Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of schools in Canada

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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 of the debate was no consensus. bainer (talk) 14:12, 16 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

List of schools in Canada

There are thousands of schools in Canada. It would be better to use List of schools in <province or territory>, some of which already exist. Usgnus 02:08, 7 June 2006 (UTC) I am also nominating the following related page because is a subpage:[reply]

  • List of schools in Canada: A
    • Delete per nom. Listcruft. Ardenn 02:18, 7 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep the master list to include exactly thirteen items (not unmaintainable); namely List of schools in New Brunswick and equivalents for the other provinces or territories. Delete the A list; less useful categorization, overbroad, many names of schools will probably overlap, etc. CanadianCaesar Cæsar is turn’d to hear 02:19, 7 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment - Category:Schools in Canada can work as a master, but I like CanadianCaesar's suggestion as well. -- Usgnus 02:37, 7 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete Categories work beautifully for this. List of schools in Canada: A (etc...) is really unmaintainable. List of schools in Nunavut might work, but List of schools in Ontario wouldn't, so let's not do the 13-list approach either. Lots of people like making these lists, but few bother to verify their accuracy over time. --Rob 03:52, 7 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete certain types of lists like this don't belong on Wikipedia OTAKU 04:04, 7 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete, Canada is not Singapore. In Canada, there are thousands of schools, a list will not make sense. But in Singapore, there are less than 500, so a list will make sense. This will be better as a category. --Terence Ong 05:50, 7 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete it would simply be impossible to maintain this to encyclopedic standards. Ydam 11:10, 7 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep, but only as a parent list and the thing needs some heavy restructuring. Trying to sort these list alphabetically is a bad idea, as it is redundant with categories. However, trying to sort the schools by location (e.g. sublists like List of schools in Alberta, List of schools in New Brunswick and List of schools in Newfoundland) should work and those lists are no more unmaintainable than the list we have at List of schools in Norway. The fact that we have some "list of schools by country" entries, indicates that we should not present the readers with a redlink at this title. Sjakkalle (Check!) 11:34, 7 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep, but only as a list of links to the provincial lists (of which more exist than just Alberta and NB) per Canadian Caesar. Kirjtc2 15:50, 7 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep as per CanadianCaesar. As a master list, it needs touch up and perhaps better organization into seperate lists. -- Evanx(tag?) 17:48, 7 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep as a parent list to other provinces for maintainability. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 21:01, 7 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep --Ephilei
  • Delete In my experience, lists like this start off with great fanfare and are kept up-to-date with the latest changes. Then after awhile the list author loses interest and the list slowly decays until it is so out of date it is no longer useful. Categorization, although it doesn't show the non-articled list entries is still a better way to go. While the hierarchical structure is a little cumbersome, the dynamic nature is a major strength. --Atrian 16:41, 8 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete no knowledge will be lost as a result of the removal of this article. --Suttungr 14:59, 9 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete as list cruft better covered by categories. Equendil Talk 19:09, 11 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • 'Keep as a master list as per CanadianCaesar. Silensor 17:16, 13 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep all schools are notable see Wikipedia:Schools/Arguments#Keep.  ALKIVAR™ 17:53, 13 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment. Remember Wikipedia:Schools is not a policy or guideline or anything, just a summary of prior debates. Besides, the article is not about a school but a list thereof. Equendil Talk 20:15, 13 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep per Alkivar. --Myles Long 17:56, 13 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete: as a member of Wikipedia:WikiProject Education in Canada to which it could be argued this list belongs, I support deleting. It would be a waste of effort to somehow try and keep these lists up-to-date. --Stephane Charette 22:33, 13 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete I don't see anything to distinguish this list. Isn't there a category already? --Bombycil 15:15, 14 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep. This list is useful, cannot be replaced by a category, and is hardly "list cruft". Bahn Mi 00:40, 15 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]


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