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Happy editing! Kleuske (talk) 15:05, 6 July 2023 (UTC)
Deletion can end up being a pretty complicated process here on Wikipedia. It's not a requirement, but probably a good idea to watch and participate in a good many discussions before starting nominating articles for deletion. Since you've jumped right in, you should know that competency is required, and you should gain that competence by learning about the Deletion policy. One of the first things you should pick up is that there are a certain number of reasons for deletion. "Just a high school" is not one of them, and there are literally thousands of high school articles.
Before nominating an article, you should perform certain steps to insure that the article should be deleted. Although it is not one of the steps, I would argue that for articles similar to the ones you've been nominating, you should consider accessing the wikipedia library, especially newspapers.com, and doing a thorough search there. You are not required to do so, but if you do not, others will, and your nomination will likely not be successful. If you repeatedly make unsuccessful nominations, it wastes other editors time. You wouldn't appreciate others wasting your time, not does anyone I know appreciate that! Eventually, if an editor wastes too much of other peoples time, it may be considered WP:DISRUPTIVE. Disruptive editing could result in sanctions of various sorts. Please take the time to learn how to edit productively, rather than go down a negative path. Thanks. — Jacona (talk) 18:43, 27 November 2023 (UTC)
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Would someone please ask Jacona to leave me alone? Thanks. Counterfeit Purses (talk) 21:31, 27 November 2023 (UTC)
I've looked at your 2 high school AfDs as well as the exchange above with Jacona. I reckon you're probably feeling pretty frustrated - hang in there. I suggest you just pause initiating deletions until you have enough edits to qualify for Wikipedia Library access. In the meantime, I encourage you to participate in lots of AfDs so you'll be all primed to go once you can access the Wikipedia Library. We always need good deleters. --A. B. (talk • contribs • global count) 05:03, 30 November 2023 (UTC)