Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The English School

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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The result of the debate was Withdrawn by nominator. Rob 05:00, 22 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] The English School

No! This is not a schools deletionist/inclusionist debate! The article is POV and nugatory, it's a commercial operation, and the title is wrong. So given that it's the wrong article in the wrong place, I say remove it. - Just zis Guy, you know? [T]/[C] :: AfD? 11:34, 11 November 2005 (UTC)

  • Comment If the title is wrong, move it. If the article is POV, revise it. Neither are sufficient reasons to delete it. Kurt Weber 23:49, 13 November 2005 (UTC)
  • Comment - Please come comment at ongoing discussion at WP:SCH. - A Man In Black (conspire | past ops) 06:28, 14 November 2005 (UTC)
  • Re-write and re-name - or just delete and someone can start again if they like (same difference). Doc ask? 13:47, 11 November 2005 (UTC)
  • Keep Of course this is a school-deletionist nomination. It is a mainstream school school rather than a language school as the nomination led me to suppose, and it is a non-profit making institution as is say Eton College. It claims to be the only non-profit making school in Kuwait and to be the main international school in the country for 2-13 year olds, making it much more notable than most schools for that age group. I will wikify the article. CalJW 13:49, 11 November 2005 (UTC)
  • Delete. It's a list poorly written, possibly a joke by a Wikipedian testing the limits of schools-inclusionist thinking. Durova 13:54, 11 November 2005 (UTC)
    • I have rewritten it. There is no evidence for the suggestion that is a joke or a test. In fact it was written by an ISP address which has a history of legitimate edits, mainly on Middle Eastern and Asian topics, but has never contributed to a school article before.CalJW 14:07, 11 November 2005 (UTC)
      • Keep per rewrite. Durova 15:48, 11 November 2005 (UTC)
  • Keep per CalJW's rewrite. If it's the only not-for-profit school in its whole country, (however small that country is), and that country's longest-established private school (Just wondering, CalJW - is it Kuwait's first-ever private school?), then it's worth writing about. --Idont Havaname 15:32, 11 November 2005 (UTC)
  • Keep this clearly notable private school in the Emirate of Kuwait. I doubt very much it is the first private school, as there are likely several (and likely very old) "private" schools that predate the presence of an English-speaking population.--Nicodemus75 16:37, 11 November 2005 (UTC)
  • Keep, and stop afd spam. Trollderella 16:57, 11 November 2005 (UTC)
  • Keep all schools. Hipocrite - «Talk» 17:14, 11 November 2005 (UTC)
  • Comment: This is not, I repeat not a school deletionist nomination. It is precisely as stated above: the article as written was the wrong content in the wrong tone in the wrong place. "The English School" is not unambiguous. As rewritten it is much better; if someone can suggest the correct naming per usual naming conventions I'll move it and withdraw the nom. - Just zis  Guy, you know? [T]/[C] :: AfD? 17:32, 11 November 2005 (UTC)
  • On second thoughts, I'll just be bold: the School's website describes it as "The English School, Kuwait" so that's where I've put it, leaving a redirect behind. I have removed the AfD tag and I withdraw the nomination, with thanks to CalJW for the rewrite. - Just zis  Guy, you know? [T]/[C] :: AfD? 17:58, 11 November 2005 (UTC)
  • Keep as per Wikipedia:Schools/Arguments#Keep. Next time, {{sofixit}}, rather than clog up an already convoluted AFD system. Silensor 22:13, 11 November 2005 (UTC)
  • Keep due to notable nature and developing consensus at WP:SCH.Gateman1997 23:08, 11 November 2005 (UTC)
  • Keep as per Wikipedia:Schools/Arguments#Keep. --Vsion 09:19, 12 November 2005 (UTC)
  • Keep as part of the fight [personal attack removed]. The mere fact of something's existence makes it worthy of an article. Kurt Weber 23:49, 13 November 2005 (UTC)
    • Um then I suppose you're worthy of an article too right? Or my house?Gateman1997 06:24, 14 November 2005 (UTC)
      • Precisely Kurt Weber 14:05, 19 November 2005 (UTC)
  • keep and please do not make personal attacks that is not why we are here Yuckfoo 00:36, 15 November 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 a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.