Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Nanjing No.1 High School


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Nanjing No.1 High School
The result was   Keep (non-admin closure), high schools are notable and translation is underway. Paragon12321 (talk) 17:14, 7 August 2008 (UTC)
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Unsure of notability, the part of the article that is translated already doesn't show much notability, the fact that all that text was submitted mostly by an IP registered to... surprise...China Telecom, Jiangsu Province, China (same province as school) doesn't help either. A quick Google search shows little mention in English sources. Not sure if notability in China (if it even has any) transfers to here (English Wikipedia) either. Calvin 1998 (t-c) 17:22, 2 August 2008 (UTC) Quick note -- I'm seeing the phrase "my school" being used often in the article when referring to the school. Calvin 1998 (t-c) 05:52, 3 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep - as discussed here many times, high schools are considered notable. In addition the article, not yet fully translated, already contains encyclopaedic information. We need to avoid systemic bias against institutions from countries with a poor internet presence. TerriersFan (talk) 17:42, 2 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Schools-related deletion discussions.   —TerriersFan (talk) 17:46, 2 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep - Actually, I consider the fact that there is any mention of this Chinese high school in English at all to be a fairly significant indicator of notability. I also agree that the consensus of the community is that high schools are notable. I certainly do not think that the article should be deleted pending its translation, and provided we have enough to satisfy WP:V, it shouldn't be deleted at all. Xymmax So let it be written   So let it be done  19:06, 2 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete No sources to assert notability or meet WP:V, and it's not even written in English! (can anyone check whether the Chinese script is a copy-vio from the school's website?). Nick Dowling (talk) 01:30, 3 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep - I thought we long since decided high schools are notable. Presumably the chinese script will vanish as the article is improved. But I don't see anything stopping someone deleting anything that's not in English. Nfitz (talk) 04:56, 3 August 2008 (UTC)
 * So Fix It that's a content issue and not a reason to delete.--Paul McDonald (talk) 11:28, 4 August 2008 (UTC)
 * I never said it was, it's just something to take note of... Calvin 1998 (t-c) 17:42, 4 August 2008 (UTC)


 * Keep, is notable and is certainly welcome to counter systemic bias, but check Chinese text for copyvio, since I suspect some of it was lifted from various sources. nneonneo talk 06:24, 3 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep high schools are notable--conditional on cleanup and translation to english of foreign language section.--Paul McDonald (talk) 13:12, 3 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep per the well-reasoned high schools compromise at WP:SCHOOL. Yes, all the character-text is out of place on English Wikipedia, but that problem can be addressed without deletion. Townlake (talk) 15:23, 3 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Comment WP:SCHOOL is a rejected guideline. Nick Dowling (talk) 10:36, 4 August 2008 (UTC)
 * It still reflects recent practice here vis-a-vis high schools, and I agree with how it handles high schools. Townlake (talk) 14:15, 4 August 2008 (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.