Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Belleville Mennonite 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.. The nomination was withdrawn and there are no outstanding delete !votes. TerriersFan (talk) 22:27, 9 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Belleville Mennonite School[edit]

~~Delete~~ Keep - unremarkable school -Zeus-^u_c 18:43, 9 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - unbelievably this was Prodded 1 minute after creation whilst it was still being written. No way can the nominator have followed the WP:BEFORE procedures. The school contains a high school and sources are available to meet WP:ORG. This should be given a reasonable chance. TerriersFan (talk) 19:04, 9 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

First line of WP:ORG:

An organization is generally considered notable if it has been the subject of significant coverage in reliable, independent secondary sources.

Now, it may just be me, but I don't see any of that in the article. I did a google search, and didn't find much. As far as your WP:BEFORE argument, that can be addressed with the same. -Zeus-^u_c 19:20, 9 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

This is the first article by a new editor and it was proposed for deletion whilst it was being written. What impression does that give of Wikipedia? No wonder new users often feel bitten. A more constructive approach would have been to tag the page for improvement and given the creator guidance; it could have been proposed for deletion if notability could not, after a reasonable time, been demonstrated. TerriersFan (talk) 20:05, 9 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Fair enough, I'll remember that in the future. But do you see a chance of notability ever being asserted? I couldn't really find anything. -Zeus-^u_c 20:06, 9 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Schools-related deletion discussions. —TerriersFan (talk) 19:58, 9 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Keep In practice, it has almost always been possible to find information showing the notability of all high schools. Hence our reasonable practice of not nominating them for deletion, because it isn't worth the fuss for the 10% or so that might not be. They are invariably major community institutions, and this would especially be the case for a specialised community like this. DGG (signed by -Zeus-)

Thank for the explanation. -Zeus-^u_c 21:22, 9 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Keep Notability: the school is notable due to the controversy regarding higher education (higher than eighth grade!!) in the Amish Mennonite and plainer Mennonite church communities which it served at its founding. This historical theme, however, should be more clearly developed in the article, though it may take the student writers more time to do so. EdK (talk) 21:40, 9 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Speedy close as withdrawn by nom. LinguistAtLarge • Msg 22:19, 9 February 2009 (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.