Talk:Lexington & Richland County School District Five

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other districts[edit]

In case anyone else is wondering, it appears that district 5 is the only one that's joint between Lexington and Richland counties. A google search suggests that there are also districts 1 through 4 in Lexington county, and 1 through 2 in Richland. It appears Wikipedia has none of the former (as of today, anyway) and both of the latter: Richland County School District One, Richland County School District Two. —Steve Summit (talk) 17:48, 12 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Inapproriate Tone?[edit]

The article has been tagged for inapproriate tone since February 2007, but no specific concerns appear anywhere in the history of the talk page. I see nothing that violates Wikipedia:TONE, so I will eventually remove that tag unless valid concerns are raised. Latiligence (talk) 05:01, 2 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Notability[edit]

Can someone please provide information to establish this article's notability? I don't understand why this article belongs on Wikipedia; it seems that WP:NOTDIRECTORY applies. Comments, please? Latiligence (talk) 05:01, 2 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Update: WhisperToMe left a note on my user talk page that school districts are usually notable per se. Can somebody please link to the guideline or policy that I missed? Thanks. —Latiligence (talk) 12:11, 8 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

As per Wikipedia:Notability (schools) (it is a proposal and so is a general guideline) the notability standards generally applied to schools are not directly applied to school districts. Therefore you do not judge a school district in the same way that you would judge a school. Also as per that guideline non-notable schools in the US and Canada are merged into the school district article. There should be something about districts being notable, but if you look through Wikipedia:Articles for deletion usually the schools (not the districts) are nominated. WhisperToMe (talk) 01:01, 14 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- Also see the arguments made on Wikipedia_talk:Schools#A_follow-up_note - It rather is a consensus or an argument - there is no policy per se that states that, but there is a consensus that a school district is to be treated like a city article. You would AFD if you feel that a subject cannot be made into a reasonable Wikipedia article. But since a school district is a local government (press sources talk about local governments all the time) it can make a good Wikipedia article. If it is too directory-like you could remove unneeded information and/or add information that makes it not directory-like. WhisperToMe (talk) 01:08, 14 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for that information. After careful thought, I conclude that school districts are indeed entitled to inherent notability, due especially to the forcefulness of Wikipedia:Notability (geography). It is "a very large consensus" that legal recognition alone establishes notability of geographic areas, thus inherent notability of school districts follows via common sense. Thank you for your patience, and I will work to improve the article. The notability discussion is now closed. —Latiligence (talk) 02:03, 14 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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