Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of Government schools in New South Wales

List of Government schools in New South Wales

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The result of the debate was Nominator requested closure. &mdash;Moondyne 13:02, 12 September 2007 (UTC)
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A series of 7 lists of schools in the state of New South Wales, have been put up for deletion, they are: They are being deleted because they basically all cover information that is covered by List of schools in New South Wales. They are being deleted per WP:NOT. Some wiki-analysts would also argue that they are schoolcruft. Twenty Years 11:38, 12 September 2007 (UTC)
 * List of Government schools in New South Wales
 * List of Non-Government schools in New South Wales
 * List of selective high schools in New South Wales
 * List of creative and performing arts high schools in New South Wales
 * List of technology high schools in New South Wales
 * List of Islamic Schools in New South Wales
 * List of schools in Victoria, Australia according to 2005 VCE results


 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Australia-related deletions.   -- Twenty Years 11:37, 12 September 2007 (UTC)


 * Questions: What is actually being proposed for deletion here? These lists do not duplicate List of schools in New South Wales, as that is simply a index to these lists. Are you saying that all of them (including the index, which is not listed in the nomination) should be deleted, or that they should be merged into a statewide list? Apart from that, what has the Victorian list got to do with the others? JPD (talk) 11:57, 12 September 2007 (UTC)


 * Comment All of the seven articles are being proposed for deletion, so that they can be merged into a List of schools in New South Wales. I realised that i kinda dropped the ball on this one, apologies. Twenty Years 11:59, 12 September 2007 (UTC)


 * Strong keep. I too am perplexed by the nominator's reasoning. A larger list is deemed acceptable, but smaller lists with well defined boundaries (eg designation from the Department of Education) should be deleted because wikipedia is not a directory? These lists do not need to be merged in to a List of schools in New South Wales mega-article. The schools lists for other states are a mess. The New South Wales ones are actually decent because they've been divided into subgroups. Recurring dreams 12:04, 12 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Comment So instead of having one big mess we will have seven big messes, where no-one can find anything? Twenty Years 12:05, 12 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Comment Seven big messes? Look at List of non-government schools in New South Wales or List of selective high schools in New South Wales. These are messes? And let's look at a merged List of schools in Queensland. It is much better being directed to subpages from a page like List of schools in New South Wales, than finding yourself in a huge melange of a page like List of schools in Queensland. Recurring dreams 12:12, 12 September 2007 (UTC)
 * (edit conflict) No, seven smaller lists, which will hopefully not be such a mess. If the directory argument applies to the smaller ones, it applies to the larger one. If we want to keep the larger one, then this is a merge proposal, and we don't need to have a deletion discussion. JPD (talk) 12:14, 12 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Comment even more bizarre: if all the New South Wales lists are deleted, there won't be any lists of any schools in New South Wales? The List of schools in New South Wales would be a page of red links? This really needed a merge proposal discussed on the talk page, and not a deletion nomination. Recurring dreams 12:16, 12 September 2007 (UTC)
 * (Edit conflict) JPD just made the same point above. Recurring dreams 12:17, 12 September 2007 (UTC)


 * Comment I have to take some responsibility here. Twenty Years asked me for permission to nom these for AfD and I said OK on the understanding that this was going to be a simple deletion discussion.  It now appears that a merge is being proposed.  If so, he should withdraw the proposal. &mdash;Moondyne 12:31, 12 September 2007 (UTC)


 * Comment Moon, there is no need to. It was my slack nominating. I failed to look at the mainpage and presumed it contained a full list of schools, and the sub articles were little more than duplicating material. I wish to have them merged. Can the AfD be closed, so that this can be discussed on the relevant talk page. Twenty Years 12:35, 12 September 2007 (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 category's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this section.