Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bhadrakali High School

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The result was no consensus‎. There have been two relistings without any additional comments so I'll just close this now as No consensus. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 17:04, 24 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Bhadrakali High School[edit]

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Since the last AfD, there is now no inherent notability of high schools. Fails WP:NSCHOOL. LibStar (talk) 08:21, 3 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Education and Schools. LibStar (talk) 08:21, 3 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Comment - The old AfD doesn't seem to have been linked, so for ease of reference it is here. Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bhadrakali High School, Gokarna. Sirfurboy🏄 (talk) 08:27, 3 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - I am no fan of pages that are stubs after many years, and neither am I fan of ideas of automatic notability, but I think this is the wrong school to test that on. It is mentioned in one scientific paper and a lot of books. Some of these, such as [1] confirm the detail that it is one of the oldest (the book says the oldest) in the region. There are apparently notable ex pupils etc. This looks like it passes WP:GNG to me. It definitely needs attention, and a lot of it, but I can't, hand on heart, say I think this is not notable. Sirfurboy🏄 (talk) 08:39, 3 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
I'll add to this that I would like to put it beyond doubt by finding several sources that are clearly reliable independent secondary sources with significant mentions, but many of the mentions in books are passing mentions. There is this one, though, Survey Report, Part X-B, Series-23, West Bengal - Census 1981 which, despite its name, is a fuller report than just a census and tells us the school dates from the 19th century. For instance, it tells us:
"Again. Bhadrakali High School is the oldest institution in the entire municipal town, having been established in BhadrakaJi in 1824 as a Middle English school by the Christian Missionaries of Serampore. The present schoof was establishment in 1945 and got merged with the former Middle school. The school got affiliated as Higher Secondary institution in 1976. Shri Binod Behari Bhattacharya, an ex-Headmaster of this school, was honoured as a National Teacher. Shri Ajit Bugh. a teacher of this school, was elected as a Member 9f the Lok Sabha in 1982-87. Among other institutions in the town. Kotrung Bhupendra Smriti Vidyalaya has, in recent years. turned out to be one of the best schools in the region, so far as results of the Madhyamick Examination are concerned. A number of students of this school secured top places for a number of years."

This is clearly one source. For GNG we need multiple, but given the information there, I suspect more exist - except maybe not all of them in English. It looks notable to me, even though I haven't (yet) found additional sources. Sirfurboy🏄 (talk) 11:57, 3 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Karnataka-related deletion discussions. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 09:24, 3 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Hey man im josh (talk) 12:35, 10 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Hey man im josh (talk) 13:04, 17 October 2023 (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.