Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Lagro High School

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The result was speedy keep. Per speedy keep #3, the nominator was a banned sockpuppet. (non-admin closure) Michaelzeng7 (talk) 17:51, 10 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Lagro High School

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This school appears to be non-notable, and because schools are excempt from CSD, I suggest this article be deleted via Afd. Also, it appears to be a recreation of a deleted article [1] Noemi Baladjay 2 (talk) 07:02, 10 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. Although it may be non-notable (I believe this school is notable), school articles are exempt from speedy deletion criterion A7. It was not a recreation of the deleted page, since the deleted page is a redirect to a non-existent page, Lagro Subdivision.125.212.123.127 (talk) 07:18, 10 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. A school with 7,000 population is notable. And this is school is one of the only 2 schools in the Philippines that have been supported by DEPED for the SPA project. 125.212.123.127 (talk) 07:22, 10 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Comment. I'm tagging this with the "not a vote" tag, but the important thing about showing notability for schools isn't the size of the population or how many schools are in the area, but coverage in reliable sources that can establish that the school is notable. I also struck the second vote since they both came from the same IP address. I think that they might be students from the school in question and as such are different people. So if I'm right guys, then I recommend signing up for accounts so your comments don't get mixed up with one another. Adding a ton of keep comments won't keep the article, though.Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡) 08:33, 10 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Here's a suggestion, though- do districts count as far as the geology notability guidelines go? If so, then it might be better to create an article for the district as a whole, include information about the schools in the district (among other things notable about the district, of course), and redirect there.Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡) 08:35, 10 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Please see Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Clarence baladjay. This is a frivolous AfD created by an obvious sock of a blocked editor whose many socks have targettes the article in question with vandalism. This is a speedy keep as far as I can judge. --bonadea contributions talk 08:44, 10 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Comment - I was under the impression that high schools were automatically notable anyway? Lukeno94 (talk) 13:21, 10 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per longstanding consensus that high schools of verified existence are presumed notable; a quick check of Google indicates that Lagro High School has existed since 1974, the 404-ed page of the official web site notwithstanding. One main reason the working consensus on schools has emerged over the years — that high schools are to be treated like villages, rivers, highways, and professional athletes are presumed notable, while elementary schools are presumed non-notable unless extraordinarily noteworthy — is to prevent AfD from being bogged down by dozens and hundreds of challenges of the notability of this school or that. It's a very simple working rule of thumb that is an excellent compromise between those favoring a vast and all-inclusive encyclopedia and those favoring a tightly-focused encyclopedia. The underlying rationale is that proper biographies often mention high schools by name and these links should be blue, not red. Moreover, high schools are community landmarks and generally have theater groups, musical ensembles, sports teams, etc. which generate published coverage in independent sources. We all have better things to do than spend time arguing over this school or that. Keep per consensus. Carrite (talk) 17:28, 10 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Speedy Keep - nominator now blocked as a sock, I'd close it myself if I knew how to *headdesk* Lukeno94 (talk) 17:37, 10 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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