Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of boarding schools


 * 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   no consensus. AFD is not cleanup, but this does need cleaning up. Black Kite (t) (c) 15:24, 26 August 2011 (UTC)

List of boarding schools

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 This list is not particularly useful, as it is very long (and probably incomplete), and there is an existing category structure (Category:Boarding schools and its subcats) which serves the purpose well. I cannot see any particular advantage of looking at this geographically diverse list over traversing an (admittedly highly-branched) category structure.
 * This list is entirely unsourced: although it does have external links, they seem to serve more as a directory than anything else. — This, that, and the other (talk) 07:58, 18 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Lists-related deletion discussions.  —Tom Morris (talk) 08:24, 18 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Schools-related deletion discussions.  —Tom Morris (talk) 08:24, 18 August 2011 (UTC)


 * Delete per WP:NOTDIRECTORY. It's okay to have a list and a category where both add value; I don't think that's true here and I would keep only the cat. Matchups 03:14, 21 August 2011 (UTC)


 * Keep We do not delete lists in order to promote categories - see WP:CLS. Warden (talk) 18:10, 18 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep, although if the red links don't have articles soon, they should be removed. 174.99.120.98 (talk) 01:21, 19 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete or unless redlinks are removed and sources are cited for each entry as is standard for list articles. This is the type of list which will inevitably grow to be too long and impossible to maintain. Alternatively, split into multiple list articles by continent or country. Yworo (talk) 21:56, 19 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete too broad. Impossible to maintain with any level of quality. Dzlife (talk) 14:04, 23 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep If too broad, the solution is to divide it, not delete it. If the list is limited as it should be to schools with a Wikipedia article oobviously qualified for one, it maintains quality and is discriminating, just as much as everything in the encyclopedia. since any secondary school is considered appropriate for a Wikipedia  article, the solution to the red links is to write them. Any which are not secondary schools, need to  be dealt with by considering whether the article can be written.   There should in general be a category as well as a list for such topics--a list can provide context, a category is automatically maintaining. The two are complementary, A possible  reason not to have a list is if nobody is willing to edit it--but even in that case, the goal is to get it edited, just like an other neglected article. This one,however, is not neglected.    DGG ( talk ) 03:17, 24 August 2011 (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.