Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Vidyamandir classes

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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 no consensus to delete, taking into account the two keep comments from people with no edits this afd/the article. W.marsh 02:08, 29 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Vidyamandir classes

advertising The article is clearly an add for an exam-prep school in New Delhi. Interlingua talk 02:26, 22 June 2006 (UTC)

  • Hi, This is not an advertisement. Although I have studied myself at Vidyamandir Classes, I don't consider it to be a very great place. If you read the article carefully, you'll notice that I have kept a fairly factual tone, thrown in both the plus points and the criticisms (some of which were initiated by me), and maintained a reasonably objective point of view. My purpose in putting up this page is that people should be aware of the details about coaching institutes so that they can take a more informed decision. most students after Class Xth have only unreliable rumours on which to base their decision to join coaching institutes and I want to reduce this factor. If you think this contradicts the objective and neutral policies of Wikipedia, please let me know in what way. Vipul 02:31, 22 June 2006 (UTC)
    IMO, the statement "My purpose in putting up this page is that people should be aware of the details about coaching institutes so that they can take a more informed decision..." clearly vindicates the charge that the page is an advertisement. ImpuMozhi 02:18, 23 June 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep For-profit educational institutions generally draw controversy because it is tempting to apply business standard, but given that this school had 10,000 people apply last year [1], this article has more notability than say Allen East High School. No doubt though that this article needs to be cleaned and purged of extraneous info. AdamBiswanger1 02:49, 22 June 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep - I understand what you're doing, Vipul, but fix the article so that more pages link to it. No-one will find this article unless they're specifically looking for it. TrianaC 02:42, 22 June 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep - I feel that Vidyamandir is more like a school/college where you learn with your friends. We still are in contact with the institute and the alumini remains united and in contact. The alumini still try to meet, and creates a family. VMC (Vidyamandir Classes) remain one of the things we recognize ourselves with. I hope, that you understand that we do not need to advertise it - it is by far very famous, and the intended audience do not access internet as well. PS: Browsing, I found that our school might just well be compared to Sylvan_Learning_Center Abhask 03:33, 25 June 2006 (UTC)
  • Deleteadvertising, no context, no notability. Tychocat 10:18, 22 June 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete per Tychocat. If there were some better references and more indication of notability I might reconsider. At the moment it still smells like an advert. Inner Earth 16:32, 22 June 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete as an advertisement. Tachyon01 20:32, 22 June 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete as an advertisement. ImpuMozhi 02:13, 23 June 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete ad. —Khoikhoi 03:55, 23 June 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep I agree that the page doesn't have a good context as yet, which is largely because of the absence of related material on Wikipedia as of now (e.g. information about other coaching institutes, information about examination syllabi etc.) Once all that is around I'm sure I can make this paeg link up better.—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Vipul (talk • contribs) .
  • Keep not an ad. very factual. Vidyamandir Classes is definitely well known. Siddharth Sharma —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Sid4wisdom (talk • contribs) .

Considering that Vidyamandir Classes is a well known coaching institute in Delhi where over 10,000 students apply, I think that there should be some information on it in WP. Vipul 02:15, 25 June 2006 (UTC)

  • keep a very apt description of a place called Vidyamandir not at all an ad. if this is an ad then all the descriptions of IIT, Microsoft etc. should be declared as publicity articles. The article is wholly factual and deleting it would be a loss only of Wikipedia as it will loose a good resource to offer its viewers.

Ashish Shubham—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 59.144.186.251 (talk • contribs) .

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.