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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. MelanieN (talk) 22:47, 11 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Dayton City School[edit]

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Does not meet WP:NORG. Small school district with one school. Sources are self-published (the school website) and a database entry. No in-depth independent coverage. MB 06:19, 26 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Comment: I'm in the process of having my access to Newspapers.com renewed, so hopefully I can look for published sources ASAP. The notability of school districts is based upon Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Common_outcomes#School_districts which states: ""Populated, legally-recognized places" include school districts, which conveys near-inherent notability to school districts per Wikipedia:Notability (geography)" (this would be the same principle why an incorporated municipality with a few people is still considered to be notable).
  • "Populated, legally recognized places are typically presumed to be notable, even if their population is very low. Even abandoned places can be notable, because notability encompasses their entire history. Census tracts and other locations not commonly recognized as a place are not presumed to be notable. WP:GNIS and GEONet Names Server do not satisfy the "legal recognition" requirement and are unreliable for "populated place" designation.[1][2]"
WhisperToMe (talk) 06:37, 26 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Keep as I am now finding reliable sources. WhisperToMe (talk) 16:14, 7 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Comment I'm fine with WhisperToMe's reasoning; I just want to note that the article name is currently Dayton City School, whereas the database entry lists just Dayton, implying the name to be Dayton School District or something of the like. Iseult Δx parlez moi 06:47, 26 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep - This is a school district (see this). And the title appears to be correct. As WtM said, school districts are NGEO notable. This isn't unique or even that unusual. Illinois has dozens of single school districts. 174.212.228.60 (talk) 07:47, 30 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    That is not correct. NGEO says school districts are presumed to be notable. That means probably, but not necessarily. If there are insufficient sources to establish notability and write more than a stub, we don't have to have a separate article. If Illinois has dozens of single school districts, any with just minimal information like in this one could be listed in a table in List of small school districts in Illinois or something like that. MB 16:19, 30 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    • @MB: I found some sources about the 1951 school fire and a 1952 rebuilding. WhisperToMe (talk) 16:38, 7 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, MaxnaCarter (talk) 11:03, 3 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

  • Keep Per the IP. I am not aware of any policy that requires us to merge the content to another article. Scorpions13256 (talk) 18:32, 5 June 2022 (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.
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