Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Twin Rivers 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 Redirect to School District 20 Kootenay-Columbia --JForget 22:49, 13 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Twin Rivers Elementary School[edit]

No assertion of notability whatsoever. Hús ö nd 22:52, 8 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Delete No particular claims of notability that would supercede the accepted standards set forth by WP:SCHOOL, which say elementary schools are not notable outside of spectacular circumstances. Vickser (talk) 23:18, 8 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

*Delete per nomination Chikwangwa (talk) 23:19, 8 July 2008 (UTC)!vote from banned user struck The Evil Spartan (talk) 19:27, 9 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - does not establish notability, and seems to be a vandal magnet. LonelyBeacon (talk) 23:30, 8 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect to School District 20 Kootenay-Columbia per usual practice for nonnotable primary schools. Deor (talk) 01:20, 9 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- Probably not a good solution, because then I would have to transform all other elementary schools listed there into redirects, and then someone else would come and revert, and you can see where this is going... We don't need a redirect, we need this wiped out of Wikipedia to dissuade further recreation. Hús ö nd 01:44, 9 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  - OK; I am merging the core facts of the elementary schools into the district article, which much enhances it, and redirecting them. TerriersFan (talk) 19:24, 9 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect to School District 20 Kootenay-Columbia. Recreation is an exceptable practice if the school becomes notable in its own right. Until then a redirect suffices. Jasynnash2 (talk) 08:32, 9 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- WP:CRYSTAL is not an excuse for facilitating recreation. Hús ö nd 12:25, 9 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I don't think WP:CRYSTAL has anything to do with what I said but, if you misinterpreted it or I wasn't clear enough than please accept my apologies. Jasynnash2 (talk) 12:59, 9 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Well, I had just said to another user above that redirecting instead of deleting would facilitate needless recreation of this article, and you say that if the school becomes notable on its own then there's no problem with that. It looked like WP:CRYSTAL to use speculation on an eventual future notability to counter my opinion that we should not have a redirect because it will simply not dissuade recreation. Let's not forget that unregistered users can easily modify a redirect, but cannot create a page that has been deleted. And that makes a huge difference. Hús ö nd 13:09, 9 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

If I'd said keep because it might become notable I'd totally agree with the WP:Crystal thing but, that isn't the case. It wasn't about countering your opinion but, about my understanding of the policies and guideline (plus previous practice of non-notable schools being redirected to the district). Jasynnash2 (talk) 13:39, 9 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, and that's a practice I'll need to have a word with when I find myself with enough patience. A LOT of enough patience. Hús ö nd 14:26, 9 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Schools-related deletion discussions. -- Fabrictramp | talk to me 15:18, 9 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of British Columbia-related deletion discussions. -- Fabrictramp | talk to me 15:19, 9 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect to School District 20 Kootenay-Columbia. Potential vandalism is not a deletion reason, especially because it won't prevent vandalism unless the article is salted. Watchlisting, and, if needed, protecting the redirect can accomplish the same thing. Plus any one looking for an article on the school will be better served by getting pointed to the school district than by coming up empty.--Fabrictramp | talk to me 15:22, 9 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect to School District 20 Kootenay-Columbia per usual practice. The nominator's argument against redirection is invalid - in my experience deleted pages are more likely to be recreated than redirected pages being unredirected. TerriersFan (talk) 15:24, 9 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- My experience tells me the opposite. Creating a page requires registration, and that often suffices for a user not to bother with recreation. That obstacle does not exist for messing with redirects. Hús ö nd 16:01, 9 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  - I am not sure of the point of this discussion anyway; whatever the outcome of this AfD a redirect can be created later as an editorial action. TerriersFan (talk) 18:26, 9 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect School District 20 Kootenay-Columbia, where it can be expanded until sufficient sourced content justifies a break-out. There is no need to remove useful redirects for fear of a school article being created. DoubleBlue (Talk) 19:33, 9 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.