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Primary and secondary schools

City Honors High School

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Fails WP:GNG, like other school articles I have submitted, this article sounds like WP:PROMO, as the page sounds like it may have been written by the school themselves. ロドリゲス恭子 (talk) 19:13, 13 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Pacific Lutheran High School

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WP:NOTABLE and possibly WP:PROMO, the only source is promotionary, as are other articles about the school online. — Preceding unsigned comment added by ロドリゲス恭子 (talk • contribs) 02:38, 13 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary

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Seems to be both WP:NOTABLE and WP:PROMO, this page was attempted to be deleted in 2006, but recieved no votes, but 19 years later, the page is still almost unchanged. It still sounds very promotional, I am surprised it has gone this far without a second nomination. — Preceding unsigned comment added by ロドリゲス恭子 (talk • contribs) 02:51, 13 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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This article needs improved sourcing but I don't see how it is promotional. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 18:11, 13 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

By promotional, I originally thought the "Academics" section had a promotional tone to it, but all the sources may have been written by the school themselves. ロドリゲス恭子 (talk) 19:04, 13 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Keep - The 2006 AfD the nom speaks of was speedy closed as a WP:POINT violation. At any rate, this is clearly notable, and a quick WP:BEFORE check would satisfy that. Here are a few sources:

CLU sells former site of Lutheran seminary to Muslim college (several stories spanning a few years about this move)

Theological seminary merges with Cal Lutheran

Former theology director to head up new CLU seminary

A first-of-its-kind education for Indigenous leaders

Chicago professor leads CLU seminary

There are other offline sources I have in my library. schetm (talk) 19:41, 14 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

KZSO-LP

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Defunct LPFM that fails WP:GNG. Chuterix (talk) 03:41, 13 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Sisters High School

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Not much information about the school except for their students. Chuterix (talk) 03:41, 13 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete- Fails WP:GNG. ロドリゲス恭子 (talk) 17:11, 13 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Charikol Pukurpar Dakhil Madrasah

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Tagged for notability by BoyTheKingCanDance. The author added a source defining what a madrasa is and removed the notability tag. Then Hey man im josh moved the article to draft because it needed more sources. The author promptly moved it back to article space without improvement. So we're here.

Of the two sources, one is a directory listing giving the head's name, phone number, and email in a list of 26 madrasas in the sub-district. The other is an encyclopedia article about madrasas in general (it doesn't mention this one). Searches in English and Bengali found no sources that would establish notability.

For what it's worth, the corresponding page was speedily deleted from bn.wikipedia on 19 December 2024 by Ferdous for failing to indicate importance (rules there are a little different from here). Worldbruce (talk) 05:28, 11 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete unless references to reliable independent sources that devote significant coverage to this specific madrasa are provided. Cullen328 (talk) 06:31, 11 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Delete: No RS found. Fails N ~/Bunnypranav:<ping> 08:05, 11 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Delete no significant coverages and fails GNG. AgerJoy talk 08:59, 11 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. Fails GNG. As an aside, it's disappointing that the author hasn't responeded positively to advise. Regards, BoyTheKingCanDance (talk) 10:03, 11 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. Scientists have discovered that almost every particle has its own antiparticle. Now we've discovered the antimatter of WP:HEY: here's an example of a draft getting worse. Bearian (talk) 02:39, 13 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Delete The article lacks sufficient detailed information to establish its significance for inclusion in Wikipedia. It does not meet the criteria of the General Notability Guideline (GNG), as it fails to demonstrate substantial coverage by reliable, independent sources. To improve its standing, additional verifiable, third-party sources are necessary to support the topic’s notability and relevance. Without these, the article risks being considered non-notable and may not meet Wikipedia's standards for inclusion.ferdous 13:35, 13 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Havelock Academy

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Tagged as uncited since 2017, this is a secondary school like many others with no particular claim to notability. Chiswick Chap (talk) 20:45, 10 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Keep. Thanks to WP:HEY effort by Tacyarg, the article has been expanded and citations now verify the subject meets WP:GNG. — Grand'mere Eugene (talk) 09:29, 11 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. Sourcing sufficient to meet WP:GNG as with pretty much any other British secondary school. -- Necrothesp (talk) 15:11, 11 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Eduant Private Russian School

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Although the Hürriyet cite is fine I am not sure about the other cites so I doubt this school is notable Chidgk1 (talk) 06:14, 10 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Ngā Taonga Tūturu ki Tokomaru

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Only reliable coverage I can find is this: [1]

