Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of schools offering the International Baccalaureate Middle Years Programme

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 delete. Cool Hand Luke 07:53, 8 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of schools offering the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme cast doubt on this consensus, and I have restored the article. If nominated again, please nominate them as a group. Cool Hand Luke 05:26, 17 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

List of schools offering the International Baccalaureate Middle Years Programme

As the list header says, "A total of 1924 schools (as of February 2007) offer one or more of the three International Baccalaureate (IB) programmes". The chances of us being able to document all of them and keep the list up to date are remote, but handily for us there is a directory online, which means we don't need to offer a permanently out of date and non-authoritative directory. That's a lucky escape - it saves us having to change the policy that Wikipedia is not a directory. Cruftbane 20:39, 30 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Delete The list is just too long, and the majority of schools are redlinks. It would be nigh impossible to keep this remotely up to date. NASCAR Fan24^{(radio me!)} 22:04, 30 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep This is exactly what lists are for, as an article that groups information into meaningful categories. If the issue is red links, delete them. Heck, if the issue is synchronization, all Wikipedia articles are inevitably out-of-date at some point, so we should delete all articles and just refer people to the internet. Alansohn 22:24, 30 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Speedy delete per Nascar. I once created a list similar to this and it was speedied, I think it is the same on this subject. Jonathan ^{t - c} 23:10, 30 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - Per above. Tiptoety 00:16, 1 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - "just too long" isnt reason to delete an Article, nor is "similar to this and it was speedied". Every school offering this program has hundreds of eager young editors willing to keep this kind of a list up to date. Exit2DOS2000^•T•C• 03:55, 1 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per Nascar fan. CRGreathouse (t | c) 17:15, 5 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete WP is not a directory or a college guide, lists of every possible program could be envisioned and then we'd have hundreds of lists in an unmaintainable morass of duplication. Why stop at class programs, List of schools offering NCAA division 1 football games to students at discounted prices, List of schools offering smoke-free dormitories, List of schools whose student clinics perform elective abortions, List of schools where ivy covers at least one wall of one hall in which classes are held, etc. If you want to see what schools offer things you want, get a college guide, WP isn't in that line of work (is any encyclopedia expected to be in it)? Carlossuarez46 21:40, 5 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete with pre-work: Populate Category:International Baccalaureate schools or an appropriate sub-category (if one is needed) then delete after category content matches notable school content of this list. --User:Ceyockey (talk to me) 15:22, 6 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Schools-related deletions. —User:Ceyockey (talk to me) 15:22, 6 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
delete per nom. Chris 15:26, 6 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete' per WP:NOT#DIR —Moondyne 12:33, 7 October 2007 (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.