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, defaulting to keep. Wizardman 02:05, 7 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Anglo Colombian School (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View log)

Not notable. There are no secondary sources asserting to the importance of this educational organization, and it is mostly based on original research into this school's history. The article's purpose is self-advertisement, it is often vandalized by disgruntled students, and it clearly does not belong in an encyclopedia. Guillermo Otálora Lozano 01:41, 30 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

• Comment The propensity of students towards vandalization of an article is not considered a valid reason for deletion. To accomodate such tactics would be highly inappropriate, and even censorship. FrozenPurpleCube 01:45, 30 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • You are right on that point. Still, non-notability is a valid reason for deletion. There are no secondary sources covering the subject of this article.Guillermo Otálora Lozano 02:18, 30 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    • Whether or not the subject of this article merits inclusion, I profess ignorance. I'm not even sure of the current working agreement regarding schools. But given that I have seen the argument made many times that a school article should be deleted because of vandalism concerns, I felt it appropriate to point out that it was an invalid grounds to argue for deletion. FrozenPurpleCube 02:51, 30 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Schools-related deletions. —Chris 03:30, 30 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep Notable school. Hawkestone 19:39, 30 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

That's an unsupported assertion. How is it notable? Who has noted this school? FrozenPurpleCube 20:26, 30 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

"Notable" means "worthy of notice". According to WP:NOTE: Notability "is distinct from 'fame', 'importance', or 'popularity'." -- DS1953 ^talk 22:43, 3 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

That very same guideline you cited goes on to say "[a] topic is presumed to be notable if it has received significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject". Are there any such sources in this case? Only the school website.. Guillermo Otálora Lozano 04:27, 5 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep notable alumni-- not a well-written list, and most dont have articles, but some clearly would qualify for them. DGG (talk)
• Keep this school which is clearly notable on many levels. -- DS1953 ^talk 22:36, 3 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete. Notability is the presence of the subject in secondary sources. Unless someone brings up a secondary source asserting to the notability of this school, it should be deleted. The user DGG says that it has "notable alumni". If some of the alumni are notable, they should have their own articles. But the school itself is not worthy material for an encyclopedia. This should be the criteria used for organizations on Wikipedia, as we run the risk of having Wikipedia used for self-advertising, which is clearly the case in here. Guillermo Otálora Lozano 04:24, 5 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete in lacking secondary sources that attest notability Corpx 20:10, 6 August 2007 (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.