Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ninaro

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 Delete. Michig (talk) 14:17, 26 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Ninaro

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Private educational institute with no indication of WP:Notability. Only external link is to a free web host providing the institutes website. Google searches not finding any signficant coverage. noq (talk) 12:03, 11 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I concur that this article does not meet notability guidelines for Wikipedia and should be removed.Ultimatemythbuster (talk) 12:49, 11 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Sri Lanka-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 01:38, 12 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Schools-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 01:38, 12 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Comment. It's full name appears to be "NINARO HIGHER EDUCATIONAL CENTER". Not that that helps, appreciably. Epeefleche (talk) 03:06, 13 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Delete No notability, no GNG, no nothing. Some IP keeps adding spam links to the page. Delete it is from me. --Rsrikanth05 (talk) 07:57, 18 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. Per the above deletes. Epeefleche (talk) 16:06, 18 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Comment ~~Keep~~. Private, but there are plenty of private establishments providing mainstream education to A-Level. That its web site is on a free web host is not a concern of ours, not should we be overly concerned about the lack of Internet sources for a school in Sri Lanka. The article is informative and not promotional. Spam links can be contained by regular maintenance users. We have a long-standing precedent for keeping secondary schools as reported at WP:OUTCOMES. --Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 07:05, 19 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, –Davey2010 • (talk) 14:00, 19 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - "An organization is generally considered notable if it has been the subject of significant coverage in reliable, independent secondary sources." WP:ORG There is no indication that this organization is subject of significant coverage in reliable, independent secondary sources.--Rpclod (talk) 21:54, 19 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Please see some of the policy at WP:ATD-M and WP:ATD-R (these are policies rather than just guidelines)., and bear in mind that if school articles are not allowed to be deleted per WP:A7 and only need to be proven to exist, then this article shouldn't even be here at AfD. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 09:12, 20 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

A7 relates to criteria for speedy deletion and relates solely to "notability". This is not a nomination for speedy deletion. Even for speedy deletions, verifiability and reliability of sources remain criteria. Noq raises valid concerns regarding the latter issues and none of the current references are reliable sources.--Rpclod (talk) 15:18, 20 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Delete I am frankly unsure of the nature of these "educational institutions" that do not 00specifically call themselves "schools" Kudpung, can you enlighten us. Some of them are not mere tutoring academies. And from the description in our article, I think that this one is just that. -- offers course in various unrelated subjects, no indication that it leads to a degree. If it were a secondary school I would of course be !voting "keep", but the bar for tutoring academies is much higher. DGG ( talk ) 20:04, 20 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

DGG, I'm not so sure that it is a mere cram school. It seems to be a lot larger than that and it does offer education to university entrance level. I have changed my !vote to 'Comment'. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 08:00, 21 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Kudpung, not a cramschool exactly, but a place that offers courses in specific subjects, but not degrees. We've usually defined the sort of school we keep as a matter of course as one that a/has real existence and b/offers a high school diploma, or a college degree. (making appropriate modifications in terminology for the country's educational system). Some people add c/accredited, but I consider that not necessarily a requirement. Of course, there will always be borderline situations, but I think its clear from their website they do not offer anything corresponding to a degree. DGG ( talk ) 18:11, 21 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I'm inclined to agree with DGG here. Going by this theory, anyone can create a website of a fictional school and a few facebook/twitter pages and come to Wikipedia. Notability must be established through atleast one reliable source. --Rsrikanth05 (talk) 07:37, 22 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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