Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/South Fremont High School

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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. Jbeach sup 20:33, 20 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] South Fremont High School

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little context, wikipedia not a directory Phgao 15:38, 16 October 2007 (UTC)

  • Speedy Keep It is a high school article that was just created today give the article author some time to create the article TonyBallioni 15:41, 16 October 2007 (UTC)
  • Well considering AfDs last for around 5 days, the closing admin will see then, I guess. Phgao 15:48, 16 October 2007 (UTC)
  • High Schools are usually kept. This article was created about twenty minutes ago and since it is a high school should be kept to let the author create the article. If it were an middle or elementary school it would be different case. TonyBallioni 15:55, 16 October 2007 (UTC)
  • There are a number of high school pages with very little data, (example Firth High School) and as such, I see no reason to delete it. If you feel so compelled, you could delete it, but I see no reason why. If I had access to more information, I would put it in there. In addition, the main reason I added it is because I live here, and there were some other pages that would link to it. Lord Kyler 16:23, 16 October 2007 (UTC)
  • Comment to Lord Kyler Could you possibly add more information that will add to the notability, from reliable sources? I have to say, though, eight minutes is the fastest I've seen from creation to Afd.--Sethacus 17:02, 16 October 2007 (UTC)
  • Here you see the problem: with so many non-notable schools having their articles, ones who do have a reason to get included might get deleted. So, we have to inforce the same standards as for other articles. Failing that, we should allow every school in the world to be on wikipedia, like towns and villages.--victor falk 17:43, 16 October 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete CSD/A7: no claim of notability. Wikipedia is not a indiscriminate collection of yellow pages entries about schools. That goes for high schools too. --victor falk 17:32, 16 October 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep I think we should let the article's authors work on it more before we can conclude anything about the subject's notability. — Ksero 17:38, 16 October 2007 (UTC)
  • Speed Keep — AfD-ing a potentially legitimate article on the same day it was created is absurd. Virtually every article would fail notability requirements under those conditions. — RJH (talk) 19:12, 16 October 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep Give it time to grow. Almost all mainstream American public high schools can be proven notable with a little research. South Fremont caught the attention of the ACLU in 1992 for displaying a nativity scene. It also raised a few eyebrows in 1993 for holding its graduation ceremony at a Mormon college. Plus, the school is the alma mater of Outland Trophy winner and NFL player Jason Buck. [1] Zagalejo^^^ 20:30, 16 October 2007 (UTC) Zagalejo^^^ 20:30, 16 October 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete WP:NOT#DIR Carter | Talk to me 20:35, 16 October 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete We don't need an article on every school in America. Just because a thousand similar articles haven't been deleted yet is no reason to keep.--Bedivere 21:13, 16 October 2007 (UTC)
  • I intended just to start this article and let it expand, perhaps people like Zagalejo could help expand it. I also believe that he's right, but, if you want to delete, go ahead, I don't mind. And to Bedivere, maybe we don't, but maybe somebody is looking for information on some school in America. Lord Kyler 21:24, 16 October 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep. The recently-added controversy section establishes a degree of notability. Cosmo0 17:56, 17 October 2007 (UTC)
  • Strong Keep based on precedent that large public high schools are notable per se, and per WP:OUTCOMES. Bearian 21:40, 17 October 2007 (UTC)
  • Speedy keep. I agree with TonyBallioni and RJHall that, with rare exceptions, articles should not be nominated for deletion on the day they were written. When they are, the response should be different, hence my vote to speedy keep. Zagalejo has already shown that this high school is notable. I also think it's fine to have articles on many high schools, just as paper encyclopedias have articles on many countries. Wikipedia isn't a paper encyclopedia and isn't bound by the space limitations of most encyclopedias. Valerius 01:41, 18 October 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep Almost all high schools are probably notable if sufficient work is done, and thus would justify us in simply saying they all are, and avoiding these debates. This article is one of those that shows it--the two separate religious controversies are sufficient for notability. And one clearly notable alumnus. Probably more to say if they keep at it.DGG (talk) 11:15, 20 October 2007 (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.