Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The International 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 was no consensus. Corpx and Alansohn both made valid points, and once the article has been referenced, the default result must be not to act. Non-admin closure (I know non-admins aren't supposed to take these, but I believe it is the correct result.) Shalom Hello 06:27, 5 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] The International School

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This is an elementary school, which offers courses in Japanese, Spanish and Mandarin Chinese - just this fact does not give any notability. Also, article is written in an advertisement tone - "From the first day, The International School immerses a child fully in Spanish, Chinese or Japanese language and culture." Corpx 08:28, 28 June 2007 (UTC)

  • Delete Non-notable school with no outside sources asserting notability, and article reads like an advertisement. Latr, Katr 16:00, 28 June 2007 (UTC)
  • Comment The Spanish government designation got my attention. Withholding my !vote pending further reliable sourcing. Latr, Katr 18:25, 28 June 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep Notability has been established. Katr67 07:41, 2 July 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete Notability not established EyeSereneTALK 16:53, 28 June 2007 (UTC)
  • Weak Keep Designation as one of 28 International Spanish Academies in the United States and the only school in Oregon offering language immersion instruction in three languages are all strong claims of notability. This is not merely a school that offers foreign language instruction as part of an English language curriculum, Additional independent sources should be added. Alansohn 18:00, 28 June 2007 (UTC)
  • Does having a unique elementary school curriculum give it notability? Corpx 18:09, 28 June 2007 (UTC)
  • This is all the more remarkable at this level. Doing it with three separate languages is even more notable. Alansohn 18:22, 28 June 2007 (UTC)
  • Some of the elementary schools in Texas offer instruction in English and Spanish. Does offering 2 languages make them notable? Corpx 18:27, 28 June 2007 (UTC)
  • Two languages, where one is English, would not be notable. This school offers three, separate non-English languages, the only school in Oregon to do so, which seems to be a strong claim of notability. Alansohn 00:21, 29 June 2007 (UTC)
After a quick language search, I found another elementary school in Oregon that offers English, Spanish and Chinese. If an elementary school started teaching advanced math/geometry, would it become notable? Corpx 01:48, 29 June 2007 (UTC)
  • The school you've found offers a Spanish immersion program. All the other languages are offered on a limited curricular basis at 30 minutes per day. The International School offers full immersive instruction in three languages. Offering advanced math/geometry at the elementary school level might well be a claim of notability. Alansohn 07:26, 29 June 2007 (UTC)
  • Merge I would rather see it merged with Portland, Oregon, as it may not quite notable enough to have it's own article. It can be valuble info in the Portland article itself, much of the important info can be easily fit there--JForget 23:58, 28 June 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep if sourced. The school is distinctive,--I doubt there are any other US schools that actually teach 3 non-english languages at the elementary level to this degree of fluency. We finally have a notable elementary schoolDoes need real sourcing, but should be possible.DGG 04:13, 29 June 2007 (UTC)
  • Note: This debate has been included in the list of Schools-related deletions. —Butseriouslyfolks 08:17, 29 June 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep Now, a references states that it's received some grant, thus noting that the school has gained some national recognition. Notable.--Kylohk 12:17, 29 June 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep since all high schools are inherently notable as I argue here. Noroton 00:21, 30 June 2007 (UTC)
  • Note: This debate has been included in the list of Oregon-related deletions. -- John Vandenberg 02:09, 30 June 2007 (UTC)
  • Comment Psst, Noroton--I appreciate your argument, but look again--this article is about an elementary school. Latr, Katr 23:27, 30 June 2007 (UTC)
Yeah, Latr, I guess you're right, but, dang if it isn't such a good elementary school that I THOUGHT it was a three-language high school. Now THAT'S a good school.Noroton 21:45, 4 July 2007 (UTC)
  • Weak keep per Alansohn. Normally I think elementary schools should be merged into an article on the district, but as a independent school with some arguable notability, I think this should stand alone. -- DS1953 talk 05:32, 2 July 2007 (UTC)
  • Weak Keep per User:Alansohn. Pablo Talk | Contributions 03:53, 3 July 2007 (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.