Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Banksia Park International High School


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The result was   keep. WP:SNOW  MBisanz  talk 04:42, 11 January 2009 (UTC)

Banksia Park International High School

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Lack of notability. Unclear notability since September 2007. The Rolling Camel (talk) 00:30, 10 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep: WP:N, a quick search in Google News: High School was one of six SA schools officially recognized for its international accreditation.."--Jmundo (talk) 00:52, 10 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Strong keep nomination is flawed, for three reasons. First: Notability Guideline states: "If an article fails to cite sufficient sources to demonstrate the notability of its subject, look for sources yourself." Nominator has not shown that he looked for sources first before putting the article up for deletion. Second: Jimmy Wales said: "if someone wants to write an article about their high school, we should relax and accommodate them, even if we wish they wouldn't do it. And that's true *even if* we should react differently if someone comes in and starts mass-adding articles on every high school in the world. Let me make this more concrete.  Let's say I start writing an article about my high school, Randolph School, of Huntsville, Alabama.  I could write a decent 2 page article about it, citing information that can easily be verified by anyone who visits their website. Then I think people should relax and accommodate me.  It isn't hurting anything.  It'd be a good article, I'm a good contributor, and so cutting me some slack is a very reasonable thing to do." (Partial solution to rampant deletionism, WikiEN-l, Jimmy Wales) Third: Precedence/consensus shows that most high schools are being kept. This article "isn't hurting anything" nominator "should relax and accommodate" this page. travb (talk) 00:56, 10 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Under your silly suggestions, no high school would be deleted. The first point doesn't mean the nominator has to look for sources. The third point only says that high schools usually end up being kept (some misguided editors think this means all articles on high schools should be kept. I've seen countless editors cite that as their only reason for voting Keep). The second point is just Jimbo's opinion, not guideline or policy.  TJ   Spyke   03:17, 10 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Moved response to talk page. travb (talk) 02:06, 11 January 2009 (UTC)


 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Australia-related deletion discussions.   --  Bduke    (Discussion)  01:01, 10 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Schools-related deletion discussions.   --  Bduke    (Discussion)  01:01, 10 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Strong Keep because high schools are noteable if they have won awards. It has won awards. See User:Jmundo's entry above.  K50   Dude   ROCKS!   01:05, 10 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep per the international recognition identified. Not all high schools are notable, but this one is. StarM  03:39, 10 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep - is notable per Jmundo above.  Matt  (  Talk  )   10:06, 10 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment The results of those news stories are hidden behind pay walls. Are you sure that these are all articles about the school as required to meet WP:ORG? If so, why not add this material to the article? Nick-D (talk) 11:32, 10 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep - I did a quick web search on Google and found a couple of free sources that I cited in the WP article. From the Google News results, it looks like there's a whole lot more out there. --Orlady (talk) 23:55, 10 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep by virtue of its international accreditation and awards. I have further expanded the sources. TerriersFan (talk) 00:33, 11 January 2009 (UTC)


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