Deletion of Fairmont Preparatory Academy

Comment: I don't trust the government for a lot of things, but do you think that the United States Department of Education is not a valid and reliable source for this information in full compliance with  and . I think the selection criteria listed above and the fact that it is the nation's highest award for a school makes it one of the strongest possible claims of notability that an American school can possibly make? Besides, as the late, great Carl Sagan has been quoted, "absence of evidence is not evidence of absence
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Cited policy: Wikipedia:Reliable sources (WP:RS||WP:V)

Comment: re: ''do you think that the United States Department of Education is not a valid and reliable source for this information in full compliance with  and '':  You misunderstand the issue here.  The problem with the Blue Ribbon thing is notability, not just whether it's true.  There has to be non-trivial coverage, independent of both the giver of the award and the recipient of the award, before you can begin to argue that the receiving of the award is notable.  Of course, the giver and the recipient will both issue press releases, but that's not independent coverage, obviously.  Also, the recipient may be included on lists of recipients of the award, or in wire service blurbs, but those aren't non-trivial.  Now, re: "absence of evidence is not evidence of absence."  Please.  We need evidence of appropriate sources to establish notability.  We don't assume notability by default
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Cited policy: Wikipedia:Reliable sources (WP:RS||WP:V)

Comment: non notable award, non notable organization (IBO), and non notable claim to fame (the largest? It's hard to tell from the link, but it looks like it may be one of the smallest as well, when you narrow your category that far). No  coverage that indicates anything beyond existing. (And please, don't close this kind of discussion as a clear keep when it is rather obvious that that is not the case
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Cited policy: Wikipedia:Verifiability (WP:V)