Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Salbari Higher Secondary 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. Jenks24 (talk) 10:49, 6 March 2017 (UTC)

Salbari High School

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Fails WP:NSCHOOL, not really about a school as such, also fails WP:V JMHamo (talk) 22:25, 18 February 2017 (UTC)


 * Keep - Numerous sources found just by clicking "find sources" above. Yes, they're weak sources, but they're enough to satisfy the truly awful WP:SCHOOLOUTCOMES Exemplo347 (talk) 22:33, 18 February 2017 (UTC)
 * The school itself is notable under WP guidelines, but the article fails WP policy WP:TITLE, and the content can still fail other policies such as WP:V and WP:OR. The text of the article is not about the school. The article needs to be renamed to Salbari or it must be rewritten to only contain information pertinent to the high school. Jack N. Stock (talk) 23:49, 18 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Well, deletion isn't cleanup... Exemplo347 (talk) 00:00, 19 February 2017 (UTC)
 * I did a cleanup, now it is at least pretending to be about the school! Jack N. Stock (talk) 04:35, 19 February 2017 (UTC)


 * The correct name is Salbari Higher Secondary School (incorrectly moved from Salbari HS School to current name). I will move if it's OK, or can wait to see if it survives AfD. Jack N. Stock (talk) 04:43, 19 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Oops, that would have been my mistake, sorry. I was under the assumption that Google Maps had led me to Salbari as referred to in the article and based my edits on that one. In retrospect however, that Salbari was in another state although still close to Assam, so you get my confusion. --HyperGaruda (talk) 07:05, 19 February 2017 (UTC)
 * I've moved the article to the correct title, leaving the redirect in place. Exemplo347 (talk) 07:19, 19 February 2017 (UTC)
 * I was confused in the same way. Salbari High School seems more notable than Salbari Higher Secondary School, but then I realized the description in the article didn't match the location of Salbari High School. Very interesting location. I'd be afraid of the tigers in Manas National Park, but apparently plenty of people live around there! Jack N. Stock (talk) 17:28, 19 February 2017 (UTC)
 * The Telegraph (Calcutta) made the same mistake.Jack N. Stock (talk) 04:54, 24 February 2017 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus. Relisting comment: Note that further comments should reflect the outcome of Village pump (policy).
 * I'm waiting on the administrator's noticeboard discussion to resolve the RfC on secondary school notability. I found enough for WP:V of the school, at least, but not of all the content in the article. Jack N. Stock (talk) 05:42, 21 February 2017 (UTC)
 * So... um... Jack N. Stock (talk) 04:48, 23 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete - Struck my vote, as the RfC concluded that simple proof of existence is not enough to satisfy the GNG for Secondary Schools (in my opinion, the correct conclusion that brings Secondary Schools in line with every other subject). Regards Exemplo347 (talk) 14:35, 23 February 2017 (UTC)
 * The conclusion was that secondary schools require special consideration, and in particular that a search of local print media is necessary. We need someone fluent in local languages to look for us. There is no evidence of a search of local media in this AfD, especially as the nominator was not even aware the article is about Salbari Higher Secondary School rather than Salbari High School, which is in another state and about 150 miles away from the subject of the article. That is a big miss, and makes this AfD very questionable at the outset. Jack N. Stock (talk) 18:01, 23 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Keep. Notable as a WWF-India model school (added to article with citations). Jack N. Stock (talk) 01:32, 24 February 2017 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Kurykh (talk) 20:08, 26 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Keep. Has received press coverage, including some online in English (there is likely more offline and in other local languages) and been singled out for participation in a government program. Thanks to for moving it to the correct title and to  for finding and adding sources. Yngvadottir (talk) 05:36, 1 March 2017 (UTC)
 * I found articles in the largest selling English-language daily in the world (yes, the world), the second most circulated English-language newspaper in India, and the fifth most-widely read English newspaper in India – between the three, total circulation about 5,000,000. As you say, that's without any review of newspapers in indigenous languages or offline. The odd thing is that I initially thought that Salbari High School was more notable than Salbari H.S. School, and it turns out that it's merely bigger. Jack N. Stock (talk) 05:59, 1 March 2017 (UTC)
 * Actually, the credits for moving it to the correct name should go to . --HyperGaruda (talk) 07:43, 1 March 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Schools-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 21:57, 3 March 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of India-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 21:57, 3 March 2017 (UTC)


 * Some good refs. As a degree granting secondary school it clearly meets WP:SCHOOLOUTCOMES. Speedy keep, I should say. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 21:59, 3 March 2017 (UTC)
 * Keep Given how many poorly-written articles exists about secondary schools nominating a very good one for deletion is not helpful at all. AusLondonder (talk) 16:31, 5 March 2017 (UTC)
 * To be fair to the nominator, the article was markedly different when nominated. It might not have been nominated in its present form. Jack N. Stock (talk) 17:56, 5 March 2017 (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.