Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Darussalam Academy

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 Keep. ^King Jakob _C2 22:14, 11 April 2013 (UTC) Non-admin closure[reply]

Darussalam Academy[edit]

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Reads like an advertisment, links to no other pages and is linked by no other pages, having read the page I cannot tell which country its in. Article provides 0 information on a topic unlikely to be searched for on Wikipedia. SPACKlick (talk) 13:59, 3 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Further to the above, most of the article appears to be quoted from the school's founder with no attribution. There are some passages lifter verbatim from the schools blogspot page. I'm not sure this instituion is ntoable enough for a page. SPACKlick (talk) 14:09, 3 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Copyvio is not an issue; the content is subject to an OTRS ticket. TerriersFan (talk) 01:04, 4 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Pakistan-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 16:33, 3 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Schools-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 16:33, 3 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Keep and rewrite to remove copied text. This is a secondary school in Pakistan. In almost all cases we keep articles about secondary schools, and we need to avoid systemic bias. Cullen³²⁸ Let's discuss it 19:40, 3 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Just to quote from SchoolOutcomes "Most elementary (primary) and middle schools that don't source a clear claim to notability are now getting merged or redirected in AfD. Schools that don't meet the standard typically get merged or redirected to the school district that operates them (North America) or the lowest level locality (elsewhere) rather than being completely removed from the encyclopedia. This is different than attempts to delete the school district." Merge to lowest level locality seems to apply.SPACKlick (talk) 19:55, 3 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

You quoted the first bullet point. It is the second bullet point that applies here. This is is a secondary school, also called a high school, so the outcome in about 99% of cases is to keep the article, unless it is a hoax. This school clearly exists. Cullen³²⁸ Let's discuss it 21:59, 3 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Keep - We keep high schools for the very good reason that experience shows that, with enough research, sources can invariably be found that meet WP:ORG. Google is a very poor tool for finding sources on Pakistani schools because, unlike US schools for example, they don't dump everything on the Internet. Indeed, very few have much of an Internet presence at all. We must avoid systemic bias and allow time for local sources to be researched since no evidence has been adduced that this school cannot meet notability requirements. TerriersFan (talk) 01:04, 4 April 2013 (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.