Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ark (charity)


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The result was keep. Consensus was that the page was notable, but requires cleanup. (non-admin closure)  N0nsensical.system (err0r?)(.log) 08:28, 5 February 2020 (UTC)

Ark (charity)

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Appears to be a non-notable organisation with content added by editors with COI issues. Cardiffbear88 (talk) 22:46, 28 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Organizations-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 22:51, 28 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of United Kingdom-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 22:51, 28 January 2020 (UTC)


 * Keep: Notwithstanding the shortcomings of the article as it stands, the subject is notable as a major academy chain that is part of a controversial shift in the governance and provision of education in England - it has a higher profile than some of the other academy chains with their own articles linked from the section 'Operators' in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multi-academy_trust--Hmee2 (talk) 23:56, 28 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Keep: Definitely notable as MAT in the UK educ system, and for philanthropy, but undoubtedly needs cleanup. --Mervyn (talk) 11:16, 29 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Keep: Definitely notable as MAT- please read the multi-academy trust article to understand the significance of MATs. If you have time please help to address the shortcomings. We have two tags here but no  explanation on the talk page about what they mean. A single user entered a list of date that is by law public published information in 2016, and this has all been checked over and reformatted since. The claim that this is an advertisement is ridiculous, the difficulty here is finding articles that are not negative. If you have further ideas on how to improve the structure, have a look at other articles in Category:Multi-academy trusts and put your suggestions on the talk page. ClemRutter (talk) 21:25, 29 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Keep:, It has notability for its academy chain Alex-h (talk) 18:02, 31 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Hmee2, Alex-h, ClemRutter, Mervyn - thanks for the comments. Whilst I agree that MATs are notable, I cannot find any evidence that Ark is notable. Are there any secondary independent sources that can be added to the article? At the moment, the article only has primary sources which are not acceptable under WP:GNG Cardiffbear88 (talk) 20:18, 31 January 2020 (UTC)


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