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This article was nominated for deletion on 27 July 2007. The result of the discussion was merge.

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Dance marathon article[edit]

I am the author of this article. I am very new to Wikipedia and I am confused as to why there is a concern. We are 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 laregest student run philanthropy in the world -- and THON also is on Wikipedia) and the UNC-Chapel Hill Dance Marathon. It 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.

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 kids to be citizens and caring about other people so it has been disheartening to see so many people wanting to delete this article. Some of my students are excited to see the event they help 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 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).[reply]

I admire your perseverance with this article, and am trying to help you save it. But please understand that the material I removed from the way the article was originally written was to make it more encyclopedic. Wikipedia is not and should not be a newsletter for events, interesting though they may be. As a story about the dance marathon, it was interesting but not encyclopedic. The only way to save this article is to focus away from the dance marathon, which the article has plenty on now, and delve into what else makes the school notable. I want to give you ample notice of this before I revert your new changes, which have returned it to unencyclopedic. If you continue in that direction, the article will be deleted and there will be nothing I can do to save it. Please thoroughly read Wikipedia:Notability and understand, as it is the article will not survive. If you have access to the school itself, add in information about academic and athletic successes, school history, perhaps what high schools the school feeds into. Chris 04:32, 29 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Chris. Thank you for taking the time to respond to me directly. I apprecite you helping me try to save it. Please clarify the following question. I noticed the article on Dance Marathon is significantly shorter than what I had put in the other day. One of the criticisms I had read was to tell why the event is notable and to assume the reader knows nothing. I added the many awards and public recognitions as I thought that would make the project stand out as more notable rather than just any middle school event.

We actually had planned to add more about our school this school year but we are on summer break now. Once I get more up to date information, I planned to add it. We started with Dance Marathon since it is our biggest and most recognizable event. Thank you again for your time. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Psuallegator (talk • contribs) 04:53, 31 July 2007 (UTC).[reply]