Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Beltala High Madrasah School

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The result was redirect to Nadia district#Education. Per WP:ATD -- RoySmith (talk) 15:17, 19 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Beltala High Madrasah School

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Besides a mention at the West Bengal Madrasa Board website and and another document listing it among the schools having sanitation facilities in Nadia district, there is a chronic unavailability of third party coverage. Wikipedia should not become a free advertisement/website hosting company for non-notable educational institutions. — $f r +$ 16:41, 11 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

P.S : Could somebody please explain what the phrase "high school in high madrasah" is supposed to convey to the average reader. —

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16:41, 11 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Never have stumbled across an article on a West Bengal high school before, but a very quick look suggests to me that the West Bengal education system has a separate "madrasah" system and "higher secondary" system of schools. The "madrasah" system arises out of Arabic Muslim systems (but students are not limited to Muslims), are often located in poorer areas in West Bengal, but are effectively very similar to the regular system. The West Bengal government has recognized these schools and provides oversight and funding, as best I can tell. (See, e.g., [1]). So a "high school in high madrasah" seems to be an awkward English way of expressing that this is a high school in the high madrasah system. I will note that the Wikipedia articles on West Bengal education could use some serious work.--Milowent • ^hasspoken 14:38, 14 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Schools-related deletion discussions. Bakazaka (talk) 20:04, 11 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of India-related deletion discussions. Bakazaka (talk) 20:04, 11 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - lack of reliable coverage to pass WP:GNG; see WP:NSCHOOL; schools need to pass normal notability criteria Spiderone 22:30, 12 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Delete or Redirect to Nadia district#Education The only information available is that it exists as a directory entry in listings for schools and madrasahs so would not qualify because of WP:WITHIN. AngusWOOF (bark • sniff) 16:31, 13 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Comment: Re the nomination, this doesn't really strike me as an advertisement for the school. The original version of the article was more boastful, but that's a very typical style we see from newbie Indian editors. The likely only reason we can't show notability (assuming we don't) is because the school is in a poor place without easily found press coverage of the type we'd see for most American or many other "first world" schools.--Milowent • ^hasspoken 14:13, 14 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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