Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/A. J. C. Jooste High School


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The result was   keep. Per consensus based on notability for schools as chronicled in WP:SCHOOLOUTCOMES ('Outcomes' itself is neither am essay, a guideine, nor a policy). Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 07:52, 22 January 2013 (UTC)

A. J. C. Jooste High School

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IMO this fails the basic notability guideline on Significant coverage and Sources requirement. A google search just generates a name and address listing across multiple websites, nothing useful that can fill out this article Gbawden (talk) 14:23, 15 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Keep for the usual reasons. Verified secondary school. -- Necrothesp (talk) 15:23, 15 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Schools-related deletion discussions. Necrothesp (talk) 15:23, 15 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of South Africa-related deletion discussions. Necrothesp (talk) 15:23, 15 January 2013 (UTC)


 * Keep per Necrothesp. &tilde;danjel [ talk &#124; contribs ] 15:34, 15 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Comment - Tidbits I've picked up around the web indicate that this is an Afrikaans-language school (thus, there may not be a lot of content about it in English) and a boarding school, largely enrolling rural children from a large area. In particular, see the Facebook page and this Lions Club newsletter (page 3). It may be a "combined school", enrolling children of all ages (not just high school). --Orlady (talk) 16:26, 15 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Keep - As an Afrikaans-language school it is not realistic to expect Google hits in English. We must strive to avoid systemic bias and, as with all high schools, experience shows that with enough local research sources will be found to meet WP:ORG. TerriersFan (talk) 02:26, 16 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Comment - It may be a verified secondary school but the Wikipedia requirement for notability is to have reliable sources. Facebook is not a reliable source and granted it may be an Afrikaans medium school but until such time reliable sources become available its not notable. There is no blanket notability for schools or any other subject on Wikipedia Gbawden (talk) 06:47, 16 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Comment - actually the school is either notable or not notable; the current lack of sources means that notability has not yet been demonstrated; entirely different. Experience shows that with enough local research high schools invariably can be made to meet WP:ORG. However, though we delete subjects that are not likely to be notable for lack of sources we don't delete those that are likely to be notable; we tag for improvement - this is the way we develop the encyclopaedia. In any case, trying to get a potentially notable new article, without evidence of e.g. searches in Afrikaans, the day after creation, is not good practice. TerriersFan (talk) 03:04, 17 January 2013 (UTC)


 * Strong delete; it seems like a bog standard secondary school. Keep if notability can be established through being a public school (in the proper sense, HMC membership or similar) or a significant number of independently notable old boys and girls.  Barney the barney barney (talk) 20:26, 17 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Keep per Necrothesp. See WP:SCHOOLOUTCOMES.  EricSerge (talk) 23:57, 18 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Keep - Almost all secondary schools can be found to be notable if enough research is done. I see no reason to think that this will not be true of this school. Considering that this is an Afrikaans-language school unlikely to have extensive coverage in English, those of us who work primarily in English may have difficulty finding sources on this school. --Orlady (talk) 14:41, 19 January 2013 (UTC)
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