Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bun-sgoil Shlèite


 * 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. (non-admin closure) Timotheus Canens (talk) 00:47, 30 December 2009 (UTC)

Bun-sgoil Shlèite

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This AfD arises from a prod placed by me and removed by the author of the article. The reason for removal was: The school is unique in being the only Gaelic medium primary school with an English medium unit, as the article states. Be that as it may, being unique or interesting does not mean that an organisation is notable. The article does not cite any independent coverage of the subject, so I have real questions about its notability. In addition, I understand (correct me if I am wrong) that primary schools are generally not considered notable per consensus here. I have found one piece of independent coverage of the school, here. I have a difficulty with this source: it is from February 2006, while the article and the school's website say the school opened in 2007. Mkativerata (talk) 19:14, 23 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment – I agree with the nominator, that typically primary schools are not found to be notable. However, in that this particular school is Scotland's only Gaelic Medium School may make it worth inclusion.  I was able to find some additional references as shown here .  Enough to establish notability?  Thanks ShoesssS Talk 19:38, 23 December 2009 (UTC)
 * The only reference of note there is the Daily Record article highlighed in my nomination, which would ordinarily be a reasonable source if it wasn't a one-off piece of coverage and had dating issues (from 2006, school "opened" in 2007). Also, I don't think this is Scotland's only Gaelic medium school; the claim to notability is based on it being the only Gaelic medium school that also teaches English. --Mkativerata (talk) 19:50, 23 December 2009 (UTC)


 * Merge to Skye. Doc Quintana (talk) 19:39, 23 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep and improve Hi. I started the article originally as the school is unique in being a Gaelic Medium primary school with an English medium unit within it. This arrangement was the result of the community being divided when Highland council first suggested that the then Sleat Primary School should become a Gaelic school rather than an English school with a Gaelic unit. Perhaps it would help the article if some of this background were included? I can certainly do that - infact I'll try to do it tonight! Cheers Fishiehelper2 (talk) 19:54, 23 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Particularly if it can be sourced - coverage in addition to the Daily Record article linked above would be very useful. --Mkativerata (talk) 19:54, 23 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep. The very fact that the school teaches in the Gaelic medium makes it notable. The article already has a number of sources testifying to its notability, including a BBC source. Very few schools are noteworthy enough to merit an article on the BBC website. Dahliarose (talk) 23:11, 23 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Scotland-related deletion discussions.  —Mkativerata (talk) 21:13, 23 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Schools-related deletion discussions.  —Mkativerata (talk) 21:15, 23 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep (despite being the nom) largely on the basis of these sources demonstrating significant coverage of the school. Depending on how far Fishiehelper2 I might work on the article too to add the sources. I'm not withdrawing my nom as there remain valid reasons to merge or delete.--Mkativerata (talk) 23:08, 23 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Here is a BBC Web report and a linked video from a Lorna Gordon broadcast report. Sussexonian (talk) 23:15, 23 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Strong keep - incontrovertibly notable; in addition to the arguments above we can throw in this visual arts programme. TerriersFan (talk) 02:40, 24 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep per TerriersFan. Ben   Mac  Dui  09:45, 24 December 2009 (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.