Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ananda Central College


 * 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   keep. I the nominator withdraw this afd, due to subsequent improvements to the article. (non-admin closure)  Flewis (talk) 05:55, 23 October 2008 (UTC)

Ananda Central College

 * ( [ delete] ) – (View AfD) (View log)

Another High School that lacks sufficient context to determine location or any significant info.
 * "Created By M.G.J.Sandaruwan (2001 A/L) janumg@gmail.com"
 * "School ID: 0706001"
 * "It's one of most popular categorized school in Galle distract"
 * "Ananda ... current principle Mr. K.M. Sunil Padmasiri ...[is] also a student of Ananda."

Yes, very encyclopedic. WP:N concerns aside, no WP:RS or external links for verification. A WP:OR is also a viable problem  Flewis (talk) 06:26, 21 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Redirect to List of schools in Sri Lanka (where it appears under "Galle"). No prejudice against replacing the redirect with a more coherent article in the future. Deor (talk) 12:45, 21 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep. I cleaned the article up a bit. I think it has enough detail to be a stand-alone stub. It is a high school, after all. -- Eastmain (talk) 14:38, 21 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Note that in List of schools in Sri Lanka this is categorized as a national school, whereas it appears on this page as a provincial school. The sources for the school seem mighty thin to me; can anything in the article be sourced other than the school's existence and the fact that it's in Elpitiya? Deor (talk) 14:51, 21 October 2008 (UTC)
 * This article still requires major cleanup, the issues are listed within the article.-- Flewis (talk) 15:44, 21 October 2008 (UTC)


 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Schools-related deletion discussions.   —Eastmain (talk) 14:38, 21 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Sri Lanka-related deletion discussions.   —Eastmain (talk) 14:38, 21 October 2008 (UTC)
 * It is poorly written, isn't it? Gawrsh, Goofy--is it a high school or a college?  Oh, it doesn't matter because we Keep both of those!--Paul McDonald (talk) 14:48, 21 October 2008 (UTC)


 * Redirect to List of schools in Sri Lanka - the article is compromised by the use of multiple peacock terms and weasel words. The only external link of a former principal's brief obituary  (bearing in mind that the information listed in the link is not relevant to the article). A brief sentence or two in this article would suffice to establish info on the school. -- Flewis (talk) 15:44, 21 October 2008 (UTC)
 * I note that the school is also listed at Elpitiya, and perhaps that would be a better place to include a "brief sentence or two" and to target the redirect. Deor (talk) 15:51, 21 October 2008 (UTC)


 * Keep. AfD 1 hour after creation? Along with a serious case of tagging overkill. Secondary school deletions are unproductive. This is a cleanup job. • Gene93k (talk) 16:14, 21 October 2008 (UTC)
 * What do you suggest we use for sources? Deor (talk) 16:16, 21 October 2008 (UTC)


 * Keep - this contains a high school. Sri Lanka schools have a poor presence on the Internet so, to avoid systemic bias, time should be given for local sources to be found. The over-tagging is counter-productive and simply serves to confuse. TerriersFan (talk) 17:17, 21 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep All high schools are in practice considered notable here, because it turns out there is always material. Poor quality articles are edited, not deleted. DGG (talk) 16:19, 22 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep as a high school, this institution will undoubtedly be found to be quite prominent in it's community, and therefore sources for encyclopedic material will certainly be able to be found. The fact that this school exists in a region that has poor INTERNET presence means that we should not rely solely on INTERNET search engines and expect a rapid turn-around on improvement requests.  This article will undoubtedly need time to be improved.  Deletion will not assist in that endeavor, and is not warranted because by a preponderance of AfD closings over the past 5 years, it is overwhelmingly the consensus of this community that all high schools can be considered notable, as a matter of convenience.  Jerry   delusional ¤ kangaroo 00:18, 23 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep: Don't tag articles for deletion 1 hour after creation + systemic bias. CRGreathouse (t | c) 01:42, 23 October 2008 (UTC)


 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. 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.