Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Lincoln Elementary School (Oakland, California)

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 --Mike Cline (talk) 18:00, 12 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Lincoln Elementary School (Oakland, California)[edit]

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Typical elementary school, with no indication of notability. Elementary school articles are usually redirected to a collective article about the school district, in this case Oakland Unified School District, which has a list of elementary schools at List of Oakland California elementary schools, which includes mention of this school. Edison (talk) 21:07, 26 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

CommentLack of notability is the basis for most deletions in AFDs. Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Common outcomes# Education says "Most elementary and middle schools that don't source a clear claim to notability are now getting merged or redirected in AfD, with high schools being kept except where they fail verifiability. Schools that don't meet the standard typically get merged or redirected to the school district that operates them (North America) or the lowest level locality (elsewhere) rather than being completely removed from the encyclopedia." That seems appropriate here. Edison (talk) 05:32, 28 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of California-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 00:36, 29 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Schools-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 00:37, 29 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect to Oakland Unified School District per usual practice for elementary schools. --MelanieN (talk) 04:23, 1 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:56, 2 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. Receipt of the US federal government Distinguished Schools award, which is documented in a third-party reliable source, is a claim to notability that is probably stronger (because of its rarity) than the Blue Ribbon School designation that has long been deemed to be a basis for keeping articles about individual schools that received it. --Orlady (talk) 15:57, 2 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per Orlady's statement that this school has received a rarer award than schools that have received the Blue Ribbon School designation. Because all Blue Ribbon schools are deemed notable, a school that has received the more prestigious Distinguished Schools award should also be deemed notable and thus kept. Cunard (talk) 23:42, 11 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect per normal practice and note the award at the school district article. Beeblebrox (talk) 04:55, 12 February 2011 (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.