Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Rigas French Lycée

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The result was Keep per Snow/Speedy Keep - Non-Admin Closure . Fosnez (talk) 12:50, 5 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Rigas French Lycée[edit]

Disputed prod about a school in Latvia. After I added the {{prod}}, the editor who created it said on my talk page that "This Lycee is one of the most prestige lycee in baltic states". But there are only 190 pages about this school in Google [1] and no references for notability are cited. Pegasus «C¦T» 21:04, 3 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

~~What language did you search in?~~ (Sorry, I searched and commented before I realized you linked to your search). When I searched, I got more hits than that, though: here . matt91486 (talk) 21:13, 3 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

No delete because this article is for extend. People wrote this article very taked steps, because he want good article. Alden(Sharon boyfriend) or talk 21:28, 3 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Comment. I suggest searching under the school's French name "Lycée francais de Riga" ([2] [3]). I'm sifting through the hits for quality. There's also at least 1 possible hit from Le Monde behind a paywall. Secondary schools tend to be notable and some of the article's contents appear to be verifiable. • Gene93k (talk) 21:47, 3 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Schools-related deletion discussions. —• Gene93k (talk) 22:28, 3 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
keep and rename to English translation French Lycée of Riga Chris (クリス • フィッチ) (talk) 22:40, 3 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Strong keep. This AfD is surely in error. What could be more notable than having a French lycee in Latvia where pupils are taught in the French language rather than their native Latvian? There are only around 400 French lycees outside France in the whole world. The article needs a clean-up and referencing not deletion. There are multiple sources, many in French (which are quite permissible according to WP:EL, which testify to the prestige of the school. A search under the French name yields more hits as does a simple search for "Lycee Rigas". This would be an ideal candidate for a DYK on the front page. Dahliarose (talk) 00:29, 4 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Comment. I've now started to tidy up the article and have added two alumni with refs. There will no doubt be many more. As with many foreign schools, prestigious alumni don't always have articles in the English Wikipedia.

Keep Clearly notable, per Dahliarose and others. Unless the english name is in common use, I'd think the French name would make more sense. DGG (talk) 04:10, 4 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per Dahliarose and others, I believe this to meet our guidelines on notability. RFerreira (talk) 18:29, 4 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - plainly notable, as discussed above. TerriersFan (talk) 04:30, 5 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per Dahliarose efforts. looks to have potential for expansion. valid stub. Sting au Buzz Me... 10:55, 5 February 2008 (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.