Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/St. John De Britto Anglo-Indian High School


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The result was   keep. Rlendog (talk) 16:07, 25 July 2011 (UTC)

St. John De Britto Anglo-Indian High School

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I cannot find independent sources that cover the subject matter, and the article does not seem to establish notability. wctaiwan (talk) 14:09, 18 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Schools-related deletion discussions.  — I, Jethrobot drop me a line 16:50, 18 July 2011 (UTC)


 * Delete I have seen arguments in these types of AfDs that verifiable high schools are inherently notable, but I only see this essay as an argument why high schools are more likely to be notable compared to middle or primary schools, not that they are inherently notable. I found evidence that the high school exists, but I can't find anything representing coverage of the school.  There are several telephone/directory listings, and this page that informs us that the school is a "leading school" in Kochi, but does not explain why. I, Jethrobot drop me a line 17:02, 18 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Weak Keep Verifiable high schools (other than perhaps family schools or tiny private schools) have all been kept in recent years in AFDs, as is discussed in the essay WP:NHS. I see no compelling reason to change in this case. So far only marginal verification has been presented that this is a high school as generally understood: see which quotes a teacher at the school in a passing reference, as well as the phonebook listing or Google map listing mentioned above. For a solid Keep, I would want sources with more information about the school, to make sure it is not the one teacher and two students meeting at the associated St. John de Britto church, or some other sub-threshold educational effort.Also Wikipedia is not a directory, and there should be sources available to say more in an article than "X is a high school in location Y."  Edison (talk) 19:21, 18 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Thanks, I thought there was another essay talking about high school notability. Just couldn't find it. I, Jethrobot drop me a line 19:35, 18 July 2011 (UTC)
 * The school is large enough to field teams in several sports, so it would appear to be a "proper" high school. Phil Bridger (talk) 14:59, 20 July 2011 (UTC)
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 * Keep per well-established practice for secondary schools with a verifiable existence. Having a ready rule of thumb for schools allows us to move along to more important matters without wasting time parsing tens of thousands of articles for sources. Elementary schools — OUT. Secondary schools — IN. This is just a stub, much like we have stubs for villages and obscure professional athletes. Hopefully it will be improved over time. Carrite (talk) 03:37, 19 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep - the essay WP:NHS describes why we keep high school articles. Indian schools traditionally have a sparce Internet presence and Google news is a poor tool for finding sources. To avoid systemic bias we should await the finding of local sources. That way the page will develop over time. TerriersFan (talk) 14:23, 19 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep Changing voting to keep per above arguments regarding notability of high schools. I, Jethrobot drop me a line (note: not a bot!) 16:26, 20 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep per WP:NHS and WP:WPSCH/AG. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 07:41, 25 July 2011 (UTC)
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