Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Lowell High School (Michigan)

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The result was keep. (non-admin closure) Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:09, 26 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Lowell High School (Michigan)

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~~Not really notable, relies on external links too much, poorly written. cymru lass ^{(hit me up)}⁄_{(background check)} 00:58, 19 June 2010 (UT~~C)

There's a longstanding consensus that high schools are notable. The rest of it can be fixed with regular editing.—S Marshall T/C 01:02, 19 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - As S Marshall indicated, there is a clear longstanding consensus in Wikipedia that secondary educational institutions are notable. It serves no purpose to flesh out the inclusion standards of every one of the tens of thousands of such schools in the world except to use up editors' time and resources when they could be better served creating and improving articles. Poorly written articles are reasons to improve them through editing. --Oakshade (talk) 02:39, 19 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per Oakshade and S Marshall. Secondary level schools are usually considered notable. With that in mind being badly written is a reason to improve. Pit-yacker (talk) 14:41, 19 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Michigan-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 15:28, 19 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Schools-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 15:28, 19 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Per what's been stated above, high schools are considered notable; the reliance on external links and the poor writing are reasons for cleanup, not deletion. TheCatalyst31 ^{Reaction•Creation} 19:25, 19 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Keep High schools are generally considered notable - the article does need significant revisions though. Hash789 (talk) 16:14, 20 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - multiple state championships underscore notability. Plenty of sources available to meet WP:ORG. TerriersFan (talk) 19:13, 21 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Strong keep - it meets every single one of my standards for notability of high schools. I did a bit of cleanup. Bearian (talk) 00:46, 22 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Changed my vote to keep. I've seen what the above have written and am instead moving that someone do a cleanup of the article. --- cymru lass ^{(hit me up)}⁄_{(background check)} 00:56, 22 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
KeepAs stated above Schools have been held to be notable Jsgoodrich (talk) 06:57, 23 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Keep The consensus of the community has been established in countless AFDs that public high schools are notable. Elementary schools, tiny unnoted private high schools or someone's "Home High School" would not enjoy that presumption of notability. This should be included in WP:ORG to discourage pointless AFD nominations which all end in "Keep." Edison (talk) 18:45, 23 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Comment I strongly disagree with the idea that all high schools are notable and I would very much wish for this faux-notability standard to change in the future. Being a high school is not a free pass to inclusion. If a high school isn't in its own way significant, (ie: if we can't report more than its mascot, student/teacher ratio, sports teams, or any other features that all high schools have) then we have no business including it. Them From Space 20:19, 25 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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.