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High schools are problematic because there are typically no reliable sources but also because these kinds of articles are typically magnets for BLP-violating vandalism. I still maintain, of course, that there is a big difference between not wanting thousands and thousands of bot-generating articles. But I am less sanguine about the possibility of being able to create and maintain good high quality articles on schools.
Outside of the false statement that there aren't reliable sources on schools, this is the first time I've seen anyone in the power structure talk against encyclopedia growth based on the possibility of vandalism.
On one hand, he's not wrong on the idea of high quality articles on things that are of interest to young folks - my losing battles on the Princess Diaries and Gossip Girls books (I'm a librarian, not a creep) were good enough evidence for me - but at the same time, to go on record as say "Yeah, I'm not sure we can actually make good articles on this based on "BLP-violating vandalism" is quite defeatist.
