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Bowral High School

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This article does not cite sources and heavily relies on (what appears to be) original research. Therefore, I believe it does not meet the Wikipedia standards. ❂string DTD❂ 10:52, 14 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Keep per WP:SCHOOLOUTCOMES, tag with {{unreferenced}}, and work on improving it. It does indeed meet WP:V per DuckDuckGo. PCHS-NJROTC ^{(Messages)Have a blessed day.} 13:01, 14 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
- Comment WP:SCHOOLOUTCOMES now specifically states that secondary schools "are not presumed to be notable simply because they exist" and "WP:SCHOOLOUTCOMES should be added to the Arguments to avoid in deletion discussions" following a RfC. Nick-D (talk) 23:53, 14 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  - WP:NOTPAPER This article has been around since 2008. To be swift and to the point, what is the point of even contributing to Wikipedia if essentially a no-consensus vote (the RFC in question) puts hours worth of work on the chopping block? I wouldn't. PCHS-NJROTC ^{(Messages)Have a blessed day.} 02:24, 15 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Organizations-related deletion discussions. Hhkohh (talk) 14:58, 14 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Schools-related deletion discussions. Hhkohh (talk) 14:58, 14 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Australia-related deletion discussions. Hhkohh (talk) 14:58, 14 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Keep notable school in Bowral. There are two major schools: Bowral Public School (K-6) and Bowral High School (7-12). Here's a listing from Highland NSW official website [1] AngusWOOF (bark • sniff) 17:22, 14 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
- No one is suggesting that the school doesn't exist, and that is not an official website. Nick-D (talk) 23:54, 14 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  - D'oh, community website. Anyway there should be news articles about the schools. Here's some about their art students showing in Art Express [2] There's also a famous cricketer Don Bradman who went to Bowral High back when it was just a secondary school and before they established the new location in 1929/1930; he scored his first century at age 12 while at the school; sourced by multiple books and news articles [3]. [4] Also MP Jai Rowell is an alum there. [5] AngusWOOF (bark • sniff) 03:23, 15 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Keep as a high school. No reason to think that with local and hard copy searches sources cannot be found to meet WP:ORG. We keep high schools for very good reasons; not only do they influence the lives of thousands of people but they also play a significant part in their communities. Expansion not deletion is the way to go with such articles. Just Chilling (talk) 18:58, 14 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Run of the mill small town high school. The above editors seem unaware that secondary schools are no longer considered automatically notable following a large scale RFC: I'd encourage them to re-read WP:SCHOOLOUTCOMES. Nick-D (talk) 23:53, 14 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
- Comment Thank you, that's the point I was trying to make. The school does not seem notable at all. It seems like it it just a school at a very small town and not notable (basing off that the article is unreferenced at all. ❂string DTD❂ 02:15, 15 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

If it's just a concern about very small town, then you can redirect to Bowral until more details are written up beyond the paragraphs or so that describe the school systems back then. AngusWOOF (bark • sniff) 03:25, 15 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Trove news archive about new high school:

Dated 1928 back when it was still Bowral Intermediate High School [6]
Visit by Lord Chelmsford in 1921 to the Bowral District School [7]
1925 plans to erect new high school [8]
1927 construction plans [9]
1928 enlargement of high school site [10]
1929 foundation stone scheduled [11]
1929 building in progress [12]
1930 announcement that school has been classified raised to second class [13]
1930 Official opening news article [14] [15]
1930 Speech Day and progress report by headmaster on class enrollment figures, erection of tennis courts, successes on the leaving exams - this is fairly significant coverage near the founding date of the facility [16]
1931 scholarships for graduates [17]

The list goes on through other years but the stuff around 1930 is most pertinent as significant coverage by news sources. AngusWOOF (bark • sniff) 03:56, 15 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]