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. - Mailer Diablo 07:44, 25 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Holmen High School (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View log)

Notability. Why should a high school be included in Wikipedia? Robinson weijman 15:17, 20 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete Non-notable school. ♠PMC♠ 16:10, 20 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• keep more information can be found and it does not have to be noteable to be incluedid on here again there are lot of less noteable article on here if you to get rid of the school articles you have to get rid of those too — Preceding unsigned comment added by Oo7565 (talk • contribs)
  • "Other crap exists" isn't a valid argument for keeping an article. ♠PMC♠ 20:27, 21 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    • Reply: As long as we're calling kettles black, a reminder that "Just not notable" is an invalid argument for deletion of an article. Can I kindly suggest revisiting the article and addressing notability, for or against, in terms of relevant Wikipedia policy. Alansohn 20:48, 21 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete per PMC. --MECU≈talk 18:57, 20 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Schools-related deletions. -- Noroton 20:02, 20 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Merge and Redirect to local school district per WP:N and WP:A. --Butseriouslyfolks 20:47, 20 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep all high schools are notable, as I argue here; this one hasn't been a vandalism magnet. Noroton 21:21, 20 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep — satisfactory. — RJH (talk) 22:15, 20 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep: There's a precedent for including high schools on Wikipedia.Saranary 23:11, 20 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep article has seveal sources and its notable. LordHarris 02:41, 21 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep Article has multiple, non-trivial reliable and verifiable sources to demonstrate notability. Alansohn 04:33, 21 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment: Since adding this AFD, the Holmen High School page has been considerably expanded. And now I see a number of Keeps in a row... I'm wondering whether any of the people recommending Keep have a connection to the school? Robinson weijman 05:54, 21 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• comment nope i am not witth the school we all a lot of people who want to keep high school pages on wikipedia bye any way possable so we go artound and improve the articles is that okOo7565 07:56, 21 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Answer: Sorry, but I don't believe that is a good reason to put a page in Wikipedia. Robinson weijman 08:30, 21 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment: See here for list of other schools recommended for deletion for similar reasons: Wikipedia:WikiProject_Deletion_sorting/Schools. Robinson weijman 08:30, 21 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment Just like filing a lawsuit, anybody can start an AfD for any reason valid or invalid, and they usually do. The reality is that many of the articles listed at Wikipedia:WikiProject_Deletion_sorting/Schools were perfect examples of articles that had already demonstrated notability, or could be (and were) improved to further demonstrate notability. The fact that you and others have decided to nominate schools for deletion is no indication of the merit of these AfDs. I have expanded this article and other similar articles because they deserve to be retained. I never attended Holmen High School, I'm not even quite sure where it's located. But I do know that the article has multiple, non-trivial reliable and verifiable sources to demonstrate notability. Alansohn 11:31, 21 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    • Reply Yes, you are correct that anyone can start an AFD. My intention by sharing the page was not to add weight to this deletion, but simply to share the information in the hope that everyone will make a more informed decision. I have no personal stake in whether or not this page is deleted, except my desire to improve Wikipedia. But I should add that the original article that I nominated for deletion is very different from its current state (which contains much more information). Robinson weijman 11:51, 21 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Keep - RFD 12:08, 21 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep. As far as school articles go, this one is pretty well sourced. Sjakkalle (Check!) 13:03, 21 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep - notable and now fully sourced. TerriersFan 18:50, 21 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep Five state championships is enough, even for the skeptical. DGG 01:42, 22 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep - just as every town gets an article, regardless of how small it is; so should every high school get an article. —SaxTeacher (talk) 00:25, 23 March 2007 (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.