Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/POHORABAWA 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 delete. King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 05:39, 25 May 2010 (UTC)

POHORABAWA SCHOOL

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No mention of notability, no reasonable target for redirection. delete UtherSRG (talk) 10:27, 18 May 2010 (UTC)

• Delete; right, no indication of why it is notable. — Timneu22 · talk 10:35, 18 May 2010 (UTC)
• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Sri Lanka-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 15:23, 18 May 2010 (UTC)
• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Schools-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 15:23, 18 May 2010 (UTC)
• Comment Hmmm... the article as stands needs a lot of work - it doesn't even say what COUNTRY the school's in, as far as I can tell! (Google search on the name brought up 2 or 3 places by this name in Sri Lanka). Still, given some of the information, it SEEMS like it MIGHT be a high school (the 'multimedia lab' for instance) - or at least contain one. Since high schools are deemed notable by default, this MIGHT be keepable. OTOH, doing a news search, I find nothing, and doing a regular search I don't find anything helpful, which doesn't suggest a lot of notability. David V Houston (talk) 15:28, 18 May 2010 (UTC)
• Comment We need someone who can read the language which is plastered across all the photos in this article, which is mostly a photo album. These photos lack any source info, and I have a concern that they might be copyright violations. If it is a high school, we need to know exactly where. The article was created by a new editor who also created Pohorabawa, in "Ratnapura District in the Sabaragamuwa Province of Sri Lanka," so that is likely the location. There is not formally any inherent notability for high schools, just the AFD result that they usually have been kept recently, largely because they are important cultural assets of a fairly wide geographic area, in contrast to the typical grammar school, and references can be found in newspapers of the state or region. Edison (talk) 16:07, 18 May 2010 (UTC)

The text accross the images simply describe the buildings, "first building", "library" etc. --snowolfD4 ^{( talk / @ )} 14:27, 19 May 2010 (UTC)

• Delete as failing verifiability and notability for organizations unless multiple reliable sources can be found which indicate it is a high school and which have significant coverage. Edison (talk) 16:18, 18 May 2010 (UTC)
• Comment The few words in this photo album belong in the article about Pohorabawa, which is the name of two fairly sizable cities in Sri Lanka, according to this. I can't see keeping any article that simply displays large photographs and little context, although I attribute that to someone being unfamiliar with the protocol for a Wikipedia article. While we do have notability where it is verified that a school graduates students, the link to the school doesn't work, and Wikipedia is not a webhost. Mandsford 13:53, 19 May 2010 (UTC)
• Speedy delete, propose to list tag as a CSD. To me, WP:CSD#A1 WP:CSD#A7 applies for this article. Article clearly lacks sufficient information. I also think that this is a test page. Optakeover^(Talk) 14:10, 19 May 2010 (UTC)

• Comment I'll be bold and tag the page for CSD. Optakeover^(Talk) 16:54, 23 May 2010 (UTC)

Schools can't be A7'd, I'm afraid. Chase me ladies, I'm the Cavalry (talk) 19:50, 23 May 2010 (UTC)

• Understood. However I provide no change to my vote, article is still unable to show subject notability. Also I don't seem to be able to find adequate sources online to help the article. Clean-up has taken place but now it's just an article describing a school, its educational level and its principal and a small description of its history. I understand that wikipedia has no deadline but if that is all that can be described of the school, I don't know why this article should remain on Wikipedia. Optakeover^(Talk) 05:44, 24 May 2010 (UTC)

• Delete. I thought secondary schools were deemed notable but this is so far from being an article, the best thing is "rub it out and start again". — RHaworth (talk · contribs) 06:05, 23 May 2010 (UTC)
• Comment: I've cleaned the article up a bit. Chase me ladies, I'm the Cavalry (talk) 19:54, 23 May 2010 (UTC)
• Comment: Article creator also created Pohorabawa. As far as this article's content goes, to me that article was created to provide an avenue for the creator to create this article. Optakeover^(Talk) 05:50, 24 May 2010 (UTC)

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.