Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of schools in South Africa


 * 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, defaulting to keep. Can&#39;t sleep, clown will eat me 00:35, 9 November 2006 (UTC)

List of schools in South Africa
tagged db-empty but does not really apply to list articles. South Africa is rather a large country and has more than a few schools... Guy 00:48, 3 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom. Cbrown1023 01:02, 3 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep This is an odd objection, as it would seem to me, that the problem isn't with the concept of this page, so much as that it is poorly done. However, since it just started in the past day or so, I'm not inclined to act now.  You may wish to see this previous discusion about Kenya for further feedback.  I would suggest instead contact the initial contributor and finding out if they intend to develop it, and give them the time to do so.  FrozenPurpleCube 01:43, 3 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete there is nothing on the page about schools. It is a list of cities. Arbusto 03:48, 3 November 2006 (UTC)
 * That part has been removed from the article. FrozenPurpleCube 19:25, 3 November 2006 (UTC)


 * Delete This has only a few hours of life. Perhaps it should've been prodded instead, giving more time to its creator to add content before having everybody judging his work. Anyway I believe that a list of schools in South Africa would pretty much look like an endless directory, thus not conforming to WP:NOT.-- Hús  ö  nd  04:37, 3 November 2006 (UTC)
 * You mean like List of schools? FrozenPurpleCube 19:25, 3 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Yes. That's pretty much an example of the worthlessness these lists may generate.-- Hús  ö  nd  19:41, 3 November 2006 (UTC)


 * Delete Per Husond. JoshuaZ 06:35, 3 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete per above. -- Kf4bdy talk contribs 07:54, 3 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete per Husond. --Ter e nce Ong (T 04:12, 4 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep. Besides the complete absence of any cogent deletion argument in the nomination, I note that we have comparable lists for numerous other countries such as List_of_schools_in_the_United_Kingdom. These lists are directional aids that help readers find the underlying articles. That holds for South Africa just like the UK. --JJay 05:16, 4 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Comment Wikipedia is not a directory. This has been pointed out before. Claiming that "complete absence of any cogent deletion argument in the nomination" seems less than accurate in that context. JoshuaZ 06:08, 4 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Comment. South Africa is rather a large country and has more than a few schools... is not a deletion nomination (but is a rather good argument for creating a list of this type). I expect noms to take the time to spell out their objections cogently in a way that all users can readily understand. AFD is not for riddles or mind games. Regarding your reference to WP:NOT, I would point out that the clauses on that page contain specific detailed examples. They do not fit this list. Instead, lists of lists are perfectly acceptable as per the Lists (stand-alone lists) guideline, and are quite common. They are meant as navigational aids, not directories. In the present case, the primary school list would be swallowed by the High School list. It therefore makes sense to break them out in keeping with the List of Schools structure.. --JJay 15:23, 4 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep for now... its simply too new. After a month... if it still is in this pathetic shape... re-afd it and you'll have my delete.  ALKIVAR &trade; &#x2622; 07:20, 4 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep per Alkivar. This is too new to delete, give it a chance to grow. --Myles Long 17:36, 6 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep per FrozenPurpleCube and allow the article some time. Silensor 23:06, 6 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep, useful complement to the category, at least until we have articles on all South African schools. No reason to delete. Christopher Parham (talk) 01:48, 8 November 2006 (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.