Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Government Secondary School, North Bank


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The result was   keep. The Bushranger One ping only 00:22, 29 September 2012 (UTC)

Government Secondary School, North Bank

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It's not notable per WP:NHS, however it's an essay but I didn't find any guidlines which describes the schools' notability. ● Mehran Debate● 09:01, 22 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Nigeria-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 23:30, 22 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Schools-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 23:30, 22 September 2012 (UTC)


 * FYI: Schools fall under WP:ORG.  Theo polisme  02:15, 23 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks, I used it to analyse the article. :) ● Mehran Debate● 08:20, 23 September 2012 (UTC)


 * Weak keep. First, it appears that this school actually exists. There is a research study of some of its pupils here and there are several facebook and linkedin links. Second, Secondary Schools are normally kept because if one looks hard enough, sources can be found. In this case we perhaps need help from some editors in Nigeria. I see the Nigeria Project has been notified. -- Bduke   (Discussion)  07:21, 23 September 2012 (UTC)
 * With all due respects to your opinion, but I don't know where have been said that "Secondary Schools are normally kept ...", would you please tell me where did you read that? I bring the related notability guideline here to compare with your viewpoint:
 * A company, corporation, organization, school, team, religion, group, product, or service is notable if it has been the subject of significant coverage in secondary sources. Such sources must be reliable, and independent of the subject. A single independent source is almost never sufficient for demonstrating the notability of an organization.
 * You said that you think this school exists because of some Facebook and Linkedin pages, however they're never could be reliable sources, and even if they could, the existence of a school does not make it notable (regards to above guideline which has said it's notable if it has been the subject of significant coverage in secondary sources). And also attend to this sentence: "A single independent source is almost never sufficient for demonstrating the notability of an organization." ● Mehran Debate● 08:20, 23 September 2012 (UTC)


 * First, the guideline you give in the nomination, WP:NHS, says "Articles on high schools and secondary schools, with rare exceptions, have been kept when nominated at Articles for Deletion except where they fail verifiability". This is supported by my memory of very many AfD proposals on schools. Secondary schools are normally kept. Middle and lower schools are mostly deleted. Second, I did not state that facebook and linkedin are reliable sources. I merely said that they appear to suggest that this article is not a hoax and that this school does exist. The link I gave to a study of its pupils, which you ignore, is clearer evidence for its existence. I did not say that the existence of a school makes it notable. I also agree that we do not yet have a single independent source. I suggested a weak keep because my experience is that someone will find reliable sources. I know Nigeria, having worked there for 5 years but over 30 years ago. Sources will be there but they will not be as easy to find as sources in Europe or the US. Give it time. -- Bduke   (Discussion)  09:02, 23 September 2012 (UTC)
 * WP:NHS is not guideline and is an essay (I mentioned above). Sorry about my mistake, anyway Theopolisme indicated us the related guideline. Absolutely like you I preferred to keep if there were be some reliable sources in the article, but for now there's not and that's why nominate it in AfD. ;) ● Mehran Debate● 10:14, 23 September 2012 (UTC)


 * Keep. Obviously someone isn't  aware that  we keep  secondary  schools, even if they  are only  a short stub. (WP:SCHOOLOUTCOMES). Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 14:12, 25 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Keep. General consensus is that secondary school articles should be kept. -- ____
 * Keep per User:Bearian/Standards. Bearian (talk) 17:43, 26 September 2012 (UTC)
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