Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of schools in Hampshire (Area 1)


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The result was delete all. (ESkog)(Talk) 13:33, 17 April 2007 (UTC)

List of schools in Hampshire (Area 1)

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Wikipedia is NOT a directory. Nothing but lists of HUNDREDS of Yellow Pages style entries with telephone numbers and external links. I am also listing the following phonebook articles for the same reason: List of schools in Hampshire (Area 2), List of schools in Hampshire (Area 3), List of schools in Hampshire (Area 4), List of schools in Hampshire (Area 5), List of schools in Hampshire (Area 6), List of schools in Hampshire (Area 7), List of schools in Hampshire, List of independent schools in Hampshire, List of schools in Hampshire (Southampton area). Saikokira 00:57, 11 April 2007 (UTC)
 * I missed one because it wasn't listed in Category:Schools in Hampshire, but I'm adding it now as it's no different to the other ten: List of special schools in Hampshire Saikokira 02:37, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

DGG 05:44, 11 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete All - Wikipedia is not a mirror or a repository of links, nor is it a directory, nor is it the Yellow Pages. JRHorse 01:32, 11 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete All per WP:NOT as above.  Eliminator JR Talk  01:40, 11 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete all per above. MER-C 03:44, 11 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep by analogy with US school district articles. Perhpas this isnt the right unit of aggregation, but there is need to have informtion of some sort about the non-notable schools until they slowly one by one  become article-worthy.
 * Keep as per DGG's reason, although U.S. school district articles should be more than just lists, they are useful as aggregations of encyclopedic information on schools. Are all British schools simply controlled by the ministry of education, or are there local authorities that supervise and make policy for schools in certain geographic areas, as in the United States and Canada? If so, those are your best units for articles and these lists should be transformed into lists based on those units. Noroton 06:09, 11 April 2007 (UTC)


 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Schools-related deletions.  -- Noroton 06:09, 11 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep. Agree with the sentiment that this is analogous to school districts, which are large institutions encompassing the bulk of education in an area. Sjakkalle (Check!)  06:33, 11 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete 'em all per nom and WP:NOT. NN list of mostly NN schools.  If people are consulting WP for lists of nonnotable schools in a given state, we need to change our policies. --Butseriouslyfolks 06:51, 11 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete all per nom. Sr13 (T|C) 08:06, 11 April 2007 (UTC)


 * Merge. There is already an existing List of schools in the South East of England. The Hampshire schools should be merged into this existing list retaining only the name of the school (using black not red links) and removing all directory style information. We do have local education authorities but they have limited powers and they are not normally something which you could write an article about. The OFSTED information is readily available on the OFSTED website and I see no need to repeat it here. If the sheer numbers of schools listed in Hampshire make the SE England list unmanageable then it would be logical to create a separate list of Hampshire schools but only if it is organised in the same way as the existing lists (ie without all the postcodes and telephone numbers). Dahliarose 09:36, 11 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Comment The List of schools in the South East of England is an even more useless list as it's only partial as it admits itself. A complete list of schools would leave a page of a completely unmanageable size.  Surely this is what categories are for? We already have "Schools in county" categories set up. Eliminator JR  Talk  10:15, 11 April 2007 (UTC)
 * The List of schools in the South East of England is one of a number of other similar lists. English schools are currently only categorised by county rather than by LEA. I suppose they could also by categorised by LEA too but the school lists have been existence for some time now and it would be quite a job removing them all and adding the appropriate LEA category to every single school. Is this something that can be done automatically by a bot? The list of schools in the South East of England might only be partial but it is constantly being updated so it is feasible that it will be completed. Dahliarose 12:39, 11 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Comment In the majority of cases, the LEA (more precisely LA these days) is congruent with the county anyway (e.g. all state schools in Northamptonshire come under Northamptonshire LA).  However, independent schools throw a spanner into that particular works, so it may be better to categorise by county anyway.  Eliminator JR  Talk  14:56, 11 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Berkshire schools are split into three different education authorities: West Berkshire, Wokingham and Windsor. As you say, independent schools are a law unto themselves and it is more logical to categorise them by county. Dahliarose 15:20, 11 April 2007 (UTC)


 * Delete all. WP:NOT. Listcruft. ffm   ✎ talk   13:31, 11 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete all per WP:NOT. &#10154; Hi DrNick ! 23:18, 11 April 2007 (UTC)


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