Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Howard County Public Schools

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The result was nomination withdrawn. PhilKnight (talk) 21:35, 25 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Howard County Public Schools[edit]

Wikipedia is not a directory. PhilKnight (talk) 18:53, 25 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Maryland-related deletion discussions. —Eastmain (talk) 19:38, 25 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Schools-related deletion discussions. —Eastmain (talk) 19:38, 25 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. School districts are inherently notable. RS coverage usually can be found about them. Besides, they are where non-notable schools get merged/redirected. • Gene93k (talk) 19:46, 25 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

If this was an encyclopedic article about Howard County Public Schools, then I would agree with you. But, at the moment, it's nothing more than a list of phone numbers and external links. PhilKnight (talk) 19:53, 25 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Keep if this article can be improved beyond a mere telephone directory. Which Wikipedia is not. JBsupreme (talk) 20:33, 25 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Keep, but revise per WP:EL and WP:NOT#DIR. We do generally keep articles about school districts, especially so we don't have articles about every elementary and middle school in them. Yes, this is a WP:USEFUL argument. --Dhartung | Talk 20:54, 25 July 2008 (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.