Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Hampstead 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 (closed by non-admin) as per consensus and a cleanup/rewrite by TerriersFan and Dahliarose. RMHED (talk) 23:13, 18 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hampstead School

This primary school and vandalism magnet is not notable, unless it really does have 9,000 students. I don't think anything on the page is for real. AnteaterZot (talk) 09:03, 17 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Delete According to the school's website, they only have 1,289 students ranging in age from 11 to 18. Their inspection report notes that it "is a larger than average school with a large sixth form. It has held technology college status since 1997 and has been an extended school since September 2005." So the article appears to be a mix of real info and BS. Still, agreed, the school is not notable, and doesn't meet WP:Notability. Collectonian (talk) 09:15, 17 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Oh crud, then it is a heavily vandalized secondary school, and may well be notable. AnteaterZot (talk) 09:46, 17 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- So far no dice in finding any articles showing notability. It seems to be an overcrowded, bully-rich school with high staff turnover and a glossy website. There are numerous other schools called Hampstead School, including an ESL school also in Camden. AnteaterZot (talk) 09:56, 17 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Schools-related deletions. —Camaron1 | Chris 14:03, 17 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per nom. Maybe if Icould see through the spam I would see a shred of potential, but I can't even do that. CRGreathouse (t | c) 16:06, 17 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. I think the nominator has misunderstood the article. The school is not a primary school but a secondary school. It is a specialist Technology College, and is one of the few UK schools which belongs to the CISCO Networking Academy. It also has Sadie Frost as one of its alumni. The school was founded in the nineteenth century and hence ample material will be available from local history sources to write a good account of the school's history. Notability is already demonstrated. The article needs improvement and references not deletion. Dahliarose (talk) 16:16, 17 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I've now added some additional material and a few references. The school easily satisfies WP:N, and there is plenty more material available for further expansion. Dahliarose (talk) 01:31, 18 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

And I've added some more. Little searching has produced plenty of good material - how the nomination says "So far no dice in finding any articles showing notability" baffles me. TerriersFan (talk) 03:08, 18 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Quite agree. The school now has an impressive collection of alumni too and I think there will be plenty more. Dahliarose (talk) 16:26, 18 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Keep Clearly a misunderstood nomination. This is not a primary school. Nom fails to persuade. Article does persuade. Its thin but notable. Needs work not this debate. Victuallers (talk) 18:49, 17 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - groundless nomination; this is not a primary school it is a substantial high school with 145 years of history. Clearly notable. TerriersFan (talk) 21:39, 17 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Reliable and verifiable sources provided satisfy the Wikipedia:Notability standard. Vandalism is an extremely poor excuse for deletion, and other than that there's nothing of consequence (or accuracy) in the nomination that would justify deletion under Wikipedia policy for this secondary school. Alansohn (talk) 23:01, 17 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep School notable. References have been provided. Agree with above keep comments. LordHarris (talk) 08:23, 18 November 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.