Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Beaconhouse School System

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 was Speedy keep -- nominator withdrew nomination and only !vote was 'keep'; non-admin closure. Jimmy Pitt talk 21:34, 11 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Beaconhouse School System

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completely unsourced article, only indications of any notability are from dubious claims which i failed to find any references to support. for instance, the lead states "one of largest privately owned education systems in the world", no credible indication this is true except for the claim on the organizations own website "possibly the largest privately owned education system of its kind in the world". entire article reads like an advertisement, particularly the "beyond education" section which discusses the organizations other business ventures (keep in mind the school is "privately owned", i.e. for profit). with that in said, i don't believe this article meets wikipedia's criteria for inclusion. see also the other two pages regarding this organization that have been nominated for deletion as well. WookieInHeat (talk) 03:59, 11 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Strong keep: Surprised to see this nominated. Clicking on the "news" link above produces plenty of evidence for notability, including support for the hyperbolic-sounding "one of the largest" claim you questioned. (Various news articles describe it as "one of the world’s largest private school networks", "one of the country’s largest private school chains", "the largest private sector network of schools in Asia and the first Pakistani education system to cross borders to export quality education to Malaysia".) I will add some sources to the article and remove any blatant advertising I see. I disagree with your assertion that the whole thing reads like an ad. I feel it is important for Wikipedia to document giant corporations like this to allow us to trace their influence. The fact that this is an arguably successful school system emerging as a huge educational force in one of the world's most illiterate countries makes it worth documenting, don't you think? I agree that it needs to contain more "meat" beyond the current listing of the company's assets, but this is a start, a good skeleton to hang more meaty material on when it is found. I find that most articles about Pakistani subjects are not nearly this sober and factual. Anyway, there's no question of this company's notability, and I think education in Pakistan is an important story right now and this is a big part of that story. AtticusX (talk) 10:37, 11 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Keep agreed, on second look there does appear to be information suggesting notability (i aplogize for my lack of thoroughness) and your noted intention to improve the article is appreciated as well. i'm going to remove the "beyond education" section however as this remains totally unsourced and promotional in nature in its current form. but seeing as that is a content discussion and not deletion related, lets continue the conversation on the article's talk page if you require further correspondence. WookieInHeat (talk) 19:44, 11 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Comment i've withdrawn my deletion nomination of this article and removed the AfD template from the page. WookieInHeat (talk) 19:57, 11 October 2010 (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.