style article and was improved by some good research. This is an exception rather than the rule and leaves vanity pieces that editors are reluctant to try and remove. --Stormbay 17:55, 3 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- Reply This article is typical of most high schools and their articles; There are ample sources available to demonstrate notability, but the individuals -- often students -- who create most of these articles have no idea what an acceptable Wikipedia article entails. I hate having to do this under the gun, but an overwhelming percentage of stub articles for high schools have been successfully expanded with relative ease to demonstrate notability using ample reliable and verifiable sources to demonstrate notability per WP:N. Contrary to the nominator's assertion, most high schools are notable. Alansohn 18:52, 3 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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