Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Niles North High School (2nd nomination)

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) 2007-02-25 04:45Z

Niles North High School

Delete No encyclopedic value Redguard101 16:20, 18 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Keep Some historical value. Some info from Niles West High School also applies to Niles North High School as well. Loompyloompy313 01:13, 18 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Keep Some verifiable historical value. Crypticfirefly 01:32, 18 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Followup: I've restored the info on the famous "eBay Prank" that an anonymous editor removed (along with the rest of the section on the school's history) around Feb. 13th. Crypticfirefly 03:47, 21 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Pointless article. few incoming links. No value whatsoever. The Talking Mac 16:22, 18 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Keep Parts of the movie Sixteen Candles were filmed at this school (see http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088128/locations ), but that detail has been removed from the article.--orlady 18:42, 18 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

This AfD nomination was incomplete. It is listed now. DumbBOT 12:47, 19 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. No more notable than any of its peers. WMMartin 13:54, 19 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep yer pants on. :-) Meets my personal criteria for H.S. notability. 2,300 students? Holy crud, that's a big school. — RJH (talk) 20:02, 19 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per my arguments here. Soltak | Talk 23:41, 19 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Strong Keep Here are several changes I've made in the article:
- Sixteen Candles was filmed there partly and I've added back that information.
- For the fifth year in a row, the student newspaper, The North Star, won the "International First Place award from Quill and Scroll" (for the 2005-2006 school year).
- The school chess club is ranked third in the state.
- Niles North High School was named "National History Day Illinois School of the Year" at the annual Illinois History Expo held May 3, 2006, in Springfield.

Even if you thought this high school was not notable before, there is no reason to think so now. The journalism award is particularly impressive. The Quill awards are THE most prestigious journalism awards for high school journalism. I have no idea why they won or what they've been doing to win (perhaps someone from the school can fill that in later, but only if there's an article to contribute to). It may have something to do with the fact that about 30 percent of the student body is "Asian or Pacific islander" but that's just speculation. I'd be in favor of keeping the school even if not notable by the standards of other groups. I think high schools are inherently notable because so much of a community's wealth, interest and hopes are invested in them. Noroton 23:59, 19 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I actually made the change about North Star and the Quill and Scroll. Side note, I can verify all of it since im a current student. Loompyloompy313 02:22, 24 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per above. That this school was one of 16 northern Illinois locations for Sixteen Candles doesn't make it notable. Edeans 03:01, 20 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

But one of three high schools, as per IMDb. And Edeans' comment doesn't address the rest of my reasons. Noroton 03:07, 20 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Keep multiple sources, seems notable.--Vsion 06:13, 21 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep as an apparently large and historic school. The article provides an abundance of reliable sources, so I am curious as to how the nominator came to the conclusion that this provides "no encyclopedic value" while failing to explain why. (jarbarf) 00:34, 22 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per the commenters above. While consensus can change, I'm not sure why this was renominated on what appear to be false pretenses. Yamaguchi先生 02:37, 22 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per the above. --Myles Long 19:18, 22 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per the above; if there have been minimally valid arguments for the deletion of this page they have clearly been outvoiced and out-argued by those in favor its keeping. --Nathan Hakimi 00:12, 23 February 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.