Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Oxford International College Shanghai


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The result was delete. czar 01:03, 17 April 2016 (UTC)

Oxford International College Shanghai

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PROD declined by. Firstly, I can't find any evidence that the school was ever actually operational, so this would fail even by the low standards of WP:SCHOOLOUTCOMES. Maybe a search for Chinese sources can turn up some. Even if it was, however, this school is extremely marginal at best: it operated for (at most) 3 years, the article is entirely unsourced, and I can find no independent sources covering the school otherwise (indeed hardly any sources at all). Google (see link above) turns up all of 26 results, 0 of which are meaningful sources. Note that there is coverage of the Oxford International College at Changzhou, but none for this one as far as I can tell. WP:SCHOOLOUTCOMES states, "Most independently accredited degree-awarding institutions and high schools are usually kept" if they can be verified to be operational. I think this probably falls into the minority that shouldn't be, per the WP:GNG. — Nizolan  (talk) 04:44, 23 March 2016 (UTC)
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 * Can only find 2 reliable sources on the subject from Google. The school does exist based on an interview of the president however there was a couple name changes according to a report from last year  and the Oxford name was dropped 4 years ago. The first source has a passive mention on the school (it focuses on the president) but has a fair amount of detail on the school. The second source reads like a press release written by the school (more good news are expected to come from the school? By whom?). Given that it seems only one source barely meets WP:SIGCOV requirements I'd say delete, unless someone find more sources elsewhere. Also I cannot find any source to support the Oxford campus claim.--Skyfiler (talk) 10:11, 24 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Thanks for putting in the legwork on this. Just to check, the article currently states that the school was shuttered in 2010–11; does the report from last year say it's still open under a different name? — Nizolan  (talk) 22:50, 24 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Yes the report describes another school that was open as of 2015 and named Oxford international school as its predecessor. --Skyfiler (talk) 06:33, 25 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Hmm, okay, it needs to be moved to the new name in that case anyway. — Nizolan  (talk) 18:34, 25 March 2016 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America1000 09:36, 30 March 2016 (UTC)  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * I recommend soft delete due to concerns with verifiability discussed above. Deryck C. 17:14, 4 April 2016 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Vipinhari  &#124;&#124;  talk  18:59, 9 April 2016 (UTC)
 * Delete for now at best as I'm not convinced we can make this a better Wikipedia article at this time. SwisterTwister   talk  00:30, 17 April 2016 (UTC)


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