Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Albert Einstein Academy Charter 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. (non-admin closure) Tim Song (talk) 01:38, 13 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Albert Einstein Academy Charter School[edit]

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Non-notable K-8 school; no outside references. MelanieN (talk) 21:23, 6 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

BTW don't be misled by all the Google News hits about controversy over a proposed charter school named Albert Einstein Academy; those are for a different school in the Santa Clarita Valley. The school I am nominating for deletion is in San Diego. --MelanieN (talk) 21:31, 6 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

You can delete it if you want, but I just thought it would be notable because it was the first IB-authorized school in San Diego. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Legokid (talk • contribs) 23:19, 6 February 2010

Note: This debate has been included in the list of California-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 23:23, 6 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Schools-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 23:24, 6 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Keep, per rare/unique dual-language teaching method [1], IB status, and first IB school in locality. I'll improve the article in the coming days. See also articles mentioned here. davidwr/(talk)/(contribs)/(e-mail) 17:14, 8 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per davidwr. Tan | 39 17:26, 8 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Comment by nominator: davidwr has come up with some outside sources that may establish notability. Please do not close this discussion until he has had a chance to add that information into the article. I will work with him to see if he can bring the article up to Wikipedia standards. If he succeeds I will withdraw the nomination. --MelanieN (talk) 17:39, 8 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Comment I do not have time to improve the article before the AFD ends. If this isn't a clear "keep" or clear "delete" please consider erring on the side of caution and marking it as "keep, for now" or sending it to WP:INCUBATOR for improvement. All editors are encouraged to improve the article, please don't wait up for me. Personally, I still believe the article is worth keeping as-is, but it definitely could use expansion and clarification. davidwr/(talk)/(contribs)/(e-mail) 12:47, 11 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Keep per davidwr, this is possibly a good example of WP:BEFORE and how it can be applied. RFerreira (talk) 23:43, 8 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - clear claim to notability. TerriersFan (talk) 03:36, 10 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. Generally you want to avoid maintaining a elementary or middle school unless they are truly notable. All schools in this range are targets of the students vandalism and at that age, vandalism is about all they can "contribute." I watch a lot of middle schools. They are pain. Those of you who define them, then walk away, are the lucky ones. Student7 (talk) 14:50, 12 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Of course, that is merely your opinion. Wikipedia has zero policies or guidelines against maintaining articles that are high vandalism targets, and I'm extremely confident that an article would never be deleted based on its potential to attract vandalism. The solution for such articles is page protection, not deletion. Tan | 39 14:55, 12 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I doubt if that is the reasoning - since all high schools have articles, and they are even bigger targets for vandalism. I think the general feeling here (unofficial but generally accepted) is that high schools are automatically considered notable, whereas lower schools have to establish their notability (or else the encyclopedia would be overwhelmed with articles about every school in the world). Usually the coverage is all local, as it is in this case. But having stories in a major regional newspaper (again, like this one) is probably good enough for a lower school. --MelanieN (talk) 15:59, 12 February 2010 (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.