Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Henry S. West Laboratory 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. Wizardman 22:14, 10 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Henry S. West Laboratory School[edit]

non notable elementary school. Elementary schools do not generally have inherent notability, and this one only has light assertions of notability (otherwise it would be speedied). ⇒ SWATJester ^{Denny Crane.} 01:40, 5 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I'm the creator of this article. I actually created it a long time ago when I was making up the whole district and was planning on making an article for every school, that died quickly and so, I'm abstaining from voting, but have a positive lean towards this and the other nominations related to this one. -- SmthManly / ^ManlyTalk / ^{ManlyContribs} 01:44, 5 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Keep - this school is situated on the University of Miami campus and collaborates with the University on projects with a 'Professor in Residence'; certainly a notable arrangement for an elementary school if not unique. TerriersFan 01:47, 5 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Schools-related deletions. —TerriersFan 02:03, 5 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep for this one on the basis of the lab school. SmithManly, why not withdraw the other articles are merge the contents into an article for the district, a you originally planned. It would save a good deal of trouble here.DGG (talk) 06:00, 6 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep/Merge- Why not create an article about the district itself, and have sections for each school, including this one. Neranei ^T/C 16:24, 6 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

..note this afd has been listed at Wikipedia:Watch/schoolwatch/Schools for deletion archive Gnan garra 06:58, 8 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Delete insufficiently notable to warrant an article per my views on the subject. Could be happily merged to a comprehensive article on the school district if anyone cares enough. Eusebeus 15:12, 8 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. Ordinarily I would suppose this should be merged, but there is sufficient third party sources to sustain an article on its own. Burntsauce 18:22, 8 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep The school offers a unique program and curriculum, and the article makes explicit claims of notability supported by multiple independent reliable and verifiable sources to satisfy the Wikipedia:Notability standard. User:Eusebeus/School Notability makes the baseless claims that "A school is notable only if it has attained some distinction for something other than its normal operation as a school." [emphasis in original] and that the notability standard does not apply to schools. Consensus is clear that schools are notable specifically for their achievements as schools, and the consensus seems clear here that this school satisfies the notability standard, and that all other articles that provide similar backup for a school's accomplishments as a school -- including notable alumni, awards and honors, offering of different degrees (such as the International Baccalaureate) or achievements in sports -- are notable, as well. Alansohn 06:16, 9 August 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.