Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Fuzhou No. 3 Middle School


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The result was   keep. Stifle (talk) 08:12, 7 September 2009 (UTC)

Fuzhou No. 3 Middle School

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Delete unsourced one-liner for a nn school. Carlossuarez46 (talk) 20:56, 31 August 2009 (UTC)  Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ron Ritzman (talk) 23:59, 6 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Schools-related deletion discussions.  -- - SpacemanSpiff Calvin&#8225;Hobbes 23:15, 31 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep - despite its name this is a high school and one of the first 14 provincial high schools to be designated a key high school; in a country as big as China that's pretty notable. I will add a source for verification but expansion will need to await a search in Chinese. In this regard, it is important to avoid systemic bias. TerriersFan (talk) 00:27, 1 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Question -- What is a "key high school"? Geo Swan (talk) 03:17, 3 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete Today, the word "key high school" holds little meaning to the Chinese. There are "Key high schools" for the province, there are "key high schools" county, there are "key high schools" for the city, there are even "key high schools" for the township and village. Besides, "ESLJobs.CN" is not what I would say RF. TheAsianGURU (talk) 18:53, 2 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of China-related deletion discussions. Thryduulf (talk) 11:26, 2 September 2009 (UTC)
 *  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.


 * Keep - per WP:DEFACTO where it states " 3.1 Items with de facto notability High schools" Thanks ShoesssS Talk 06:48, 7 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep per longstanding precedent. --Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:21, 7 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment First of all, why is "Middle School" in this school's title if it is a high school? I'm guessing it has something to do with the differences in education systems of different countries. True, precedent has dictated that all high schools are notable, but how does this correlate to Chinese schools? Experts on this subject are definitely needed. Jujutacular talkcontribs 01:28, 7 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Okay, the Chinese name, "zhongxue", which literally translates to "middle school", refers to the stage between primary school ("xiaoxue", lit. "small school") and university ("daxue", lit. "big school"); that is, it includes both middle school and high school in English. But, some Chinese "zhongxue"s are middle school only; some are high school only; some (like the one I attended) include both parts, so verification is necessary. And when people translate the name, you get massive variations. Per cache of the school's website, it is quite clear that this one is a high school. So keep per precedent. Tim Song (talk) 01:38, 7 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep per precedent. Many thanks to Tim Song for the informative, elaborate explanation. Jujutacular talkcontribs 01:54, 7 September 2009 (UTC)
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