Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Hedgesville 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. Nominator withdrew the nomination. No support for deletion. Orlady (talk) 04:24, 22 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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No indication of notability. A typical vandalism subject, the entire verifiability of the article is questioned. -Michaelzeng7 (talk - contribs) 21:09, 21 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
- Keep The overwhelming result of AFDs in recent years (though not included in the relevant notability guideline WP:ORG) has been to keep articles for verifiable high schools. The real question, then, is the nominator's concern that the high school's existence is unverifiable. The existence of this high school can be verified by checking Google Book search, which gives the history of the Hedgesville high school back to construction of the first high school building there in 1866, replaced by newer buildings in 1884 and 1926: [1] Another book states that President G.W. Bush spoke there:[2]. Google News archive has a number of stories which also verify the school's existence: [3],[4], [5], [6], [7], [8]. Additionally, the school has a webpage:[9] which can be used to detect vandal edits which differ from what is presented there. The fact that the article gets vandalize is not a ground for deletion, but rather for watchlisting it and reverting the vandalism, or possible for some degree of protection for the article. I have removed some puffery about several students which lacked reliable secondary sources. Edison (talk) 21:48, 21 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
- Very good points, the article seemed to be in a vandalized state, which is probably why I was concerned. Add some references to these sources to verify and the article would be great. Withdraw this nomination. ---Michaelzeng7 (talk - contribs) 00:42, 22 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
- Keep per Edison. The school's existence is noted in several reliable sources, high schools are considered notable by AfD precedent, and "A typical vandalism subject" is not a reason for deletion. TheCatalyst31 Reaction•Creation 23:41, 21 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
- Speedy Keep. Per WP:OUTCOMES#Schools: "Most independently accredited degree-awarding institutions and high schools are being kept except when zero independent sources can be found to prove that the institution actually exists.". I don't believe the exception applies here, as the school is listed on West Virginia's Department of Education's website. The article does need work though and should be tagged with the appropriate problems. Edison has taken a great first step by locating a number of sources. -- Sailing to Byzantium (msg), 01:45, 22 February 2012 (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.