Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of Armenian Schools worldwide


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The result was   keep. (non-admin closure) Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:14, 9 October 2009 (UTC)

List of Armenian Schools worldwide

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The vast majority of these aren't notable, as seen by the external links. The rest have their own relevant categories (Category:Universities in Armenia, Category:Armenian-American private schools, etc). Biruitorul Talk 18:17, 23 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep - useful and informative list. I would prefer the external links to be replaced by red links but that is a cleaning job that can be carried out as an editorial matter. It is incorrect to say that 'The vast majority of these aren't notable'; certainly the high schools and colleges will be notable. The external links don't show that the institutions are not notable they simply mean that a page has yet to be written. TerriersFan (talk) 19:12, 23 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Schools-related deletion discussions.  —TerriersFan (talk) 19:19, 23 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep I didn't even know there were Armenian schools in the U.S. This is indeed an interesting and informative list, and surely, given the vast number of lists on Wikipedia, some of questionable value, this hardly will tarnish Wikipedia if it is kept. --JohnnyB256 (talk) 19:41, 23 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete as we are not a directory.  Sure it is useful, but so is a phonebook. I'm not sure what encyclopedic significance this has as there doesn't appear to be any analysis of the collective body of schools. This is an appropriate topic for a category, but not an article.  Them  From  Space  23:09, 23 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment - lists do not undertake detailed analysis; that is the role of an article. If you wish to dispose of all`lists then please make a policy proposal but, pending a change of policy, that is not a deletion reason. Lists and categories have complimentary, but different, roles. For example,the red links serve a useful role in identifying the need for article creation. 149.254.218.87 (talk) 14:56, 24 September 2009 (UTC)
 * They can and do overlap, but there are certain cases where we may have a list and not a category on a topic, and other cases where we may have a category and not a list. They do not mirror each other, if they would the difference between the two would be pointless.  Them  From  Space  19:45, 24 September 2009 (UTC)

 Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, NW ( Talk ) 03:38, 2 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.


 * Keep Notable and worthwhile. More flexibility in how we title and write up this type of article would be good, but that's a discussion for another forum. ChildofMidnight (talk) 05:39, 2 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep though I am not sure how useful it is for institutions in Armenia itslef to be included here. Possibly Schools for the Armenian diaspora would be better.  It should be noted that the Armenians are a people scattered all over the Midlde East, sharing a religious heritage as much as an ethnicity.  Many never were citizens of the present country of Armenia, nor were their ancestors.  Peterkingiron (talk) 22:45, 4 October 2009 (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.