Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Adult High School (Ottawa)

Adult High School (Ottawa) was proposed for deletion. This page is an archive of the discussion about the proposed deletion. This page is no longer live. Further comments should be made on the article's talk page rather than here so that this page is preserved as an historic record. The result of the debate was DELETE. 8 votes to delete, 4 votes to keep. Postdlf 22:20, 27 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Adult High School (Ottawa)

An adult high school but ultimately still just another school. Mandel 18:43, Oct 20, 2004 (UTC)

• Keep - it was decided in September that the Ottawa schools project could continue. Old debate. - SimonP 21:56, Oct 20, 2004 (UTC)
  • Thanks for the link. But I certainly don't read that debate that way. It is a debate on a particular article (one that I voted to keep, by the way). I do not see anything resembling policy or decision on "the Ottawa schools project" in general. Where do you see this? [[User:Dpbsmith|Dpbsmith (talk)]] 23:29, 20 Oct 2004 (UTC)
• Delete. As an article that gives virtually no information beyond what is in the article title, it would even be a speedy deletion candidate under a criterion that was recently proposed (though not accepted). In other words, it is not a speedy deletion candidate, but it borders on it. [[User:Dpbsmith|Dpbsmith (talk)]] 23:29, 20 Oct 2004 (UTC)
• Delete: I certainly don't agree with a school project in main article space. I see a day when we take the materials that consistently violate the main deletion rules and allow them to propser in sister projects, but that day hasn't arrived, and the debate is over the article space. Things have to be notable, and, for me, just another school is interchangeable with another. Geogre 01:44, 21 Oct 2004 (UTC)
  • Comment: if the Adult High School (Ottawa) was actually the name of a kindergarten in Vancouver, it would be notable.
• Delete. There is no policy that every school in Ottawa could be kept. RickK 06:10, Oct 21, 2004 (UTC)
• Conditiona delete. Would vote to merge and redirect if schools of ottawa page created to devour these stubs. This one looks familiar though, was it nominated before? Cool Hand Luke (Communicate!) 07:56, 21 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Comment I must have been punchy from looking at too many school articles—are they really being created in good faith or is someone trying to disrupting Wikipedia to illustrate a point?—and too angry at the idea of creating an article with no more information that this. I woke up and realized:

I've never heard of a high school specifically for adults before.

If this is a unique Ottawa institution with an interesting background it could potentially merit an article. If adult high schools are a feature of the Canadian school system then an article on Adult high schools could be in order. If the name of the high school is a euphemism for something, that is worth an explanation somewhere (but not a whole article). Anyway I still think the article should not be kept in its current form but am open to the idea that it might be notable. So... changing vote to:

• Delete unless article expanded and notability established prior to expiration of VfD. [[User:Dpbsmith|Dpbsmith (talk)]] 09:52, 21 Oct 2004 (UTC)
• Delete unless someone at least tries to establish non-speculative notability. [[User:Aranel|Aranel ("Sarah")]] 00:57, 22 Oct 2004 (UTC)
• Keep no need to bring this up every few months. If something isn't deleted the first time, it's not going get deleted this time. Earl Andrew 04:10, 22 Oct 2004 (UTC)
  • ???? Are you saying this has been on VfD before and survived? I don't see any previous VfD listing in the history. What do you mean? [[User:Dpbsmith|Dpbsmith (talk)]] 09:45, 22 Oct 2004 (UTC)
    • Well not this particular page, but similar pages. Earl Andrew 03:00, 23 Oct 2004 (UTC)
• Count in 3 more delete votes from Improv, WOT and Vina. See above. Mandel 09:20, Oct 22, 2004 (UTC)
• Delete. Jayjg 16:43, 22 Oct 2004 (UTC)
• C Might be notable, but for the love of $DEITY say something useful about the place. Chris 03:01, 23 Oct 2004 (UTC)
• Keep - factual, verifiable entry. Mark Richards 17:12, 25 Oct 2004 (UTC)
• Keep this. Schools are notable. Notability is not a deletion criteria. Intrigue 21:14, 25 Oct 2004 (UTC)
• Delete. Indrian 21:15, Oct 25, 2004 (UTC)

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