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. —Quarl ^(talk) 2007-03-18 08:51Z

Montgomery County School District (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View log)

The article contains no assertion of notability and no attribution Butseriouslyfolks 09:35, 14 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete as per nom. And there are literally thousands of similar articles on American school districts that could safely be left to a directory rather than an encyclopaedia. Emeraude 10:32, 14 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• <pathetic whine>But where will we merge the unattributed and non-notable schools?</whine> -- saberwyn 10:56, 14 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • They are all welcome here. --Butseriouslyfolks 17:54, 14 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • That's uncivil, Saberwyn. You're better than that. Noroton 22:00, 14 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep As long as every U.S. numbered road and every British title of nobility and every pro athlete is inherently notable, then so is every school district. Edison 21:35, 14 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Schools-related deletions. -- Noroton 21:54, 14 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep Nominated almost immediately after creation. Give it a chance to grow. Noroton 22:04, 14 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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Noroton 22:12, 14 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

• Comment On WP:POL, under "key policies", in bold, it says:

"Add only information based on reliable sources. Wikipedia articles should be based on reliable published sources, and these sources should be cited so that other editors can check articles."

Also, on every edit screen, it says "Encyclopedic content must be attributable to a reliable source."

Thus, the very creation of an article which consists exclusively of unsourced assertions is a violation of WP policy. It makes no sense to assign to others the impossible task of proving that there are no sources that support the claims of an article. The article's proponents need to step up and edit the article until it passes muster.

Finally, I have no way of knowing whether anybody will ever come back to an article. If I don't tag it when I see it, it might stay that way indefinitely, and it may give others a negative view of WP. That is why we have policies and guidelines in the first place. --Butseriouslyfolks 23:21, 14 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Well, it looks like the article's creator just made your objection irrelevant. The article is sourced. As for "policies and guidelines in the first place", we have tags for lack of citations, which is a better course if that's your problem with an article. Noroton 01:49, 16 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

My objection is still relevant vis a vis your position, but as it is no longer relevant to the deletion question at issue here, I will not belabor the point. --Butseriouslyfolks

• Keep As governmental entities, school districts are inherently notable. Alansohn 03:04, 15 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Merge with Montgomery County, Mississippi. Naconkantari 20:33, 16 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep as a place to keep a bunch of notes on non notable schools. Vegaswikian 23:08, 17 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep - School districts, as government bodies, are inherently notable. TerriersFan 00:08, 18 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep, the consensus that school districts are inherently notable, akin to small towns and villages, has not changed. Yamaguchi先生 05:48, 18 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.