Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/JZ Moyo High School

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The result was Keep (non-admin close) RMHED (talk) 19:01, 8 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

JZ Moyo High School

I can't see what makes this school notable. A prod was quickly removed by someone saying "schools are notable". I can't see why this one is. — Wackymacs (talk ~ edits) 17:28, 2 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Keep - as discussed here many times, high schools are considered notable. In addition, a school for "former freedom fighters" is certainly a notable claim. We need to avoid systemic bias against institutions from countries with a poor internet presence. TerriersFan (talk) 17:37, 2 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- You need to include reliable third party sources to establish notability. — Wackymacs (talk ~ edits) 18:20, 2 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Schools have never been considered inherently notable. Without sources it fails WP:N. --neon white talk 22:15, 2 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Schools-related deletion discussions.—TerriersFan (talk) 17:46, 2 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Delete No evidence that this is notable - there is no consensus that high schools are notable, just a few editors who assert this at every opportunity. A story about it once running low on food supplies hardly establishes notability! Nick Dowling (talk) 01:33, 3 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Keep high schools are almost always considered notable under WP:SNOW. It's going to stay.--Paul McDonald (talk) 13:11, 3 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

No they are they not and never have been. The Snowball clause has nothing whatsoever to do with this afd. --neon white talk 18:27, 3 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Keep per the well-reasoned high schools compromise at WP:SCHOOL. Townlake (talk) 15:20, 3 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

WP:SCHOOLS is a failed guideline, it has no worth here. Regardless this school would not qualify under it's criteria. --neon white talk 18:27, 3 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Keep as pass for WP:N. Also WP:OUTCOMES shows most high schools are kept by community consensus here. The article can be expanded over time.--Sting Buzz Me... 23:05, 3 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Actually they are usually redirected, epsecially ones like this with no assertion of notability and no second party sourcing. --neon white talk 00:32, 4 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Actually if you check through the last 12 months or so of school AfDs you will find that elementary/middle schools are generally redirected but high schools are kept.. TerriersFan (talk) 01:38, 4 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Keep—unlike the US or UK, there is very little content from Zimbabwe newspapers, books etc. on the Internet from which to source an article, due to poor infrastructure. It is however very likely that the content does exist in paper form rather than in an electronic form; the possibility of the school not meeting notability standards is fairly low, and a risk we can afford to take. On Google Books there are several possible sources (all hidden behind "snippet" or "no preview") One would expect that as the situation in Zimbabwe improves, more and more content will come online, providing more sources for the article; there is no deadline—let's not chop down an article before it has the chance to grow. EJF (talk) 20:43, 7 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per WP:OUTCOMES. Tovian (talk) 15:56, 8 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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.