Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/D.H.Kawthekar High School


 * 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   delete. While it is true that offline sources may exist, they must be presented to actually count. King of &hearts;   &diams;   &clubs;  &spades; 18:59, 26 September 2011 (UTC)

D.H.Kawthekar High School

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Advertisement of school Day000Walker (talk) 17:09, 17 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete - Does not meet notability requirements. --Noleander (talk) 17:14, 17 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Schools-related deletion discussions.  —Tom Morris (talk) 17:29, 17 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of India-related deletion discussions.  — &mdash; alf.laylah.wa.laylah (talk) 17:46, 17 September 2011 (UTC)


 * How is this an advertisement? It has no promotional content whatsoever. Phil Bridger (talk) 19:17, 18 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep - no good reason to delete a major high school. Indian schools have a notoriously poor Internet presence and the better way forward is to look for local sources and expand the page from them. Merging into a new umbrella Pahandharpur Education Society would also be an acceptable way forward. TerriersFan (talk) 03:05, 19 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:02, 24 September 2011 (UTC)


 * Delete. There's nothing notable about this school and I can't find anything on google about the school. Most of the info that comes back refers to either the wikipedia entry or the entry for Pandharapur itself. At the most this deserves a redirect to the city's page. As far as giving anything an internet presence goes, wikipedia isn't really the place for that. Fails WP:Notability. Tokyogirl79 (talk) 09:04, 24 September 2011 (UTC)tokyogirl79
 * Comment - no-one is suggesting that we are about giving this school an Internet presence. The point being made is that because of Indian schools' poor web presence Google searches are well nigh useless in finding sources. Time needs to be given for local sources to be researched and added. It is is not possible to say, at this time, that the school is not notable - only after local sources have been researched can we say that. Experience indicates that high schools throughout the world, each of which are a major presence in their communities and directly affect thousands of lives, are notable. If this school was located in the US, because of the good Internet coverage there, there would be no suggestion of deletion. Attempting to delete based on web searches is an example of systemic bias, and this should be avoided. When, as here, an article is on a likely notable subject we don't delete; we tag and improve over time. TerriersFan (talk) 00:05, 25 September 2011 (UTC)


 * Weak delete - the school is not being advertised, however the article is not meeting the general notability guideline. 11coolguy12 (talk) 02:45, 26 September 2011 (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.