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Keep The nominator is blatantly incorrect. This is an article that's been around for a decade, passed AfD already and for which there are multiple awards and recognition listed in the article, most notably from the
National Blue Ribbon Schools Program, a claim backed by appropriate reliable and verifiable sourcing for receipt of the highest award given to primary and secondary schools in the United States. There are other state and national awards listed, which goes far beyond the typical school article and exceeds the notability standard.
Alansohn (
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01:55, 24 November 2014 (UTC)reply
Redirect to
West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District per
WP:SCHOOLOUTCOMES. This is a primary school (grades K-3), and as such it needs to pass GNG to be kept. (We probably didn't have the SCHOOLOUTCOMES guideline at the time of the previous AfD back in 2005.) In a search I found absolutely no independent reliable sourcing about this school. The claim that being a Blue Ribbon school makes it automatically notable has never gained consensus; the U.S. Department of Education hypes it as "the highest honor a school can receive" but that's just what it is: hype. There is absolutely no reason why we should have an article about this primary school. --
MelanieN (
talk)
01:20, 30 November 2014 (UTC)reply
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.
Redirect as recommended by
MelanieN. Surviving a 2005 AfD is irrelevant in 2014. The National Blue Ribbon School Award was a self-nominated award until recent years. This school "won" the award long before self-nomination was eliminated. In my opinion, a self-nominated award can never be evidence of notability. I favor redirecting articles about the vast majority of elementary schools, except for those of exceptional architectural or historical significance.
Cullen328Let's discuss it07:04, 1 December 2014 (UTC)reply
KeepRedirect I agree that the AFD from 2005 means little now (some of the keeps then boiled down to "It exists, so it's notable") but the Top 10 New Jersey school rating seems enough for a weak keep.
Meters (
talk)
05:17, 2 December 2014 (UTC)reply
Perhaps I should have just asked opinions on whether the NJ ranking is sufficient for notability. If it isn't I'll happily change to a "redirect".
Meters (
talk)
05:28, 2 December 2014 (UTC)reply
Comment Fair enough. This school is in the top 1% of the state's schools. The top 1% of the nation's elementary and junior schools would be roughly 1000 schools. That's somewhat more selective than the Blue Ribbon award but not really notable. And that's only considering US schools. I'm changing to a redirect.
Meters (
talk)
23:16, 2 December 2014 (UTC)reply
Keep. Per ShulMaven and Meters and others. By the way it's not easy to win a self-nominated award, you have to be a) worthy of the award, b) pass evaluation.... --
doncram22:43, 2 December 2014 (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
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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.
Keep The nominator is blatantly incorrect. This is an article that's been around for a decade, passed AfD already and for which there are multiple awards and recognition listed in the article, most notably from the
National Blue Ribbon Schools Program, a claim backed by appropriate reliable and verifiable sourcing for receipt of the highest award given to primary and secondary schools in the United States. There are other state and national awards listed, which goes far beyond the typical school article and exceeds the notability standard.
Alansohn (
talk)
01:55, 24 November 2014 (UTC)reply
Redirect to
West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District per
WP:SCHOOLOUTCOMES. This is a primary school (grades K-3), and as such it needs to pass GNG to be kept. (We probably didn't have the SCHOOLOUTCOMES guideline at the time of the previous AfD back in 2005.) In a search I found absolutely no independent reliable sourcing about this school. The claim that being a Blue Ribbon school makes it automatically notable has never gained consensus; the U.S. Department of Education hypes it as "the highest honor a school can receive" but that's just what it is: hype. There is absolutely no reason why we should have an article about this primary school. --
MelanieN (
talk)
01:20, 30 November 2014 (UTC)reply
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.
Redirect as recommended by
MelanieN. Surviving a 2005 AfD is irrelevant in 2014. The National Blue Ribbon School Award was a self-nominated award until recent years. This school "won" the award long before self-nomination was eliminated. In my opinion, a self-nominated award can never be evidence of notability. I favor redirecting articles about the vast majority of elementary schools, except for those of exceptional architectural or historical significance.
Cullen328Let's discuss it07:04, 1 December 2014 (UTC)reply
KeepRedirect I agree that the AFD from 2005 means little now (some of the keeps then boiled down to "It exists, so it's notable") but the Top 10 New Jersey school rating seems enough for a weak keep.
Meters (
talk)
05:17, 2 December 2014 (UTC)reply
Perhaps I should have just asked opinions on whether the NJ ranking is sufficient for notability. If it isn't I'll happily change to a "redirect".
Meters (
talk)
05:28, 2 December 2014 (UTC)reply
Comment Fair enough. This school is in the top 1% of the state's schools. The top 1% of the nation's elementary and junior schools would be roughly 1000 schools. That's somewhat more selective than the Blue Ribbon award but not really notable. And that's only considering US schools. I'm changing to a redirect.
Meters (
talk)
23:16, 2 December 2014 (UTC)reply
Keep. Per ShulMaven and Meters and others. By the way it's not easy to win a self-nominated award, you have to be a) worthy of the award, b) pass evaluation.... --
doncram22:43, 2 December 2014 (UTC)reply
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