Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Melbourn Village College

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 wub "?!" 10:15, 18 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Melbourn Village College[edit]

Not actually a college, or even a high school. Does not meet notability requirements. --Daniel J. Leivick 21:39, 12 August 2007 (UTC) Daniel J. Leivick 21:39, 12 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

What is your definition of High School? And please could you specify which notability requirements it should, but doesn't meet? This is a large secondary school covering a large part of Cambridgeshire. Tiddly Tom 21:58, 12 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

In US terms this is a high school. TerriersFan 00:57, 18 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Schools-related deletions. -- Bduke 22:15, 12 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of England-related deletions. -- Bduke 22:16, 12 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I don't understand these debates. It is clear that 2ndary schools are notable. Wikipedia defines [[secondary school]s. It takes the same amount of time to improve these articles as to debate their ambiguous notability. The article now has a ref and has lost a template. Your choice is whether to reply to this note or contribute to the school article. Go om! help them! Victuallers 22:28, 12 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Weak delete This is equivalent to a high school in the American sense. There is no consensus that all secondary schools are notable, and saying there is will not make it so until people here generally agree, which they clearly do not. That's what consensus means. They are notable if there is something distinctive worth of attention from outside the school, and the school dress code and the injunctions to pick up litter and keep left in the hall are not notable. (so many school article seem to emphasise the dress codes--it does give something to say when there is no other content, but I can not see why it is of encyclopedic interest except to the students, the parents, and the local shops.) In this case the notability is one professional athlete alumnus. There's no fixed guideline here but I think that one individual alumnus unless extraordinarily famous would not be enough. But if it's thought enough, or if he is considerer famous enough, then it might be notable. DGG (talk) 04:01, 13 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Weak Delete - I did minor cleanup on it thinking it was a college, but looking at the age group served, I saw otherwise. Delete unless sources are provided that show coverage Corpx 06:23, 13 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep School article is immature and could develop. The link for instance to this "type of school" being unusual has not been emphasised - see Village College is not clearly made yet. Other opportunities may also be available. Victuallers 08:28, 13 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Fledgling secondary school article. Scribble Monkey 11:30, 13 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Weak keep per above discussion, as a good starting stub. Not yet at the Heymann standard. Bearian 17:21, 13 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - I thought it was recognised that Secondary Schools were notable. Though the terminology used is different (conforming to Cambridgeshire practice), it clearly is one. The article is poor, but that is a reason for tagging it for expansion, not one for deleting it. Peterkingiron 22:50, 13 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - The article needs improvement, but what stub doesn't. There is already one notable alumnus listed and a reasonable amount of information for a stub. -- DS1953 ^talk 22:38, 15 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - As per above disscusion. Tiddly Tom 20:22, 17 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - perfectly notable high school. The question is not whether notability is presently in the article but whether there are enough sources to make a notable article. In common with other high schools, there are. Keep and tag for expansion is the way to go not delete. TerriersFan 00:56, 18 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.