Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/MEI Academy

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The result was no consensus (WP:NPASR). King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 06:13, 31 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

MEI Academy[edit]

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Fails our notability guidelines for corporations (NCORP). This isn't a school, so our auto-notability guideline doesn't apply. It's a company that arranges study abroad opportunities, and I find no significant coverage of MEI Academy in any reliable sources. schetm (talk) 05:22, 9 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Companies-related deletion discussions. AllyD (talk) 08:11, 9 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Canada-related deletion discussions. AllyD (talk) 08:11, 9 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Education-related deletion discussions. AllyD (talk) 08:11, 9 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Comment the institution is now called ‘Mei International Academy.’ It has accreditation as an education provider so I suppose comparable institutions would be home study and distance learning programmes. It seems to me that it has better coverage than we’d usually find for a school because there are references to it in the sites of the institutions it works with. Mccapra (talk) 11:42, 9 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Keep I just fixed a reference that supports this point: MEI is not just accredited, but the course credits are accepted for university entrance. That makes them a high school and therefore de facto notability applies. Best, Markvs88 (talk) 20:04, 9 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@Markvs88: "Secondary schools are not presumed to be notable simply because they exist." Is there any significant coverage in reliable sources to demonstrate MEI Academy's notability? I couldn't find any. schetm (talk) 23:44, 9 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Schetm. According to point 2, "Most independently accredited degree-awarding institutions *and high schools* have historically been kept except when zero independent sources can be found to prove that the institution actually exists." The article has multiple sources, including a newspaper of record (The Kingston Whig-Standard) and the school district itself. Markvs88 (talk) 01:28, 10 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, MEI Academy exists, but a mere passing reference, as we see in the Kingston Whig-Standard, doesn't demonstrate notability. A passing reference is all we have, and it is not significant coverage. The subject fails WP:NSCHOOL, and should not be kept. schetm (talk) 02:54, 10 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

1) If that's a passing reference, then I wonder what you consider in-depth coverage. 2)Hey, you have an opinion! Good for you. Now let me have mine in peace. Markvs88 (talk) 17:38, 10 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@Markvs88:, In-depth, or significant coverage, is describe quite clearly in the General Notability Guideline (GNG): "Significant coverage addresses the topic directly and in detail, so that no original research is needed to extract the content. Significant coverage is more than a trivial mention, but it does not need to be the main topic of the source material." In the Kingston Whig-Standard article you brought up, MEI Academy is mentioned in passing twice in an article about high school students studying abroad. That's like saying a police officer is notable because he was mentioned twice in a newspaper report about a crime. Besides, even if the Whig-Standard article you've cited met the standard of SIGCOV, according to the GNG, "multiple sources are generally expected." As such, MEI Academy fails our notability guidelines. This is my policy-based argument, and I leave you in peace. schetm (talk) 20:07, 10 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Dude, just stop. You're not changing my mind as I find your POV to be inaccurate. Markvs88 (talk) 20:38, 10 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 04:37, 16 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Mei international academy is actually a public school. It is part of Upper Grand District school board. All its courses are accredited through there and you can graduate and apply to university with them https://www.ugdsb.ca/continuing-education/credit-courses/summer-school/off-site-summer-school-credit/ — Preceding unsigned comment added by Anonymousme12 (talk • contribs) 03:31, 23 March 2019 (UTC) — Anonymousme12 (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic. [reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, – Joe (talk) 20:07, 23 March 2019 (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.