Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ruzawi School

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The result was keep. (non-admin closure) st170e^talk 18:25, 28 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Ruzawi School

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Attempted to redirect this to the community, but it was reverted, so here we are. Not one single independent reference on the article. Do any exist? Don't know...l don't speak the language. I see no claim for any notability In the article sufficient that we should abandon the long term practice set forth in SCHOOLOUTCOMES that we keep high schools and redirect lower schools. John from Idegon (talk) 07:05, 21 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Schools-related deletion discussions. st170e^talk 14:40, 21 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Education-related deletion discussions. st170e^talk 14:40, 21 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Zimbabwe-related deletion discussions. st170e^talk 14:40, 21 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. This school has a substantial amount of sources writing about it, and in English since that was the official language in Rhodesia and continues to be one the the official languages in Zimbabwe, e.g.

Publication ... of the Rhodesia Africana Society. 20-22. Rhodesia Africana Society. 1969. pp. 88–. The Ruzawi School is fortunate that its early days have been so well documented. ... It starts with the erection of Ruzawi Inn, built on twenty acres of land offered by Cecil Rhodes to anyone willing to establish a coach stop and provide shelter ...
Winter Cricket: The Spirit of Wedza : a Collection of Biographies, Articles, Memories, and Recollections. S. Macdonald. 1 January 2003. pp. 91–. ISBN 978-0-7974-2721-1. ... He came to Rhodesia shortly after the Great War and served for a while with the British South Africa Company at ... On 2nd July 1955 he laid the foundation stone at the dedication of the Ruzawi School Chapel.
Rotary Club, Marandellas, Southern Rhodesia. Marandellas: diamond jubilee, 1913-1973. pp. 51–. Robert Grinham and Maurice Carver, opened Ruzawi School using the buildings of the old Ruzawi Inn, 4 miles from the ... the bar became the library, a nursing home (built in 1924-5) was adapted as a dormitory, and an old stable 50 yards ...{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
George Henry Tanser; Phillippa Berlyn (1967). Rhodesian panorama. G. H. Tanser and P. Christie. pp. 136–. Sir Henry Birchenough of the Beit Trust came to the rescue and the school was bought out by a company — Ruzawi ... New buildings were put up in 1937 to create proper boarding facilities for the ninety pupils, but these were still not enough. ... Intervention of the Second World War halted the drive of the country's progress, but did little to remove the numbers off the long waiting list for Ruzawi School.
Richard Hodder-Williams (25 November 1983). White Farmers in Rhodesia, 1890–1965: A History of the Marandellas District. Palgrave Macmillan UK. pp. 100–. ISBN 978-1-349-04895-3.
Rhodesiana. Vol. 39. Rhodesia Africana Society. 1978. pp. 75–. In 1928 two young men, the Reverend Robert Grinham — who is still a well loved and highly respected citizen of this district — and Maurice Carver opened our present Ruzawi School using the buildings of the old Ruzawi Inn. One can ...
Henry St. John Tomlinson Evans (1945). The Church in Southern Rhodesia. Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts. pp. 60–.
Seventy Five Proud Years: Pioneers and Progress of Rhodesia. H.C.P. Andersen. 1965. pp. 96–. RUZAWI SCHOOL, MARANDELLAS Rhodesia is fortunate in having a number of her schools situated in lovely surroundings far from the hustle of crowded centres, and often accommodated in attractive and beautiful buildings. Such a school is Ruzawi School ...
David McDermott Hughes (12 April 2010). Whiteness in Zimbabwe: Race, Landscape, and the Problem of Belonging. Springer. pp. 78–. ISBN 978-0-230-10633-8. In 1928, two ex-missionaries founded the Anglican Ruzawi School for whites outside Marondera because, as they later wrote, the area boasted a "climate as nearly perfect as could be found" (Carver and Grinham n.d.:25). Farmers, however ...
Geoffrey Gibbon (1973). Paget of Rhodesia: A Memoir of Edward, 5th Bishop of Mashonaland. Africana Book Society. pp. 39–. ISBN 978-0-949973-05-4. ... the Diocese should lend them £800 to get the school started, and that it should buy Cedric with its 30 or 40 acres as a site for a senior school. In February 1928 Ruzawi School opened with 19 boys. Looked at in one way it was a harebrained ...

There is no problem in this case of meeting GNG, and the school is apparently also frequently mentioned in memoirs. @John from Idegon: have a look again. Sam Sailor ^Talk! 15:58, 21 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Keep This secondary school meets WP:GNG, as shown by the sources above. AusLondonder (talk) 08:50, 22 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - there is plenty of coverage in reliable sources, and even if the depth of coverage in each of these is not particularly strong, there is sufficient breadth for me to consider the coverage significant. Cordless Larry (talk) 06:47, 27 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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