Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Port Regis School


 * 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    Keep. The consensus below is that coverage is sufficient to establish notability for this particular primary school. Eluchil404 (talk) 09:19, 15 February 2012 (UTC)

Port Regis School

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Non-notable primary school, with no obvious redirect target. Bob Re-born (talk) 09:28, 7 February 2012 (UTC)
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 * Delete non-notable primary. If redirect required, I guess Shaftesbury is closest. Fmph (talk) 11:24, 7 February 2012 (UTC)


 * Cautious keep We seem to have established that secondary schools are inherently notable. We do not have a clear guideline on primary schools, but this one could be a bit more notable than most, if 2 of the queen's grandchildren have been there. PatGallacher (talk) 13:20, 7 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Notability is most definitely not inherited. Fmph (talk) 16:54, 7 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of England-related deletion discussions.  • Gene93k (talk) 15:23, 7 February 2012 (UTC)


 * Primary schools are not entitled to a presumption of notability, but I nevertheless lean to keep on this one.  I note that there are about 60 GBooks hits for this school; some of these are just routine listings, but here are a couple of sources about the architectural/historical significance of the Motcombe Park building as well as a snippet about a significant folly that was reconstructed there ; and there's a number of sources for the school's particular popularity with those who can afford such things, such as .  Throw in the sundry coverage of the school in connection with the Phillips kids, and I think there's enough to pass WP:GNG.--Arxiloxos (talk) 17:47, 7 February 2012 (UTC)
 *  Undecided . As someone with no particular interest in schools, I am not familiar with any notability policy which favours secondary over primary schools, though I add that such a policy strikes me as being clumsily prescriptive (there must surely be hundreds of secondary schools of no great distinction, and conversely not a few primaries that are worthy of note). I have come to this page after having trawled through a long list of articles requiring assessment for the Dorset WikiProject, and quite a few of the school articles in that list have made me think "Why is this in Wikipedia?" Compared to some of (e.g. Talbot Combined School), this one seems reasonably notable, for the reasons noted above. However it could be redirected to the Motcombe article, where there is already a mention of the place... PaleCloudedWhite (talk) 19:50, 7 February 2012 (UTC) Keep (after weighing up). PaleCloudedWhite (talk) 19:25, 8 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Keep. As demonstrated by Arxiloxos, sufficient sources already exist to demonstrate notability. While notability is not necessarily inherited, the link with royalty will ensure that this school has received wider than normal coverage in the local and national press. The school is also housed in an historic building which will provide further scope for expansion.Dahliarose (talk) 01:09, 8 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Keep. While the present article is miserable, the school clearly has several elements of notability for a school - a long history, notable former pupils, notable buildings, etc. It also seems very likely that it has enough coverage in reliable sources to meet the general WP:N principle, too. I'll try to improve the references a little. Moonraker (talk) 19:46, 8 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Keep - bizarre nomination - independently assessed to be notable, sources meet WP:ORG, historic school. TerriersFan (talk) 21:59, 8 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Keep. Clearly a historic school. &tilde;danjel [ talk &#124; contribs ] 13:33, 9 February 2012 (UTC)
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