Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Penryn college

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The result was keep. John254 17:57, 3 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Penryn college

Penryn college (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs) (delete) – (View log)

Delete is this institution is notable, this is hardly a decent beginning of an article. Then, again, it may not be notable - just because you call yourself a college doesn't mean its a secondary educational instution - rather than an unaffiliated after-school test prep tutory. Carlossuarez46 (talk) 18:00, 28 April 2008 (UTC)

• Delete, single-line substub. No objection to the article but the lack of content means it's next to useless. Stifle (talk) 18:43, 29 April 2008 (UTC) Very weak keep. Consensus on whether schools should be included hasn't really formed, and there's no such thing as a school district in the UK to merge it to. I think this just about pushes over the line. Stifle (talk) 18:33, 30 April 2008 (UTC)
• Keep and improve. The website states it is an LEA-maintained secondary school established in 1957, with a "gold star" rating from OFSTED and a "leading edge" designation from the Department of Education; also that it was one of the earlier schools in the UK to attain sports college status.[1][2] The OFSTED report (2005) gives it grade 1 and states it is outstanding.[3] There is some discussion of older awards/achievements in this local newspaper report.[4] I don't have the facility to search news archives, but there is also local coverage of school events eg recent visit by Kelly Holmes.[5][6] Espresso Addict (talk) 17:32, 30 April 2008 (UTC)
  • I have expanded the article with this information & refs. Espresso Addict (talk) 18:22, 30 April 2008 (UTC)
    • Two points: (1) Notability cannot be established by the organization's own website, which basically the rewrite attempts; (2) that Kelly Holmes visited the place doesn't make it notable - Kelly Holmes has probably visited numerous shops, restaurants, and lavatories but we don't turn WP into a directory or guide to the shopping and digestive choices of thye rich and famous. Carlossuarez46 (talk) 20:14, 30 April 2008 (UTC)
• Note: This debate has been included in the list of England-related deletion discussions. -- Fabrictramp (talk) 20:09, 30 April 2008 (UTC)
• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Schools-related deletion discussions. -- Fabrictramp (talk) 20:09, 30 April 2008 (UTC)
• Keep as per Espresso Addict. This independent, reliable source in particular addresses the school directly in detail as well as several other reliable sources being available. V, NPOV, NOR DoubleBlue (Talk) 21:01, 30 April 2008 (UTC)
• Strong keep - a high school independently assessed as being outstanding. Sources easily pass WP:N. TerriersFan (talk) 23:12, 30 April 2008 (UTC)
• Keep per Espresso Addict and DoubleBlue.DuncanHill (talk) 10:32, 1 May 2008 (UTC)
• Strong keep, as one of the most notable high schools I've seen. CRGreathouse (t | c) 22:27, 1 May 2008 (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.