Don't see any other reliable SIGCOV of this school, PROD was contested. Traumnovelle (talk) 09:26, 9 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Comment your original PROD nomination said that you found two independent sources - what happened to the other one? Turnagra (talk) 05:29, 10 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

[2] doesn't contribute anything to notability Traumnovelle (talk) 02:47, 13 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. Normally I'd agree with deletion or redirect, but school is notable as the first full-immersion Māori medium school in Te Tai Rāwhiti. Here is another source, the Te Karere story on the school's 30th anniversary [3]. Paora (talk) 11:13, 14 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - multiple news agencies covered the school's anniversary, which along with its status as the first kura kaupapa in the region is more than enough to demonstrate notability IMO. Turnagra (talk) 21:27, 14 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
What other news agencies? Traumnovelle (talk) 21:44, 14 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
TVNZ/Te Karere, as posted by Paora, in addition to Te Ao News posted by yourself. Turnagra (talk) 21:50, 14 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I assumed multiple to mean more than two. Traumnovelle (talk) 21:52, 14 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
multiple, (adj.) consisting of, including, or involving more than one. Turnagra (talk) 22:11, 14 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was delete‎. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 20:11, 15 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Graded English Medium School

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A quick Google search and no reliable source is found. Failed WP:NSCHOOL. Jitujadab90 (talk) 18:28, 8 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete. No sources on the page and does not satisfy the notability guidelines for organizations. Fails WP:NSCHOOL. RangersRus (talk) 13:36, 11 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Delete– Fails WP:NORG; only trivial coverage and passing mentions found online. EmilyR34 (talk) 13:29, 12 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Stromness Primary School

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This primary school is not notable for an article. Patre23 (talk) 08:20, 3 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Comment - Schools, including primary schools, should follow WP:NSCHOOL. With that being said, I only found this BBC article. Limmidy (talk) 19:30, 3 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Keep: Per WP:HEY, the article should be given time to develop before considering deletion. 1keyhole (talk) 02:29, 8 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

That's not what WP:HEY says. Geschichte (talk) 19:59, 9 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Delete, unfortunately fails the relevant notability guideline. Geschichte (talk) 19:59, 9 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Keep - The article is being improved. A Google search shows a number of news stories. Blackballnz (talk) 08:27, 13 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Sırrı Yırcalı Anatolian High School

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There is only one good source in the Turkish article https://www.hurriyet.com.tr/ege/turkiye-birincisi-bahce-10794778 and nothing in this article to explain how the school is notable. Chidgk1 (talk) 16:55, 1 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Comment, There is a very detailed article in the [4] source. This is [5] rebuilding article. It is first Anatolian High School in city. May be this sources can help. İmmortalance (talk) 17:10, 1 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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Delete: We commonly delete middle and high school articles much better sourced than this page. Nothing presented directly detailing the institution, just discussion of the building process. BusterD (talk) 18:18, 15 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Universities and colleges

Mohi-ud-Din Islamic Medical College

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There are a few mentions like [6], [7] ~~but this is enough in-depth enough to pass WP:NCORP. Gheus (talk) 21:05, 1 February 2025 (UTC)~~ it lacks in-depth coverage. Fails WP:NCORP. Gheus (talk) 05:25, 5 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Strong keep: Quick search and and got quite good references [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] . And here are some urdu news papers references [15] [16] [17] [18] Behappyyar (talk) 21:27, 1 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Mentions and routine news reports are not enough to pass WP:CORPDEPTH. Gheus (talk) 00:05, 2 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
It's your opinion. I found these references right for the vote to Keep. Another thing I have seen that it is the first medical college either in Public or Private sector of Azad Kashmir. Some how that's also makes it notable. [19] [20] [21] Behappyyar (talk) 05:21, 2 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Again, you have shared primary references. Please provide secondary sources to prove the notability. Gheus (talk) 19:01, 2 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I thinks these five to seven references are enough to establish notability. [22] [23] [24] [25] [26] [27] [28]

There are more references but they may fall into primary categories, but we can use them in the article.

By the way, I voted to keep on the base of these references. Now let's wait for more votes. Whatever decision is made will come out. Behappyyar (talk) 07:06, 3 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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Delete. My BEFORE is hampered by my inability outside English, but what I'm seeing presented is almost entirely directory stuff, not much more than the org's website itself. As an aside, this medical school is very new and not all schools which exist are notable. BusterD (talk) 17:59, 15 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Other school or university articles

Eight Schools Association

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The ESA is an association of wealthy college-preparatory boarding schools in the Northeastern United States. I am concerned that this page does not meet WP:GNG because there is minimal direct coverage from outside, reliable sources, based on a review of Google News, Google Scholar, and the Wikipedia Library (inc. EBSCO and JSTOR). In addition, the material in the article (based primarily on sources and data from the member schools) suggests that the ESA has not been very active since 2013. Several members of the association attempted to start an athletics league, which used to have the Wikipedia page Six Schools League. The SSL page was deleted in July 2024 via WP:PROD, as there was no evidence that the league ever began play. I don't think there was any substantive discussion about the deletion then.

