Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Brocklehurst Secondary School

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 redirect to School District 73 Kamloops/Thompson. Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 22:26, 5 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Brocklehurst Secondary School[edit]

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Per WP:NSCHOOL this article does not meet WP:GNG or WP:NORG. WP:BEFORE revealed only WP:ROUTINE coverage and brief mentions, nothing that meets WP:SIGCOV which addresses the subject directly and in depth and is an WP:IS. Article contains no references or external links to assist with WP:BEFORE // Timothy :: talk 05:02, 25 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Schools-related deletion discussions. // Timothy :: talk 05:02, 25 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of British Columbia-related deletion discussions. // Timothy :: talk 05:02, 25 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Education-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 07:52, 25 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

'~~Delete'~~ Redirect to School District 73 Kamloops/Thompson. First, I would have said the article should be merged with School District 73 Kamloops/Thompson but it is already listed on that page, which has many red-linked primary schools that should probably be unlinked. Second, it was originally called "Brocklehurst Junior Secondary School", but the current article is titled "Brocklehurst Secondary School"; it appears to have been a secondary school years ago, but is now a middle school. We seldom keep articles about schools below the high school level, notwithstanding the rare lower-level school with multiple, solid WP:RS references, which this is not. Third, even when it was a secondary school, the only source that hints of notabiity is from a 1993 source listing an award of the Governor General's Academic Medal (Bronze) with no other explanation. I searched for "Brocklehurst Secondary School" on Newspapers.com, and of 49 hits, all but 10 were classified ads for teachers or administrative staff. About 5 were routine sports coverage, and the remaining articles were on news events (e.g., a bomb hoax, a construction lockout, a student walkout, an announcement of split schedules to accommodate 800 students in a space designed for 450 due to construction delays, and a report of 12 students' misbehavior on a field trip to a wildlife park about feeding wild animals chewing gum and other junk food, apparently a minor scandal locally). Nothing to see, here, folks. Cheers! — Grand'mere Eugene (talk) 17:59, 28 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect to School District 73 Kamloops/Thompson since it is mentioned there, unless anyone sources anything is this article which would then favor a Merge. MB 01:23, 31 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Comment: I don't believe unreferenced material should be merged into articles, but I have no objection to a merge if a reference is added by the person doing the merge. // Timothy :: talk 01:42, 31 August 2020 (UTC) // Timothy :: talk 01:42, 31 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Comment: I do not see the merits of merging wih the school district article. Here's why: Brocklehurst Secondary School no longer exists, as it became Brocklehurst Middle Scool some years ago. ~~I think after deletion, Brocklehurst Secondary School should be changed to Brocklehurst Middle School on the district page, and~~ I have created an entry and a redirect for Brocklehurst Middle School, which is more helpful to readers. Note I did not create a red link on the district page, because WP does not keep virtually any school articles below secondary level--so what would be the point of a redlink? Unrequited hopefulness? Without stellar evidence of notability, almost all lower-level schools are only listed on district articles. Cheers! — Grand'mere Eugene (talk) 18:29, 31 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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