Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Port Shepstone Secondary School


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The result was redirect‎__EXPECTED_UNCONNECTED_PAGE__ to Port Shepstone. Liz Read! Talk! 23:22, 10 April 2024 (UTC)

Port Shepstone Secondary School

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Cites one dead link, fails WP:NSCHOOL and WP:SCHOOLOUTCOMES. In South Africa, the terms "secondary" and "high" school are often used, the reason I'm bringing this up is because I also came across Port Shepstone High School which I would like nominate for deletion for the same reason as this one but I'm not familiar with multiple noms, I also fail to understand how there can be a high school and a secondary school of the same name at the same town/location.  dxneo  (talk) 11:22, 27 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Academics and educators, Schools,  and South Africa.  dxneo  (talk) 11:22, 27 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Comment - no view yet on notability, but this school and Port Shepstone High School are indeed two different schools. There is also a Port Shepstone International High School, an Oxford international school (with no Wikipedia page) - note the different address from the other two. The terms secondary and high are not exactly synonymous, and usage varies by location. These schools therefore do not have the same name, they have similar names. Sirfurboy🏄 (talk) 12:09, 27 March 2024 (UTC)
 * In general, secondary school was used in the names of formerly segregated Indian South African schools, and often in black or coloured schools. No idea why this is the case, but if it’s a “high school” it’s often a formerly white school, and “secondary school” it’s usually a former Indian, coloured or black school. That’s why you could end up with a “high school” and a “secondary school in the same townPark3r (talk) 08:56, 31 March 2024 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, ✗  plicit  14:08, 3 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Thank you, I was a bit confused.  dxneo  (talk) 15:30, 27 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Education-related deletion discussions.  Spiderone (Talk to Spider) 23:48, 30 March 2024 (UTC)
 *  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.


 * Redirect to Port Shepstone. The school gets a mention there, and frankly there is nothing more than that mention here. I have spent quite some time looking for secondary sources, but haven't found any. There is a small amount of local news reporting, the usual reporting of student achievments and the like. This is mostly in The Citizen but a couple of others. Nothing in Newspapers.com but that might be because of the locality. Some passing mentions in a couple of books, e.g. an ex student mentioned in but no significant coverage. Also passing mention in a geology research paper, but only because nearby cliffs are intersting. A few other passing mentions in educational research, but only as one location among many schools. There is, sadly, nothing from which to build an article. However, it is a possible search term, and readers searching this term would best be served by a redirect to the Port Shepstone page that mentions the school and the others in the area. That section could be expanded, but a significant expansion (with associated sources) would be required before a spinout would be justified. Sirfurboy🏄 (talk) 20:08, 5 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Redirect to the school district would still do.  dxneo  (talk) 10:31, 10 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Which page is that? Sirfurboy🏄 (talk) 11:08, 10 April 2024 (UTC)


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