As far as I can tell, the only meaningful discussion of the ESA by an outside source appears to be a 2018 book about campus planning by architect and Princeton administrator Robert Spencer Barnett with photos of the ESA campuses. In his preface, the author states that "limiting the scope [of the book] to this group may seem overly restrictive," but "these schools embody most of the opportunities and challenges that exist at peer institutions."

Other than that, specific descriptions of the ESA in outside sources have generally been limited to offhand mentions in articles about member schools.

A 2015 Associated Press article about St. Paul's School (New Hampshire) that briefly refers to the ESA "a sort of Ivy League for prep schools."
A 2019 Quadrant Magazine article by William Rubinstein noting that Edward Said attended Mount Hermon, an ESA member. Rubinstein says that the ESA is "the American equivalent of the Clarendon schools including Eton and Harrow," without elaboration.
A 2011 Fast Company article about member school Choate, which states that the ESA is "an alliance of posh - and highly competitive - New England prep schools."
A 2007 article in Education Week saying that the Concord Review student journal is trying to get the ESA schools to subsidize the journal's continued production, and calling the ESA "a group of elite private schools in New England."

In addition, on February 6, I left a notability tag and a message on the article's talk page requesting help finding additional sources, with no response. Namelessposter (talk) 18:43, 14 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Weak Keep I am leaning towards weak keep because of this article and there are also several citations in the references that are not available online, but I will give them the benefit of the doubt that they exist with additional coverage.Darkm777 (talk) 19:46, 15 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
My concern with that article you linked (which is already cited on the Wikipedia page) is that it's a piece in one of the member schools' student newspapers, so it's not exactly an outside source. It's also from 2010 and the scale of the ESA's work appears to have dropped off significantly since then. Namelessposter (talk) 20:05, 15 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Death of Mihir Ahammed

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Wikipedia is not a newspaper. While this recent incident has received local media attention, the subject doesn't meet any criteria of WP:EVENT. It's a tragedy, but unfortunately a common occurrence. BusterD (talk) 22:27, 6 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Comment. I'd be inclined to lean delete, however the widespread coverage of the event and the statement from the Indian Congress means this could be notable soon. I think this would fail WP:EVENTCRIT at this time, but if there were changes in legislation or other changes made to Indian schools in the coming weeks, this would thus become notable under the same criteria. For example, the Suicide of Rehtaeh Parsons is a similarly tragic event which became notable because of the ensuing inquiry and creation of new cyber bullying legislation. Kylemahar902 (talk) 23:02, 6 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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Delete: This wouldn't pass the 10YR test, this is a rather simple death of a non-notable individual. I can't see this as being more than a shocking news story that no one will remember is 6mths. Oaktree b (talk) 01:39, 7 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Comment: This recent incident has received national media attention [29][30][31],[32] and the police have confirmed that it was a Suicide

death due to Ragging, and there is a reference to the evidence, and the topic meets the criteria for WP:EVENT. This is not a common occurrence. An incident that is likely to be a model or catalyst for something else of lasting importance is likely to be noteworthy WP:LASTING. School ragging laws are likely to change because of this, as the police have taken up the case and the case is being heard in court[33]. Spworld2 (talk) 10:52, 7 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

