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.
Keep. Generally High Schools are kept, not deleted. However this one needs work. I have wikified it by adding links. The British Council Program is called "Connecting Classrooms". The connection for this school should be here, but does not appear to be. It may be very recent. The article does need moving to a title such as Nelson Mandela High School, Sierra Leone, but that can wait. --Bduke(Discussion) 06:55, 10 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per WP:SCHOOLOUTCOMES and opposition to systemic bias which makes it difficult to cover topics in less developed countries. Consensus is that secondary schools anywhere are notable. Cullen328Let's discuss it 07:03, 10 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
It's not a vote. I am rather depressed with this "vote", your rationale basically is an appeal to tradition. Just because in other AfD discussions some schools are kept it doesn't mean that this one should automatically be kept too. See WP:OTHERCRAPEXISTS. Only source I could find is this but this is not so much about the school as it is about the principle, Mohamed Jalloh it is he we should write about. Mr T(Talk?)(New thread?) 06:09, 12 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
You are correct, MrT, this is not a vote, but rather a debate that is based on policy, guidelines and established precedent and consensus. Consensus on repetitive sorts of deletion debates is very important to streamline our processes here. And our established consensus says that we delete and redirect articles about the vast majority of primary schools, except those very few that have genuine historical or architectural significance. And, we keep pretty much all articles about secondary schools, unless those articles are hoaxes or no evidence whatsoever exists in any reliable source in any language that the school exists. A "bright line" consensus rule like this allows editors to make judgments quickly, and that serves the project well in dealing with cases like these. So, please do not be depressed. Consensus is a good thing. Cullen328Let's discuss it 07:13, 12 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
May I suggest that if you are depressed about people opining that an article about a legitimate institution should be kept in an encyclopaedia then you are on the wrong website! Frankly, I find that depressing. -- Necrothesp (talk) 12:01, 12 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - looks perfectly notable to me. Google is a very poor tool for finding sources on Sierra Leone schools because, unlike US schools for example, they don't dump everything on the Internet. Indeed, very few have much of an Internet presence at all. We must avoid systemic bias and allow time for local sources to be researched. Nominating for deletion within an hour of creation, hardly allows time for article development nor would it have been very encouraging to a new editor. TerriersFan (talk) 21:41, 13 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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.