Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Eddleston Primary 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 Eddleston#Eddleston Primary School. Well, it seems like there is no evidence that this school meets the notability guidelines - as noted a Facebook page is not evidence of notability for Wikipedia's purposes - and it's a little unclear if there is any mergeable content. Thus redirecting, as it's the most supported stance and also so that in case mergeable stuff exists it can be lifted out of the page history. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 07:24, 22 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Eddleston Primary School[edit]

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Redirect. This is a primary school with no independent sources to show its notability, and no claims that it is notable. All we have are dependent sources showing that it exists. Per the norm for such articles it should be redirected to the applicable town or school board. I did so, and the article creator has twice undone the redirect. Meters (talk) 02:23, 15 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Should have linked to WP:WPSCHOOLS/AG#N and WP:SCHOOLOUTCOMES for where the normal action of redirecting non-notable school articles is mentioned. Meters (talk) 02:52, 15 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Kept or Merged. Meter's opinion is very subjective. Eddleston Primary School is notable for many reasons: 1) "A company, corporation, organization, group, product, or service is notable if it has been the subject of significant coverage in multiple reliable secondary sources that are independent of the subject". I guarantee you that Eddleston Primary School has a lot of coverage in Eddleston, Scotland, and is considered noteworthy in the country of Scotland. While I am not Scottish, I still realize the importance of the expansion of knowledge, despite my subjective thoughts. and 2) The topic of "Eddleston Primary School" is covered nowhere else on Wikipedia, if deletion is to occur, we should at least include information about the school on Eddleston, "Although an organization that fails to meet the criteria of this guideline should not have a separate article, information about the organization may nevertheless be included in other ways in Wikipedia provided that certain conditions are met.". So, in my opinion, this article should either be **Merged** or **Kept**. User:Danfloyd1 02:48, May 15 2019 UTC — Note to closing admin: Danfloyd1 (talk • contribs) is the creator of the page that is the subject of this XfD.
- I'm not requesting deletion. I'm requesting that the redirect be restored. If you think this primary school is notable then provide reliable sources to show so. There is currently no content to merge other than the school's existence. It would be appropriate for Eddleston to contain a list of all schools, but since it is a small village, this may be the only school. The village's website does not list any schools at all [1], and the school's website says "The school lies to the east of the village" [2] so it is not even clear if this school is actually in the village. If it is not then the redirect target should probably be whatever the next larger geographic locale is that has an article. Meters (talk) 03:33, 15 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  - There is a different page on the village's website that mentions the school. [3] Also, I am not sure whether UK usage of "lies to the east of the village" means "outside the village boundaries, to the east" or perhaps it could be taken to mean "in the eastern part of the village". --Metropolitan90 (talk) 01:29, 17 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect to the page for the town. The school does deserve a mention on the wiki, but it would be best to have all relevant information about Eddleston in the article for the whole town. --IrnBruFan7 (talk) 07:20, 15 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Scotland-related deletion discussions. 94rain ^Talk 03:02, 15 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Schools-related deletion discussions. 94rain ^Talk 03:02, 15 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect to Eddleston, consistent with standard practice for primary schools with no clear claim to notability. No independent sources have been provided to support a notability claim. --Metropolitan90 (talk) 03:10, 15 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Keep with Merge: Merge with Eddleston (short text and context in WP:MERGEREASON)--PATH SLOPU 13:19, 15 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Keep with Merge: This article should be merged with Eddleston (short text and context in WP:MERGEREASON)-- User:Pepsiman27 May 15th 2019, 4:19 Central Time — Pepsiman27 (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic.
- So, which is it? Keep, or merge? It can't be both. Do you have any policy-based reason why this apparently non-notable primary school should have an article? A verbatim copy by an SPA of someone else's flawed comment is not convincing. Meters (talk) 00:07, 16 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Meters, please see the following evidence to prove the notability of this following article. If the school were not notable, would the community maintain a dedicated Facebook page, and online statistics of the school can be found throughout the World Wide Web. While compared to schools with 1,000+ plus students, Eddleston might not be as notable, but it is still noteworthy of being included in the encyclopedic materials of Wikipedia, whether it is included in Eddleston or remains in the current separate article. User:Danfloyd1 5/16/2019 1:29 AM UTC — Note to closing admin: Danfloyd1 (talk • contribs) is the creator of the page that is the subject of this XfD.
- I am not sure what a Facebook page, or the existence of online statistics, has to do with notability. --Metropolitan90 (talk) 01:29, 17 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect to Peebles High School, Peeblesshire per WP:SCHOOLOUTCOMES#1. ——SerialNumber54129 07:15, 16 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect to Eddleston, per nom and Metropolitan90. Tacyarg (talk) 21:09, 16 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Merge to Eddleston#Eddleston Primary School where there is already near identical content per WP:SCHOOLOUTCOMES as primary schools are rarely notable and can easily be covered in the settlement article. Crouch, Swale (talk) 18:48, 21 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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