Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kent School, Hostert


 * 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The result was Withdrawn. -- RoySmith (talk) 19:24, 14 August 2018 (UTC)

Kent School, Hostert

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Merge. This school appears to have had about a 23 year history under the name Kent School, and then was combined with another school to become Windsor School, Germany. Most of the history currently in the article appears to be from before the building became "Kent School" in 1963. It would seem more appropriate to merge the history of this school under a subsection of Windsor School. If coverage of the school itself expands significantly, than it can be broken out into separate article. Semper Fi! FieldMarine (talk) 19:38, 6 August 2018 (UTC)


 * Oppose. This deletion proposal has simply arisen out of irritation that it resulted in Kent School, USA having to be disambiguated and a desire to see the latter as the primary article again. So there is no real logic to this: we do not normally threaten articles with deletion simply because they're stubs and have yet to be developed. Kent School, Hostert, is just as notable as most of the schools listed on Wikipedia and more notable than many. It was a major British secondary school for our Forces in Germany with over 1000 pupils at its peak and has several notable alumni including a Baroness. It was housed in buildings that have a dark and fascinating history, a witness to that was that bodies were discovered when the school was being redeveloped, and is well worth an article in its own right. There are numerous different sources that support its notability including official ones as well as press articles. It existed as part of Windsor School for around 8 years - far less time than it had existed independently - so a merger with Windsor School makes no sense. It was reasonable to challenge the disambiguation naming; deletion or merging is excessive. Bermicourt (talk) 07:35, 7 August 2018 (UTC)

Note: it appears I dorked up this AfD and it ended up under the heading of Shalom Kolontarov in the main AfD page. Can someone fix that as I don’t know how.


 * Good job expanding the article. However, it appears that the history of Kent and Windsor Schools are entwined, and thus perhaps would be better off as one article because it does not seem, in this case, that there is enough content for the one on Kent School to be split off. Even some of the references refer to them collectively as "Kent/Windsor School". One possible suggestion is upon merge to rename the new article to "Kent/Windsor School" since they are both now closed. As far as your comment about this AfD nom, I suggest you stick to the subject, and assume good faith. In terms of final disposition, my recommendation is to keep the Kent School, Hostert as a redirect after merge. I do not propose deletion. Semper Fi! FieldMarine (talk) 10:05, 7 August 2018 (UTC)
 * That's all interesting stuff, but it would be better addressed on the article talk page. Running this AfD is simply excessive. Withdraw it and we can concentrate on improving the article(s), discussing their titles and how best to disambiguate them. There are plenty of ways to skin this cat without trying to delete an article because it has a similar name to an existing one. Bermicourt (talk) 16:41, 7 August 2018 (UTC)
 * Yes - as the nominator, I support the request to withdraw this AFD with the intent of discussing the path forward for this article on it's talkpage. Semper fi! FieldMarine (talk) 00:11, 9 August 2018 (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.