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 No consensus. —Quarl ^(talk) 2006-12-28 15:12Z

Hereford High School, Parkton (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Non-notable per Wikipedia:Schools —Swpb ^{talk contribs} 18:44, 23 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep - Wikipedia:Schools is just the latest proposal for discussion and is not a relevant standard for AfD discussions. This is a substantial high school that will have a significant community profile. It made widespread headlines when two alumni were killed in Iraq. Anyone reading about the soldiers might well look their school up here and expect to find it. TerriersFan 20:03, 23 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete - appears to be like any other high school, and nothing notable about it. Jayden54 20:04, 23 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete even though SCHOOLS is just a proposal, if we were to use WP:CORP, this would fail (and it would fail SCHOOL as well). SkierRMH 21:22, 23 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete Does not assert any notability. How many US soldiers have died in Iraq, 4,000 or so? It's sad to say (or even think about), but that's a lot of soldiers. That means that Having soldiers who went to the HS die in Iraq- which is the article's sole claim of significance for the school- that would put it in the same category of 3,000 or so American high schools. This is a sad claim, but it's by no means a unique claim. Of the five Google news hits for "Hereford High School", only three pertain to this particular school and all five are mere passing mentions. -- Kicking222 21:34, 23 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete Just another non-notable school. TJ Spyke 23:07, 23 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• Strong Keep It seems to be just like a significant number of high schools and is notable, passing WP:SCHOOLS (and even WP:CORP, if it were a business) with flying colors, using multiple, non-trivial sources that are reliable and verifiable in compliance with WP:V, WP:RS and WP:N. I have no idea how anyone could fail to find hundreds of references via Google, including these that have already been added regarding a wheelchair athlete who fought to compete in track meets, garnering nationwide attention. But will anything satisfy the deletionists? Alansohn 23:57, 23 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep (preferred) or merge, even if this didn't meet WP:SCHOOL the course of action suggested by WP:SCHOOL would be to merge and/or redirect, not delete. This isn't a corporation article, so WP:CORP wouldn't apply here either. JYolkowski // talk 00:11, 24 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Good. Now, how does it meet WP:SCHOOL? Fledgeling 02:30, 24 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

• Merge to what? —Swpb ^{talk contribs} 06:41, 24 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete Don't see anything notable in the sources offered. The records might be, but are not verified by independent sources -- they're from the school's site. The wheelchair racer might be, but does not attend this school -- the articles place her as a sophomore at Atholton High School, and Hereford is mentioned in passing as the team Atholton was competing against. The soldiers' school is mentioned in passing, and WP:NOT a memorial in any case. (I am unable to assess the Washington Post article, since it doesn't appear in the online archives.) Shimeru 02:49, 24 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep I see no valid deletion reason provided. It is sourced and verifiable information.  ALKIVAR™ ☢ 09:47, 24 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep, it's a high school, notable to the local community. bbx 10:09, 24 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep The Washington Post article is referenced at Snopes' page on the Tomb of the Unknowns, so we know that it exists. The area newspaper has numerous articles of 500 - 1500 words on championship football teams, the cheerleaders going to the state championships, and other subjects. All high schools should be included in this project--this one seems to have enough to justify an article, or at least a section in the town's article. --Hjal 22:57, 26 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • The town, apparently, is not notable enough to have an article, so there would not be an appropriate article to merge this article into. — Swpb ^{talk contribs} 21:09, 27 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    • The town does not, but there is an article about the school district at Hereford Zone, Maryland. —ShadowHalo 22:16, 27 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• keep please has multiple sources and is about a notable school people will search for this here Yuckfoo 08:42, 27 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep for reasons established at User:Silensor/Schools, no valid reason for deletion under policy has been provided, the article demonstrates notability and exceeds any standards we have for verifiability through reliable sources. Silensor 06:21, 28 December 2006 (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.