Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Otahuhu Intermediate

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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 as failing WP:N and WP:V. ···日本穣? · Talk to Nihonjoe 05:05, 9 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Otahuhu Intermediate

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Not notable; 862 google hits, no references. -Icewedge 07:18, 1 August 2007 (UTC)

  • Delete Not only is it not notable but it violates WP:NPOV, which is obvious because the auther refers to it as "Our School..." Gorkymalorki 07:56, 1 August 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep There are other New Zealand Intermediate, Primary and Secondary schools with articles in Wikipedia. Including Otahuhu Intermediate seems in keeping with this. There seems to be someone with a project of including all New Zealand Schools on Wikipedia. It could be edited to remove NPOV problems. Anarchia 08:09, 1 August 2007 (UTC)
  • Weak delete. I may be the person referred to by Anarchia above. I am not creating articles on New Zealand schools, but I am policing them and cleaning them up as necessary. I created the lists linked to from List of schools in New Zealand. In general, I believe that secondary schools are worthy of articles, but primary and intermediate schools are not generally sufficiently notable unless a case is made otherwise. I have removed the material with inappropriate tone from this article, and there really isn't anything else left that the appropriate list article List of schools in Auckland, New Zealand doesn't have. I'd be happy to change my vote if material is added to the article explaining why this school is unusual in any way. The MOE link I added to the infobox is a non-primary reference, and a link to the latest Education Review Office report could be added if the article is kept.-gadfium 09:07, 1 August 2007 (UTC)
  • Note: This debate has been included in the list of New Zealand-related deletions. -- gadfium 09:12, 1 August 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep per Anarchia. Iotha 09:13, 1 August 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete per Gorkymalorki. Bearian 18:44, 1 August 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete - Just because other articles on intermediate schools exist, does not mean this one should; that is an unacceptable argument as supported by WP:OTHERSTUFFEXISTS. Unless there is something unique about a school, they should all be deleted as supported by WP:WIN. --Storm Rider (talk) 06:46, 2 August 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep, I've added a couple of external references as I was passing by.... I'm sure more could be added if more time was spent than my minimal effort. The article has been improved since listing for AfD. Mathmo Talk 00:40, 3 August 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete I'll assume that the references added by Mathmo were the best s/he could find that include the school's request for money from its local government and winning a local environmental award from same (perhaps in lieu of the money?) Any way, I cannot doubt that virtually every school has at least those two pieces of claims to notability in common: asking government for money and winning some minor local award for something. So, in short, nothing distinguishes this school from a million others. Carlossuarez46 19:03, 3 August 2007 (UTC)
  • Comment: no they are not the best I can find. There are merely what first pops in front of me after a completely minimal search, because to often I see no attempt at looking for sources before voting. I at least make an attempt, and that is the result of exactly that. Mathmo Talk 03:03, 4 August 2007 (UTC)
  • Thanks for the attempt, there's still no notability there. Carlossuarez46 20:44, 6 August 2007 (UTC)

This entry was part of a project by students from the school. I'll refer them to the NPOV policy, but in the meantime, school management have requested our entry be deleted.

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.