Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Escalator 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 keep. Further discussion about a possible merge can continue in the appropriate venue. Mojo Hand (talk) 14:40, 17 May 2020 (UTC)

Escalator school

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Violation of WP:GNG. Page is mostly a list of anime. MatryoshkaNL (talk) 17:49, 24 April 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Education-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 17:51, 24 April 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Schools-related deletion discussions.  CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 17:55, 24 April 2020 (UTC)


 * Keep Removed the zero-sourced list of anime uses (which honestly could go forever), which takes it down to a concise definition and addresses the nominator's concerns.  Nate  • ( chatter ) 04:38, 25 April 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Comics and animation-related deletion discussions. Thebiv19 (talk) 19:54, 25 April 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Anime and manga-related deletion discussions. Thebiv19 (talk) 19:54, 25 April 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Japan-related deletion discussions. Thebiv19 (talk) 19:54, 25 April 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Philippines-related deletion discussions. Thebiv19 (talk) 19:54, 25 April 2020 (UTC)
 * Keep. This article can be used to describe educational systems and not be limited to anime discussions. lullabying (talk) 20:02, 25 April 2020 (UTC)


 * Keep as stub term but remove list of anime/manga as cruft and not necessary to explain the term. Add see alsos to Educational stage, K-12 and All-through school. It's similar to K-12 and their K-16 and K-20 definitions when extended to university, so that could also be a merge possibility. I would remove it from being Japanese only term unless it is a term originating in Japan.  AngusWOOF  ( bark  •  sniff ) 23:56, 25 April 2020 (UTC)
 * Japanese Education in the 21st century - description of "escalator" schools
 * The Atlantic article
 * Japan Times
 * Japanese and American Education System Attitudes and Practices
 * Keep click the link to Google news search and you can find this is a real thing with ample coverage of it.  D r e a m Focus  10:00, 26 April 2020 (UTC)
 * Weak delete. The topic may be notable, but the article is effectively a one-sentence once the unreferenced content is removed and does not show how it is notable. If someone expands it, ping me and I'll review my vote. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus&#124; reply here 10:18, 27 April 2020 (UTC)
 * Keep: The article should be expanded a bit, per Piotrus. Other than that, additional sources stated by AngusWOOF make the article good enough to pass WP:GNG. ASTIG😎  (ICE T • ICE CUBE) 15:27, 28 April 2020 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Strong Delete. Completely fails WP:GNG. No notability exists.Lordofthesky (talk) 17:15, 1 May 2020 (UTC) Struck vote of sock who's been using multiple accounts to try to disrupt AfD &#8209; Iridescent 16:06, 9 May 2020 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Sulfurboy (talk) 01:52, 2 May 2020 (UTC)  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Merge: It should be covered at Education in Japan. WP:NOPAGE applies until there's more than enough for WP:SPINOUT. ~Hydronium~Hydroxide~(Talk)~ 10:27, 2 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Keep Passes WP:NEXIST and the rest is a matter of ordinary editing not deletion per WP:PRESERVE. Andrew🐉(talk) 18:34, 2 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Merge to All-through school, not an independently notable concept that requires separate article. Education in Japan also works. WP:NOPAGE definitely applies even if there's coverage of the topic. Reywas92Talk 05:39, 3 May 2020 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks,  Sandstein   14:48, 9 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Merge to Education in Japan - While there are sources on the concept, even expanding this article to include them would not produce enough content to make this a necessary WP:SPLIT. As all of the sources seem to point towards this being a term that is largely specific to the Japanese education system, the Education in Japan article would be the best place to cover it.  Rorshacma (talk) 16:10, 9 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Merge to Education in Japan, not enough content on either page to require a split, much better to have all the information in one place. Devonian Wombat (talk) 21:46, 9 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Keep. AFD is not cleanup. If nom disagrees with content, they can change it. I agree that it passes GNG. MistyGraceWhite (talk) 13:57, 10 May 2020 (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.