It's likely TOOSOON then. Oaktree b (talk) 15:24, 7 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Strong Keep To be honest, this strikes me as no different than the dozens of North American articles that we have about high-profile youth suicides/deaths that come after intense bullying. See e.g. Suicide of Rodney Hulin, Suicide of Nicola Ann Raphael, Suicide of Jamey Rodemeyer, Suicide of Amanda Todd, Death of Conrad Roy, Death of Nex Benedict. Each of those articles have enduring notability because of (a) the socially shocking or surprising type of bullying that preceded the death [sexual violence in juvenile detention, anti-goth bullying, anti-gay bullying, grooming & cyberbullying, female to male domestic partner abuse, and transphobic bullying respectively], and (b) widespread social and political response as a result. The backlash and social pressure campaign around "ragging" is generating an equal, if not more notable, social response than any of the above-mentioned suicides. If we selectively delete this article, we'd be maintaining a dramatically higher threshold of notability for South Asian youth suicides than for North America. Flip^and Flopped ツ 16:04, 7 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Comment: Plenty of articles exist that probably should not. Please provide a valid reason this should be kept. BusterD (talk) 19:20, 7 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I do think the user has provided the reason. There was also this essay I don't remember name of, which tells not to cite all policies and guidelines here and and there. 𝓔xclusive𝓔ditor _{Ping Me🔔} 07:46, 8 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
The user has made a speech giving their opinion about what we should do in this general circumstance. They haven't presented one refutation of how this page fails NEVENT. BusterD (talk) 11:37, 8 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Merely listing policies and guidelines is discouraged on XfDs, I'll agree. Quoting and applying relevant guidelines and policies (as I have done) is expected. The Hindu reports over 10,000 suicides in Kerala in each of the last three years. Roughly 27 every day. More than one every hour. Unfortunately, suicide is a common occurrence in Kerala (and worldwide), and suicide after bullying is one of the major categories. I assert there's no sources presented or applied which make this case more than just a run of the mill tragedy. Wikipedia is not a daily newspaper. We have no evidence presented this case will lead to any broader change in local attitudes or laws. The burden of proof (on notability and verifiability) is on the contributors who wish to keep this article. BusterD (talk) 11:53, 8 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I see contributors here have recently merged a summary of this event over to the list of Indian incidents at Ragging, so this unfortunate loss may yet help provide a case for others. I will watch that page and help defend the insertion, if possible. Thank you. BusterD (talk) 12:18, 8 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Merge more into ragging, then redirect. That's an appropriate context. This incident is all too common, akin to school shootings in the United States. Bearian (talk) 14:36, 8 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Comment: As nominator, I'm never adverse to alternatives to deletion. I see another sub-section Ragging#Major_incidents about Sri Lanka which lists incidents with inline citation. Perhaps merging this material the parallel subsection may be a way to utilize (and better organize) coverage to improve the Ragging page. BusterD (talk) 16:41, 8 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Keep: Suicide is common in the world, and in India too, But this Suicide was preceded by a socially shocking or surprising type of brutal Hazing and ragging, Racism, resulting in a widespread social and political response. (Important political response: Leaders of the Opposition(India), Leader of the in Lok Sabha and Indian National Congress) The backlash and social pressure campaign surrounding "ragging" creates a social response that is equal to, and more significant than, any other social response. Even before this, the interactions caused by Hazing and ragging have been maintained, for example : Rohith Vemula, Suicide of Fathima Latheefand Suicide of Payal Tadvi etc..~~ Spworld2 (talk) 07:22, 10 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
As the page creator, you are certainly welcome to all your opinions. Do you have anything to add to this discussion which is based in policy or sources? BusterD (talk) 00:28, 11 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
WP:EVENT To pass There are significant and reliable sources (References),

sources:- TOI-Ref [34][35][36][37]

Deccan Herald-Ref:-[38] [39]

NDTV--Ref:-[40][41][42]

India Today--Ref:- [43]

The Economic Times--Ref:- [44]

The New Indian Express--Ref:- [45][46][47]

Mathrubhumi:-[48][49][50][51][52]

Republic TV :- [53]

Other:-[54][55][56][57]

Sorry for re-reading any references Spworld2 (talk) 13:15, 11 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
A list of sources is not an argument. BusterD (talk) 15:08, 11 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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UMSL Student Government Association

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WP:ORG non-commercial organization that does not operate on a national scale or have significant coverage from multiple unrelated sources (many sources are from UMSL or the UMSL student newspaper). The scope of UMSL Student Government Association is limited to the students of UMSL. Similar concerns were brought up in a 2008 AfD discussion but no notable sources were added.

There are also very few of these types of articles on Wikipedia (http://en.wiki.x.io/wiki/Category:Student_governments_in_the_United_States). Articles on that list like Florida Student Association and Hawaii State Student Council are intra-state organizations that work for student populations across whole states whereas the UMSL SGA article serves a single school. GrantPeePee (talk) 03:32, 3 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Organizations, Schools, and Missouri. GrantPeePee (talk) 03:32, 3 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Politics-related deletion discussions. WCQuidditch ☎ ✎ 05:33, 3 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Every school has a student government, and student organization are typically not notable. The whole article is only relevant to members. Reywas92^Talk 15:08, 3 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Relisting comment: Relisting, already brought to AFD so not eligible for a Soft Deletion.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 05:50, 10 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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