Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Zhenghua 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 on a Votes for Undeletion nomination). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result of the debate was keep (no consensus). Sjakkalle (Check!) 09:11, 2 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Zhenghua Primary School

Wikipedia:WIN the Singaporese yellow pages. Yet more schoolcruft. Dunc|☺ 13:44, 23 September 2005 (UTC)

• Comment: Isn't this part of the school wikiproject? -- Reinyday, 14:04, 23 September 2005 (UTC)
• Keep. Another example of systemic bias nomination against an Asian school. Help stop this bias.--Nicodemus75 14:49, 23 September 2005 (UTC)
• Keep Learing about schools in other countries is good for you. Schools aren't cruft. --rob 15:22, 23 September 2005 (UTC)
• Copyvio from [1] Dlyons493 15:57, 23 September 2005 (UTC)
  • Thanks, I took a quick look, and it seems just some stuff that mainly wasn't needed, had been copy/pasted. I removed it. I think what (little) is left is all original, but welcome a second look. --rob 16:47, 23 September 2005 (UTC)
• Delete. Gateman1997 16:34, 23 September 2005 (UTC)
• Keep and/or Transwiki to Yellowikis. Andrew pmk | Talk 17:48, 23 September 2005 (UTC)
• Keep as per Wikipedia:Schools. Verifiable Dlyons493 18:33, 23 September 2005 (UTC)
• Keep another important school. --Vsion 18:42, 23 September 2005 (UTC)
• Keep. This AFD page is yet another example of deletioncruft. On a serious note, this is actually quite a notable school, considering that it's notable as all the planning regions we put up. For goodness sake, we write about towns that have populations as small as 12. Certainly, we can write about facilities that serve way more? -- Natalinasmpf 19:25, 23 September 2005 (UTC)
  • Yes, great example. When people started doing that, they were probably called insane too. Now, it's pretty much accepted that every little township in every little county must be kept, and there's been no harm, and much benefit. I can say in an article "Joe Bloe is from TownshipX", and when somebody clicks on TownshipX they go to an actual worthwhile article. It also "puts together" via backlinks people from the place. Similiar things would happen with schools. Often, in the "Personal life" section of a bio, their school might be mentioned, but there's nothing to link to. Lots of schools have famous alumni, but that info is usually not captured. Funny, if somebody is born in TownX and is there for only the day of their birth, we always mention it, but if they spend years at a school that had a big impact on them, we rarely mention it, even near the end of the article. --rob 20:14, 23 September 2005 (UTC)
• Keep for the multitude of reasons expressed at Wikipedia:Schools/Arguments#Keep. Silensor 19:35, 23 September 2005 (UTC)
• Delete or move to the community that it serves Pilatus 19:39, 23 September 2005 (UTC)
  • It serves the entire community of Singapore. That is, anyone from the entire population of FOUR MILLION is eligible to enroll. Of course, people within 1 km of the school have priority in the notorious primary one enrollment where kiasu parents elbow their way in, but it serves the entire city-state. Your justification isn't enough, because I don't think we can merge it with the Singapore article - it's way too large already. -- Natalinasmpf 20:53, 23 September 2005 (UTC)
• Keep Schools are inherently important enough to deserve their own articles. Wikipedia is not paper. --ShaunMacPherson 20:17, 23 September 2005 (UTC)
• Pony Wikipedia:Schools needs revisiting. Hipocrite - «Talk» 20:27, 23 September 2005 (UTC)
• Comment: Please make note that several Wikipedians have made requests that we keep these discussions civilized. We may not see eye-to-eye on what is important, but that is no reason to insult someone, their beliefs, or their contribution(s) to Wikipedia. This is a community driven project. Bahn Mi 21:57, 23 September 2005 (UTC)
• Abstain Sigh Hope I dont see any more schools --Aranda56 23:05, 23 September 2005 (UTC)
• Keep wonderful school. Klonimus 23:34, 23 September 2005 (UTC)
• Keep Just get over it. CalJW 00:37, 24 September 2005 (UTC)
• Keep, schools are notable, and it is a non-US school, which is good IMO because it helps counter the inherent western bias on WP. -GregAsche (talk) 02:15, 24 September 2005 (UTC)
• Weak Keep assuming that some work is done on the article. Vegaswikian 06:02, 24 September 2005 (UTC)
• Keep as usual. Christopher Parham (talk) 23:47, 24 September 2005 (UTC)
• Delete. Neutrality^talk 01:47, 25 September 2005 (UTC)
• Delete. The schoolcruft has moved out of the Anglo-Saxon world. May God have mercy on us all... / Peter ^Isotalo 04:39, 25 September 2005 (UTC)
  • This deletioncruft is spiralling it's way out of control too. I'm considering holding an afd on this afd page, ironic as it seems. -- Natalinasmpf 05:24, 25 September 2005 (UTC)
• Delete. *drew 07:46, 25 September 2005 (UTC)

  Keep - It clearly states that it is a school in the title. --Celestianpower ^hab 18

  49, 25 September 2005 (UTC)

• keep and please stop calling all school articles cruft already Yuckfoo 20:54, 25 September 2005 (UTC)
• Consensus so far has been to keep schools (see Archive and Wikipedia:Schools/Arguments#Keep). ··gracefool |☺ 16:20, 26 September 2005 (UTC)
• Keep per Wikipedia:Schools/Arguments#Keep. We should be encouraging this type of participation rather than wasting our time trying to remove good, encyclopedic information. Unfocused 22:05, 26 September 2005 (UTC)
• Delete nonencyclopedic --redstucco 09:09, 27 September 2005 (UTC)
• Delete-Another un-notable school.Dudtz 9/29/05 5:54 PM EST
• Keep - Worthy of a page. Singopo 06:26, 2 October 2005 (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 an undeletion request). No further edits should be made to this page.