Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Plymouth South 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. Consensus seemed to have moved toward retaining this as a separate article after it was expanded and sourced. — TKD::Talk 05:33, 19 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Plymouth South High School (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View log)

Non notable high school Rackabello 02:28, 14 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep Merge into larger article- What makes this high school any less notable than Duxbury High School or Monson High School? If you're going to delete this, you'll have to go through a lot of small high school articles and delete them all. Raime 02:33, 14 August 2007 (UTC) - See below[reply]
  • Comment there's no assertion or valid claim of notability, to my knowledge this school hasn't won any national awards and nothing has happened there that has received major press coverage, not all schools are notable. Schools can't be speedied per WP:CSD, but if this were about any other organization, it would be an A7 speedy deletion candidate. Rackabello 02:38, 14 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    • This article's creation was needed in order to remove all redlinks from Plymouth, Massachusetts article, Would it be appropriate to create at Plymouth, Massachusetts school district article in place of individual school articles? Raime 02:54, 14 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    • However, doesn't the existence of a large technical school warrant notability? This is very unusual for most Massachusetts towns.
• Delete per Don't throw more filth into the already filthy pond. Having one article on a non-notable subject doesn't mean you can have hundreds more! Chase me ladies, I'm the Cavalry 03:12, 14 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • No, but it means if you delete one, you must delete them all. Anyways, I thimk I will merge all Plymouth schools into one article about the school district. This is already performed in several Massachusetts towns. Raime 03:17, 14 August 2007 (UTC
    • Well, it doesn't - "The status of articles on other similar topics has no bearing on a particular article.". Chase me ladies, I'm the Cavalry 04:22, 15 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

*Comment - I've decided to merge this article with Plymouth North High School (which is even less notable) into one article that covers the entire school district, similar to Hingham School District. The articles are clearly not notable enough to satnd alone. Would anyone not give consent to close this discussion in order for this issue to be resolved? Raime 03:27, 14 August 2007 (UTC) Never mind, I think this article now meets notability standards, and there is no reason to merge. Raime 01:34, 18 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Schools-related deletions. -- Bduke 09:22, 14 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Merge to Plymouth Public Schools per Raime. The school(s) are probably not notable enough on their own, so would be better as a school district article. Camaron1 | Chris 10:47, 14 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

• Changing my mind to Keep. The article now better meets guidelines, making a short term merge no longer appropriate, and after a search the school appears notable. Camaron1 | Chris 20:13, 18 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

• Merge and redirect into Plymouth Public Schools. VanTucky ^(talk) 19:52, 14 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Merge and redirect to Plymouth Public Schools as suggested. Burntsauce 20:30, 14 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete There is a continual flow of non notable school articles and we need to deal with them in a consistent manner.--Stormbay 02:27, 15 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Merge was going to say "keep" but merging seems reasonable... --Jayron32|talk|contribs 04:31, 15 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Merge with the Plymouth schools article until better sources turn up. RFerreira 07:42, 15 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment personally, I'm tired of debating these articles, and would be perfectly willing to accept that high schools will in general be notable if sufficient work is done on them, if it can also be accepted that this is not true for primary and intermediate schools. This is similar to the policies on highways, and villages, and much else. I think the discusssion should be reopened so we can concentrate on more important problems. DGG (talk) 23:55, 15 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

  I agree with your general idea, if not all of your points about what should be considered notable. This nonsense of having to start the debate over again for each and every educational AFD is a waste of time. VanTucky ^(talk) 00:03, 16 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

• Hold - I have begun working with another editor to improve this article. I've begun to add references, and also wrote a preliminary History section. This should take a few days, but opefully when completed this will meet high school notability standards. Raime 03:08, 17 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep - This article has now had a major revamp, and includes alumni, history, and expanded technical school sections. It also cites 4 references. I think it now meets notability requirements, so there is no longer a need to merge with the school district article. Raime 22:16, 18 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

• Comment - I have just added a new section, also. TerriersFan 23:17, 18 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep as per Jimbos comments on this --roy<sac> ^Talk! .oOo. 03:37, 17 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep - perfectly notable high school. The question is not whether notability is presently in the article but whether there are enough sources to make a notable article. In common with other high schools, there are. Keep and tag for expansion is the way to go not delete. TerriersFan 00:43, 18 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep, solid article, no substantive issues. Christopher Parham (talk) 05:09, 19 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep As expanded, the article provides the reliable and verifiable sources needed to satisfy the [{Wikipedia:Notability]] standard. Alansohn 05:18, 19 August 2007 (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.