# Does Wikipedia have an article on your high school? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 4, 2006, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-wikipedia-have-an-article-on-your-high-school/347009 "2006-03-04T03:49:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2006, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-wikipedia-have-an-article-on-your-high-school/347009/1 "2006-03-04T03:49:31Z")
In a fit of curiosity, I determined tonight that Wikipedia does have [an article](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Charles_Preparatory_School) on my high school. It’s a fairly small school, and not necessarily famous, so I was somewhat surprised to see it up there. How about yours? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2006, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-wikipedia-have-an-article-on-your-high-school/347009/2 "2006-03-04T03:54:01Z")
[Yes](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QHHS). ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2006, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-wikipedia-have-an-article-on-your-high-school/347009/3 "2006-03-04T04:05:30Z")
[Yes](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bancroft_School). ---
**Author:** ![FilmGeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@FilmGeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FilmGeek)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2006, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-wikipedia-have-an-article-on-your-high-school/347009/4 "2006-03-04T04:11:33Z")
[Kind of.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_high_schools_in_Missouri) ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2006, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-wikipedia-have-an-article-on-your-high-school/347009/5 "2006-03-04T04:20:48Z")
[Ditto](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cubberley_High_School) ---
**Author:** ![Anastasaeon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Anastasaeon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anastasaeon)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2006, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-wikipedia-have-an-article-on-your-high-school/347009/6 "2006-03-04T04:25:53Z")
No. ☹ Wait. That’s probably a _good_ thing. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2006, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-wikipedia-have-an-article-on-your-high-school/347009/7 "2006-03-04T04:31:02Z")
[Yes](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wheeling_Park_High_School) :eek: ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2006, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-wikipedia-have-an-article-on-your-high-school/347009/8 "2006-03-04T04:31:14Z")
[sorta](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nordonia) I never thought to Wiki my hometown, and there’s an interesting blurb in there about the origin of it’s name. Cool. ---
**Author:** ![Rushgeekgirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rushgeekgirl/32/3715_2.png) [@Rushgeekgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rushgeekgirl)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2006, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-wikipedia-have-an-article-on-your-high-school/347009/9 "2006-03-04T04:34:09Z")
[Penny Hardaway](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penny_Hardaway) I’ve never attempted posting a link so if this is wrong, just wiki up Penny Hardaway and you’ll find mention of my high school. Back then we called him Anfernee! ---
**Author:** ![dwyr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dwyr/32/363_2.png) [@dwyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwyr)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2006, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-wikipedia-have-an-article-on-your-high-school/347009/10 "2006-03-04T04:35:57Z")
Nope. But it doesn’t exist any more anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2006, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-wikipedia-have-an-article-on-your-high-school/347009/11 "2006-03-04T04:41:02Z")
Somebody decided to make a [list](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_high_schools_in_Hawaii) of High Schools in my town. Mine is listed but doesn’t have an article. ---
**Author:** ![Tikki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5daacb/32.png) [@Tikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tikki)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2006, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-wikipedia-have-an-article-on-your-high-school/347009/12 "2006-03-04T04:54:57Z")
Nope. ---
**Author:** ![Jayn\_Newell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Jayn\_Newell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jayn_Newell)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2006, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-wikipedia-have-an-article-on-your-high-school/347009/13 "2006-03-04T04:55:41Z")
Nope, and there’s no article on the exact community, though there is one for it’s namesake. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2006, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-wikipedia-have-an-article-on-your-high-school/347009/14 "2006-03-04T04:56:19Z")
It appears in the list of high schools in New York and has one of those “this entry doesn’t have a page” pages, but no, there’s no article. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2006, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-wikipedia-have-an-article-on-your-high-school/347009/15 "2006-03-04T05:04:47Z")
[Yes](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monmouth_Regional_High_School_District) ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2006, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-wikipedia-have-an-article-on-your-high-school/347009/16 "2006-03-04T05:08:19Z")
Well [technically](Wikipedia:WikiProject Missing encyclopedic articles/High schools/US/New York). ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2006, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-wikipedia-have-an-article-on-your-high-school/347009/17 "2006-03-04T05:10:23Z")
Oops. Well, [technically](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Missing_encyclopedic_articles/High_schools/US/New_York) ---
**Author:** ![myskepticsight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cc9497/32.png) [@myskepticsight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/myskepticsight)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2006, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-wikipedia-have-an-article-on-your-high-school/347009/18 "2006-03-04T05:19:56Z")
One for my huge [school district](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hazelwood_School_District). Hardly any info, just a list and a link. ---
**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2006, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-wikipedia-have-an-article-on-your-high-school/347009/19 "2006-03-04T05:21:15Z")
[Yup](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Tech_High). It helps that my school was in the news a lot when it was founded in my freshman year; it’s got some unique ideas and a lot of Microsoft and Qualcomm money. ---
**Author:** ![Tamryne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3e96dc/32.png) [@Tamryne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamryne)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2006, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-wikipedia-have-an-article-on-your-high-school/347009/20 "2006-03-04T05:37:09Z")
[Yeppers](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jersey_Village_High_School) Couple of popular rappers come from my school, unfortunately they graduated a little before me. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-wikipedia-have-an-article-on-your-high-school/347009.md?page=2)