Wikipedia talk:WikiProject New Zealand schools

Academic Colleges Group
Are they Notable? NealeFamily (talk) 20:21, 13 March 2012 (UTC)
 * They claim to be the largest private school group in New Zealand, which is probably accurate (since Catholic etc schools are integrated, not private). They've won a couple of awards recently - Baldwins Intellectual Property Consultants & Services Exporter of the Year and Best High School at the Language Travel Magazine Star Awards, although I don't know how prestigious these awards may be. Overall, I think the existence of an article is justified, but feel free to take it to an AfD.


 * The individual composite schools in the group are in a difficult position with Wikipedia policy, because they were deleted as a result of an AfD - Articles for deletion/ACG English school, but that AfD was more about the English-language schools the company operates. The company is keen to have the composite school articles restored (see User talk:Gadfium), but is required to show evidence of notability although most such schools have articles accepted per WP:COMMONOUTCOMES. So far, the company has not been able to show suitable external sources for these articles.- gadfium 22:36, 13 March 2012 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the background Gadfium - I have tagged the article with some cite refs for their claims and will see what transpires over the next month or so. They may be better to include reference to their english schools in this article - even if it just a list of them. NealeFamily (talk) 23:14, 13 March 2012 (UTC)

Correction to school name
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rangi_Ruru The name of the school is incorrect in the title. It should be Rangi Ruru Girls' School not simply Rangi Ruru as the title is currently. This should be changed so that it is accurate. Rangiruru (talk) 02:20, 21 June 2013 (UTC)
 * ✅. Thanks for pointing this out.- gadfium 04:04, 21 June 2013 (UTC)
 * Maybe I should watchlist this page. Whilst the page name now reflects the official name, the previous name is most certainly the common name.  Schwede 66  18:42, 24 October 2014 (UTC)

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List of schools in the Marlborough Region
Because of several issues found on the page, I have nominated List of schools in the Marlborough Region for WP:FLRC. The discussion can be found here. Significant work will need to be undertaken to improve aspects—in this case largely referencing—in order for the page to retain FL status. – SchroCat (talk) 06:46, 29 December 2014 (UTC)

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Lincoln High School (New Zealand) listed at Requested moves
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Wellington High School (New Zealand) listed at Requested moves
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Review request
Could someone please review Balmoral School for WikiProject New Zealand schools? Many thanks, WBPchur (talk) 06:32, 7 May 2019 (UTC)
 * What exactly do you expect such a review to look like? Assessment? Or cast an eye over the article?  Schwede 66  08:01, 7 May 2019 (UTC)

Creation of Primary and Intermediate schools
Do people also contribute in the making of primary and intermediate schools? BloxyColaSweet (talk) 22:57, 20 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Most primary and intermediate schools are not sufficiently notable to have articles. See our General notability guideline for further details.- gadfium 00:01, 21 January 2023 (UTC)

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