Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/As-Salam College

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The result was keep. Spartaz ^Humbug! 08:19, 8 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

As-Salam College[edit]

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First of all this doesn't seem to be a college from what little I found about it and what's in the article. Likely it's a high school. Although, it could be a private language school. Who knows. Either way, SCHOOLOUTCOMES wouldn't apply. Secondly, I did a pretty extensive search and couldn't find anything about it in reliable sources except for a name drop. The same goes for it's old name. So unless I'm missing something, which is doubtful, it doesn't pass either WP:GNG or WP:NORG. That said, there is a school in India with the same name. Which is what all the extremely minor amount of hits seem to be about. If any offline references are found, whoever posts it should make sure it's not actually about the school in India. --Adamant1 (talk) 09:03, 29 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Egypt-related deletion discussions. Spiderone 12:33, 29 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Schools-related deletion discussions. Spiderone 12:33, 29 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Encountering the same problems as Adamant1 in finding sources. I am unable to locate any significant coverage with in-depth information on the company and containing independent content, references to date fail the criteria for establishing notability, topic therefore fails GNG/WP:NCORP. HighKing⁺⁺ 12:59, 29 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
I've added some references from its old name and it looks like there was a book "Foundation Stones" written on the school in 1949 (might be primary.) I am having difficulty on finding recent English-language sources, though, and can't do an Arabic search. SportingFlyer T·C 20:53, 29 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Keep The nomination does not understand what the word "college" means. See Eton College or Cheltenham Ladies' College for famous examples. Anyway, the place is notable – see European Evangelicals in Egypt (1900-1956): Cultural Entanglements and Missionary Spaces, for example. Andrew🐉(talk) 11:08, 30 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Andrew Davidson: I meant it's not a college as far as the notability guidelines say "college's and universities" are inherently notable so people wouldn't try to cite SCHOOLOUTCOMES, which isn't relevant, just because this has the word "college" in the name. Thanks for the "education" though. Also, "European Evangelicals in Egypt (1900-1956): Cultural Entanglements and Missionary Spaces" is one of the books in my nomination that I said existed, but is trivial coverage. Which unless you can prove otherwise, I'm sticking to. That said, you need two in-depth sources anyway. So, feel free to prove it's not trivial and provide another one that isn't. --Adamant1 (talk) 22:27, 30 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Weak keep per WP:GNG. A few found in Google include 1, 2. Most hits in newspapers.com are alumni activities. Were that I could search in Arabic or had more international publication access. The note about it not being a university is irrelevant. "College" is in other countries what "high schools" are in the U.S.A. and some of them are notable. DiamondRemley39 (talk) 23:22, 30 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for providing the sources. For some reason when I click the links or search the books the name of the school doesn't come up. Google's inconsistency sometimes is getting rather annoying. --Adamant1 (talk) 23:28, 30 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Keep as per the book sources, it's likely to remain a stub unless more indepth arabic sources can be found, imv Atlantic306 (talk) 21:07, 31 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. Meets notability guidelines. -- Necrothesp (talk) 10:56, 2 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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