Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Oulu International School


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The result was   Keep. ——RyanLupin • (talk) 00:00, 25 July 2008 (UTC)

Oulu International School

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Elementary and middle school with no third-party sources. Fail WP:SCHOOL Steve CarlsonTalk 01:44, 21 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep. This is not a garden-variety elementary and middle school, but an international school offering an International Baccalaureate curriculum. Those are both unusual features for a school. Moreover, in a quick Google search I found several additional sources, and I cited two of them in expanding the article. Among other things, I learned that the school enrolls students from 20 nationalities and it's one of just 9 schools in Finland that offer "basic education" (i.e., elementary and middle school level) in the English language. On balance, I conclude that it's notable. --Orlady (talk) 02:01, 21 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Schools-related deletion discussions.   —TerriersFan (talk) 03:06, 21 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Finland-related deletion discussions.  —Orlady (talk) 03:10, 21 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep - as an international school that contains a high school. Good work by Orlady means that it now meets WP:N. Our coverage of education in Finland is woefully thin and we shouldn't be deleting the few pages we have. This is already a nice, well-written start to an interesting article on an unusual school. TerriersFan (talk) 03:17, 21 July 2008 (UTC)
 * No, it does not contain a high school - the way the article currently reads, the students transfer to another school for high school. So unless international schools are in and of themselves notable, this still does not meet WP:N.  Nice work on improving it, however! Steve CarlsonTalk 07:39, 21 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Yes, it does contain a high school. The school website makes it quite clear that it educates to age 16 (Grade 10 in US terms). It is the diploma programme that the students move to study for at grades 11-12 (ages 16-19) -  see here. TerriersFan (talk) 14:57, 21 July 2008 (UTC)


 * Keep as notable. Article well referenced and set out. A valid high school stub article.--Sting  Buzz Me...   02:31, 23 July 2008 (UTC)


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