Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Potters Gate CE Primary 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   Merge/Redirect. I'll action the redirect, which will preserve the page history, allowing a merge to take place Fritzpoll (talk) 16:02, 21 June 2008 (UTC)

Potters Gate CE Primary School

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Non-notable primary school. There is nothing about this school that sets it apart from others of its grade/form group, and not being a school of the U.S. high school equivalent level, it is not inherently notable. There is no suitable section of the locale article to merge this information into. The article is too promotional in nature, with numerous remarks that are unsourced and apparent personal observations. In short, there's nothing in terms of history or any other measure that sets this apart from other primary schools in this locale. - Realkyhick (Talk to me) 21:35, 15 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Schools-related deletion discussions.   --  Double Blue  (Talk) 00:27, 16 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Comment: Potters Gate School is currently the only school in Farnham, Surrey, UK hosting a Sure Start Children's Centre. These centres are an initiative of the UK government to provide "service hubs where children under five years old and their families can receive seamless integrated services and information"  - see Sure Start Children's Centre.  This sets the school apart from others of its grade/form group.  Moreover, in order to allow local families to benefit from the services offered, Wikipedia/web searches on "Children's Centre Farnham" or the like should provide the information necessary to access these services, such as this Wikipedia page.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.79.16.247 (talk) 14:19, 16 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Wikipedia is not a directory, nor is it a place to promote anything at all. Please read WP:SPAM and WP:NOT. It is not incumbent upon Wikipedia to "allow local families to benefit." - Realkyhick (Talk to me) 16:25, 16 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Merge/redirect to Farnham. The nomination statement "There is no suitable section of the locale article to merge this information into" is obviously wrong. Further, such promotional content as there was, was an easy matter to clean up. This school has potentially notable features such as the rapid progress it has made from special measures. A primary school to be linked with a university is highly unusual in the UK and decidedly notable. For the time being it should be merged into the locality article to allow it scope to develop. TerriersFan (talk) 00:58, 16 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Merge to Farnham, where it can be discussed in context of other schools in area until it has enough reliably sourced content for a break-out article. Double Blue  (Talk) 00:59, 16 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Comment: There appears to be no discussion of other schools in Farnham, except for a passing mention of this school (added by the original author). That's why I nominated this for deletion instead. A merge of even half the material in this article would have given the school a disproportionate representation in the town's article, and there does not appear to be any real justification for this school to stand out so much from others. - Realkyhick (Talk to me) 01:17, 16 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Comment: - we certainly need to expand the coverage of education and this is as good a point to start as anywhere; I have pointed out at least two notable features. If the coverage is disproportionate then the way to go is to extend the coverage of other schools proportionally. If the education content then looks too big for the page then we break it out into Education in Farnham. Adding content not deleting content is the way Wikipedia grows organically. TerriersFan (talk) 01:28, 16 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Merge/redirect to Farnham per TerriersFan. Masterpiece2000   ( talk ) 02:54, 16 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of England-related deletion discussions.   --  Fabrictramp  |  talk to me  15:29, 16 June 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.