Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/De Aston 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. Carioca 01:37, 15 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

De Aston School[edit]

Transfer from prod as we seems to not have a definitive consensus on schools. Original prod reason is Fails WP:ORG; no independent sources cited (other than a directory entry). Cf. also talk page." (User:B. Wolterding). -- KTC 01:34, 9 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Schools-related deletions. -- John Vandenberg 08:57, 9 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Delete, as it doesn't cite any sources to assert notability. The BBC link is not a source. --Darkwind (talk) 23:39, 9 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

*Keep - there is sufficient consensus here that secondary schools are notable. TerriersFan 18:28, 10 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Keep on the basis of the information shown in the improved article. Notable by any reasonable standard. DGG (talk) 21:50, 12 September 2007 (UTC) ~~Weak keep~~ There probably is a developing consensus that all secondary schools are notable because there would be something notable to say if enough work were done. ~~Very low quality articles like this won't help convince people, though.~~ DGG (talk) 22:39, 11 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

:*Comment - it was a poor article, I agree. However, as we discuss quite frequently, the test is not whether the article is any good now but whether the subject is notable, that is that there are sufficient secondary sources available to make a decent, encyclopaedic article. This school has plenty as any search will show. Having said that, I have now added some so that it clearly meets WP:N. TerriersFan 23:37, 11 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

V/Weak keep per DGG, wouldnt disagree to a merge. Twenty Years 08:02, 12 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Strong keep. It was originally a poor article which made no claims for notability. I've added some more info to the article. The school was founded in 1863. A brief Google search reveals pages of results (eg, many of the boys at the school lost their lives in WWII). The old headmaster's house, built in 1863, is a Grade II listed building. There is plenty more work which could be done. With such a long history there will be ample material available to expand the article. There is no doubting this school's notability. I just wish people would make more effort in the first place! Dahliarose 08:32, 12 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

In addition De Aston is one of only a handful (c. 20? maximum)of English state schools which takes boarders - another reason for its notability.

Strong keep - Multiple non-trivial sources have now been added. Taken with being a secondary school, with a sixth form, 150 years history, a state boarding school, and a listed building makes this an easy meet of WP:N. TerriersFan 20:46, 12 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep The article, as expanded, provides ample reliable and verifiable sources to satisfy the Wikipedia:Notability standard. Alansohn 22:16, 12 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per TerriersFAn, Alansohn and DGG. -- DS1953 ^talk 04:02, 14 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. Well referenced. Satisfies Wikipedia:Notability. Recheck WP:SCHOOLS. --SmokeyJoe 11:34, 14 September 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.