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The result was condense and merge into Wake Forest-Rolesville Middle School. —C.Fred (talk) 14:35, 29 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Wake Forest-Rolesville Middle School Dance Marathon[edit]

Wake Forest-Rolesville Middle School Dance Marathon (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View log)

I seconded this prod and it was contested by IIRC an anonymous editor who very well could be original author. Anyway, the point is still the same - teh edit summary indicated the author felt outside sources would help stave off a deletion but in reality, regardless of the sources, it is still a middle school charitable event. If we allow this article to stay, it will set a precedent for all other school fundraisers. Hey, buy my chocolate to send us to disney! Postcard Cathy 16:12, 27 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

PS Original prod said only source was school announcement. OK, so now we have a newspaper source. But it also still reads like an essay! Postcard Cathy 16:13, 27 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete. It still fails the requirement in WP:N for significant coverage. The Daily Tar Heel article doesn't count; it's about UNC's marathon and not WF-R's. The N&O blurb doesn't count; it's one paragraph in their School Notes column. —C.Fred (talk) 16:38, 27 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete per WP:BAKESALE. Or just WP:N and a final song of WP:LOCAL. --Dhartung | Talk 17:08, 27 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete per nom. Oli Filth 17:23, 27 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete. If the school itself isn't notable, then neither are the dances held there. Qworty 18:11, 27 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• delete I don't think wikipedia has a concept of precedents, each article stands on its own; this one clearly isn't notable. -Steve Sanbeg 18:25, 27 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

People here seem to have very long memories and if they say well you kept xyz article for that reason, you should keep mine for that reason. I know I used that argument to delete several articles and categories and it worked. Cathy —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 172.146.30.27 (talk • contribs).

• Delete. Nothing about this is notable or worthy of encyclopedic coverage. Burntsauce 23:09, 27 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete in a hypothetical "perfect" wikipedia, this would have been deleted as hopelessly and unsalvagably non-notable within seconds of its creation. Embarassing for everyone involved. Andrew Lenahan - Starblind 23:39, 27 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Schools-related deletions. -- Bduke 01:09, 28 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• rename and expand into Wake Forest-Rolesville Middle School. Normally I feel junior highs are non-notable, this caught my eye and that they are doing something popular 65 years ago to raise funds is innovative and fascinating. I'll help with the rewrite. Chris 02:01, 28 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • I think this would be valid to include within the context of an article on the middle school...if there were an article on the middle school for it to go into. I do not think that this should carry the school's article; it should be a section within a larger article. —C.Fred (talk) 02:09, 28 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion after page move[edit]

I've added a break here since User:Kintetsubuffalo has boldly moved the article to Wake Forest-Rolesville Middle School and is expanding it. In its current state, it's a shell, but I'm going to give it the benefit of the doubt now. Let's keep the article on WF-R MS, but let's delete the redirect with the Dance Marathon title. —C.Fred (talk) 03:43, 28 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep - as an article on the School. Google news has plenty of material here with which to expand this article and there are enough sources available to easily meet WP:N. TerriersFan 03:24, 29 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hello everyone. I am the author of this article. I am very new to Wikipedia and I am a bit confused as to why so many want to delete my entry. We are proudly one of the only middle schools in the nation that has this type of project. The project has been recognized by Penn State's THON (the largest student run philanthropy in the world -- and THON also is on Wikipedia) and the UNC-Chapel Hill Dance Marathon. UNC has adopted our school's project for this coming school year. Regarding concern about other school fundraisers, please know this is not a school fundraiser. The school does not make one dollar from this event and it is truly a unique event for a middle school. I have added other things to the original article that I hope will help improve the status of it.

It is my goal to expand the idea of middle school students helping people and giving back to the community. Our goal is teaching students to Pay It Forward. It is true that the event is not notable on a national scale and that is why I put this on wikipedia. I am trying to gain support from others to encourage public schools in America to give kids opportunities to make a positive difference. This is part of teaching our youth to be good citizens and to care about other people. It honestly has been disheartening to see so many people wanting to delete this article. Some of my students are excited to see the event they helped organize on Wikipedia since we are trying to make positive changes together in education today.

If I am in violation of a wikipedia policy, please tell me exactly how I can fix it so the article will be accepted and supported. As I said, this is the very first thing I have ever posted on Wikipedia and I am not sure how to proceed. I do apologize that some seem to find this a huge waste of everyone's time and not notable.

As for references, we did have a very large write up in the local paper, but they do not have it on their website anymore. I could only post references that are still on-line. Thank you everyone for your time. More references will be coming as the project grows. I will also add other things about the school since it seems that having a heading under the school is more appropriate. Thank you to those of you who helped make that change. I appreciate your time and your recognition that I am just trying to do something good for kids here. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Psuallegator (talk • contribs) 19:25, 28 July 2007 (UTC).

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