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The result was keep. Schools are kept per SO (non-admin closure) –Davey2010 ^{Merry Xmas / Happy New Year} 22:50, 31 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Wye School[edit]

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Redirect Wye School to United Learning. Unremarkable educational institution. CatcherStorm ^talk 09:40, 25 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep Not sure why this school might be deemed unremarkable. As I understand it, it was the first free school in Kent, an area noted for its grammar schools, and it created quite a stir before and after opening. It's also one only 2 state secondary schools in Kent without its own article. CalzGuy (talk) 10:07, 25 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

• Comment @CalzGuy: You currently have no references to show why this school is notable. See WP:GNG for more info. Note that a mere Google search brings up few related results to the Wye School, and there is zero news coverage of the school as well. CatcherStorm ^talk 10:17, 25 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

So you are saying that it is the article that is unremarkable? Rather than the school itself? Is that correct?CalzGuy (talk) 10:29, 25 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

• Redirect Not notable otherwise. TomStar81 (Talk) 10:18, 25 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep as a secondary school meeting WP:SCHOOLOUTCOMES. VMS Mosaic (talk) 12:37, 25 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep per WP:SCHOOLOUTCOMES, secondary schools are considered notable by long-term rock-solid WP:CONSENSUS. - The Bushranger _{One ping only} 22:37, 25 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

• Comment @The Bushranger: @VMS Mosaic: I'm not quite seeing how this school is notable. It's a relatively small institution with 181 students, its sources are mostly primary and don't indicate its notability other than there being a little opposition by local leaders, and this school was built relatively recently. CatcherStorm ^talk 08:55, 26 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

• Reply - the point is that per WP:SCHOOLOUTCOMES, it does not have to be 'normally' notable (note that notability is just a guideline, so wide and longstanding consensus can alter it). A secondary school only has to have proof that it exists (i.e., it must pass verifiability, which is a policy). VMS Mosaic (talk) 09:41, 26 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
• As mentioned, the point is that Wikipedia is not just an encyclopedia, it's also a gazetteer. There are some things - national- and state/provincial-level roads, geographic features, and secondary-and-above educational facilities among them - that are, therefore, incuded on the basis of the fact that they are verifiable alone. - The Bushranger _{One ping only} 23:52, 27 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep. As WP:SCHOOLOUTCOMES says: "Most independently accredited degree-awarding institutions and high schools are usually kept except when zero independent sources can be found to prove that the institution actually exists." Sources that verifies the school exists are found, and I have added one more. Sam Sailor ^Talk! 21:30, 26 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Schools-related deletion discussions. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 21:53, 26 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of England-related deletion discussions. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 21:53, 26 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep per precedent about secondary schools documented at WP:NHS and WP:SCHOOLOUTCOMES. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 21:54, 26 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep -- We normally regard all secondary schools as notable. This one is only two years old and thus perhaps catering only for 11-13 so far, but that should make no difference. Peterkingiron (talk) 16:28, 27 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep as a secondary school per longstanding consensus and precedent. -- Necrothesp (talk) 15:09, 29 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep per WP:SCHOOLOUTCOMES. --Rubbish computer (Merry Christmas!: ...And a Happy New Year!) 19:10, 29 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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