Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Turtle Rock Elementary 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 Delete -Djsasso (talk) 21:09, 30 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Turtle Rock Elementary School[edit]

Article is about a non-notable elementary school. GreenGourd (talk) 01:46, 22 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Per nom not notable and no references. Alexfusco⁵ 01:47, 22 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Delete article that's been neglected since at least January '07, when it became something for a guy named Phelan to play with when bored. Will Ferrell did grow up in Irvine, California, but questionable whether he ever actually went to Turtle Rock. No longer useful, if indeed it ever was. Someday, I'm sure someone else will create an article about the school. Mandsford (talk) 03:37, 22 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - We don't delete articles because they're vandalism targets. This article is as notable as any other stub-class elementary school article and it should be placed at Wikiproject:Schools with a request for help before its put up for AfD. This one already has the proper templates and would just be more work for someone else if it was hastily deleted. Cumulus Clouds (talk) 18:25, 22 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The reason this is a vandalism target is because nobody at Turtle Rock school, or anywhere else, cares enough to keep it clean. A review of the history of the article in the last 12 months shows that this article is not more than a kid having fun. Sure you can volunteer to clean it up... but, like a kid's room, it will soon become a mess again. Logically, the school would maintain the article. But if they don't do it, do you have time to do that? I certainly don't. Mandsford (talk) 21:44, 22 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

So have it protected, put it on your watchlist or clean it up yourself. If you don't care enough to do it, leave it for somebody else. Vandalism is not a reason to delete an article. Cumulus Clouds (talk) 01:15, 23 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

See, you don't care about this article either. Yes, it's a mess, but "leave it for somebody else". That says it all. Mandsford (talk) 13:21, 23 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I cleaned up the article yesterday. Cumulus Clouds (talk) 18:34, 23 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Keep, changing prior delete vote, based on the cleanup made by Cumulus, whom I commend for taking the initiative. Kudos also to Hdt83 who noted mentions in the L.A. Times. I think that it's less likely now that it'll be vandalized; I'm curious enough about the Will Ferrell connection to see if I can find some further confirmation. Good work, everyone! Mandsford (talk) 22:14, 23 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Keep THere are several sources that help establish notability. Unfortunately, you have to pay money to access these resources. LA Times, famous composer pays Turtle Rock a visit, Turtle Rock Elementary School Designs house. --Hdt83 ^Chat 05:26, 23 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Schools-related deletion discussions. -- -- pb30<talk> 17:08, 24 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Weak delete as I don't see evidence of notability. I was going to vote keep because of the award, but looking at it, it seems that ~600 schools in California have it at any one time, with 100-200 being awarded each year, which seems a low bar. CRGreathouse (t | c) 03:27, 25 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Delete I do not accept that award for notability--it includes several in each school district each year, which is too low a standard, DGG (talk) 04:41, 25 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Delete nn school, links are too local, too trivial of a news source. Award isn't a claim of notability Secret ^account 04:55, 25 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. Clearly not notable. Vegaswikian (talk) 03:24, 26 January 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.