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. No consensus to delete currently. (non-admin closure) — Benison (Beni · talk) 14:18, 3 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thomasville City Schools (Alabama) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View log | edits since nomination)

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Non notable topic, all references are to the school system's own website. Article content as also of little importance and most of it doesn't belong on Wikipedia anyways Sandcat555 (talk) 05:29, 26 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete without prejudice. School districts are suitable topics in general, indeed less notable schools can often be covered in an article about the district. However, the current article looks like a self-promotional ‘about us’ piece, not an encyclopedia article. Sjakkalle (Check!) 07:34, 26 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

  Just a note: Deletion is not appropriate for problems that can be fixed. I agree this article is an advertorial, but that can be fixed with an extensive rewrite. 4.37.252.50 (talk) 18:06, 26 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

  Or by turning into a basic WP:STUB, which would take maybe 60 seconds. WhatamIdoing (talk) 18:35, 26 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

  Stubbing or rewriting is fine, but if nobody is willing to do that I maintain that deletion is warranted. This is not merely cleanup. Advertorials compromise the core NPOV policy and undermines Wikipedia's credibility. Sjakkalle (Check!) 16:27, 2 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

• Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Schools-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 08:14, 26 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
• Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Alabama-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 08:14, 26 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
• Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Education-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 08:15, 26 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep - US school districts are not judged by the notability standards for schools. They are a unit of government and as such, have a much lower notability hurdle. Even without any research, I am certain this subject will meet that lower hurdle. Public school districts have extensive reporting requirements to both the state and federal government. Additionally, they both levy taxes and hold elections, which pretty much guarantees coverage in secondary sources. 4.37.252.50 (talk) 18:13, 26 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep because there are always sources available for US school districts if you look for them. A very simple WP:BEFORE search turned up this news report, which is not the happy-advertorial content that the boosters would like, but it should be in the article. WhatamIdoing (talk) 18:34, 26 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep Hi everybody! So I am the user who did most of the writing for this article. I completely agree that in it's current format it is extremely advertorial in it's current form. A school district is notable in my opinion. The bad writing came from the fact that it was my first time adding info on to a a stub article but I have since looked at many other pages and feel that it can be improved. I believe that there was even recent controversy that could be noted. Thank you all for your contributions to this conversation!!! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Middle Mac CJM (talk • contribs) 01:09, 27 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep - Deletion is not for clean up. Thanks to Middle Mac CJM for the above context. If the article can be rewritten in a more encyclopaedic style there is no need to delete it. Sirfurboy🏄 (talk) 09:10, 28 November 2024 (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.