The result was Merge. I've been watching this one for a while now and expected it to frankly be a no consensus. A consensus has emerged (NPI) however to merge them into one article instead of 10 separate (unexpandable) articles. Merging and redirecting doesn't need admin assistance. Please note, I will not be performing these actions as closer. Simply closing. Keeper | 76 | Disclaimer 19:23, 25 February 2008 (UTC) reply
The Regions were disbanded. Schools in New York City no longer belong to regions. Templates and articles organizing NYC schools by region are anachronistic and confusing. Jd2718 ( talk) 18:19, 17 February 2008 (UTC) reply
I am also nominating the following related pages for the same reason: : New York City DOE Region 2 ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) : New York City DOE Region 3 ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) : New York City DOE Region 4 ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) : New York City DOE Region 5 ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) : New York City DOE Region 6 ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) : New York City DOE Region 7 ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) : New York City DOE Region 8 ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) : New York City DOE Region 9 ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) : New York City DOE Region 10 ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
Short history
Districts: for several decades, NY City public schools were divided into districts. The districts were small geographic regions for elementary and middle schools (about two dozen in all) and 5 large districts for high schools.
Regions: In 2004 the districts were absorbed into 10 regions, and in 2006 they announced the Regions would be dissolved (happened June 2007).
Now: the districts exist (for one very minor task) and as identifiers. The Regions do not exist, and are not used as identifiers. Schools belong to "Learning Support Organizations" (LSO's) or "Professional Support Organizations" (PSO's) or "the Empowerment zone," non-geographic groupings based on who the school pays for support services. Schools may move from one LSO or PSO to another.
If we need a geographic organizer (and I am not convinced that we do), then either the old districts or the boroughs make sense. The regions simply do not exist. Jd2718 ( talk) 18:33, 17 February 2008 (UTC) reply
Keep.
The fact that the scheme is disbanded should be of no consequence. History is especially appropriate to this encyclopaedia.
Further basic information needs to be added. What there is consists of “This districting scheme was officially phased out in 2007.” This requires a citation. The following questions should be answered: Why were they phased out? What were they replaced with? Where there any consequences, or was the change seamless. What history is there to the districting scheme (when & how was it introduced)? Jd2718’s short history is a good start.
Even if the regions were not notable, the article is important for navigation purposes and for expansion of the encyclopaedia. In this respect, the article is just like a list, only better presented. I expect that the articles will in time become organised differently, but this should be left to editors involved, not decided at AfD. -- SmokeyJoe ( talk) 09:15, 22 February 2008 (UTC) reply
The result was Merge. I've been watching this one for a while now and expected it to frankly be a no consensus. A consensus has emerged (NPI) however to merge them into one article instead of 10 separate (unexpandable) articles. Merging and redirecting doesn't need admin assistance. Please note, I will not be performing these actions as closer. Simply closing. Keeper | 76 | Disclaimer 19:23, 25 February 2008 (UTC) reply
The Regions were disbanded. Schools in New York City no longer belong to regions. Templates and articles organizing NYC schools by region are anachronistic and confusing. Jd2718 ( talk) 18:19, 17 February 2008 (UTC) reply
I am also nominating the following related pages for the same reason: : New York City DOE Region 2 ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) : New York City DOE Region 3 ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) : New York City DOE Region 4 ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) : New York City DOE Region 5 ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) : New York City DOE Region 6 ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) : New York City DOE Region 7 ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) : New York City DOE Region 8 ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) : New York City DOE Region 9 ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) : New York City DOE Region 10 ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
Short history
Districts: for several decades, NY City public schools were divided into districts. The districts were small geographic regions for elementary and middle schools (about two dozen in all) and 5 large districts for high schools.
Regions: In 2004 the districts were absorbed into 10 regions, and in 2006 they announced the Regions would be dissolved (happened June 2007).
Now: the districts exist (for one very minor task) and as identifiers. The Regions do not exist, and are not used as identifiers. Schools belong to "Learning Support Organizations" (LSO's) or "Professional Support Organizations" (PSO's) or "the Empowerment zone," non-geographic groupings based on who the school pays for support services. Schools may move from one LSO or PSO to another.
If we need a geographic organizer (and I am not convinced that we do), then either the old districts or the boroughs make sense. The regions simply do not exist. Jd2718 ( talk) 18:33, 17 February 2008 (UTC) reply
Keep.
The fact that the scheme is disbanded should be of no consequence. History is especially appropriate to this encyclopaedia.
Further basic information needs to be added. What there is consists of “This districting scheme was officially phased out in 2007.” This requires a citation. The following questions should be answered: Why were they phased out? What were they replaced with? Where there any consequences, or was the change seamless. What history is there to the districting scheme (when & how was it introduced)? Jd2718’s short history is a good start.
Even if the regions were not notable, the article is important for navigation purposes and for expansion of the encyclopaedia. In this respect, the article is just like a list, only better presented. I expect that the articles will in time become organised differently, but this should be left to editors involved, not decided at AfD. -- SmokeyJoe ( talk) 09:15, 22 February 2008 (UTC) reply