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Subject to the above paragraph, if a school article fails to establish notability, but the school can be confirmed to exist, then the page should be merged and redirected. In the United States and Canada, schools are usually organized by school district. The article about the school district (if one
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For example, simple reporting of sporting or academic events occurring (a routine if not daily event for most schools) does not establish notability. However, a school winning a state (US/Australia), provincial (Canada) or county (UK) (or higher) level sporting or academic event does count towards
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This page provides guidance to be used by Knowledge (XXG) editors to determine if a school should or should not have an article on Knowledge (XXG). This guidance applies to articles about schools themselves; it is not directly applicable to school districts or other education articles. While
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For elementary/primary and middle schools, reliable secondary sources are usually too limited for notability. An exception is made for schools having a specific, notable distinction or status (e.g., the
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customarily available for such schools — based on news coverage of sports and academic awards, relative size, and importance to the community and region — are usually sufficient for
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These guidelines assume that there is some encyclopedic content. Directory-only entries (name, address, school type, staff member listings, etc.) are
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satisfying these notability guidelines generally indicates that a school warrants an article, a school article failing to do so is
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for its implementation was not established within a reasonable period of time. If you want to revive discussion, please use
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exists), or the municipality (if not), is the normal target. Outside North America the target should be an
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Trivial or incidental coverage of a subject by secondary sources is not sufficient to establish notability.
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applied to schools. It reflects the core values of Knowledge (XXG) policies, including the following:
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page if one exists or, failing that, the lowest level of locality article.
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and schools that do not educate to at least grade 9/age 15. They include
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Knowledge (XXG) is not an indiscriminate collection of information
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Knowledge (XXG):Notability (organizations and companies) § Schools
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Failed proposed Knowledge (XXG) policy for notability of schools
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Knowledge (XXG):Articles for deletion/Common outcomes#Education
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Knowledge (XXG) articles must not be vehicles for advertisement
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are considered notable. 'Senior secondary schools' exclude
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This guideline can be considered a specialised version of
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of notability must adhere to Knowledge (XXG)'s policy on
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Ultimately, and most importantly, all content must be
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if it has been the subject of significant coverage in
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Knowledge (XXG):SCL
Knowledge (XXG):Notability (organizations and companies) § Schools
Knowledge (XXG):WikiProject Schools
failed
Consensus
the talk page
the village pump
Shortcuts
WP:SCH
WP:SCL
criterion for speedy deletion
Knowledge (XXG):Notability
No original research
Reliable sources
Verifiability
Knowledge (XXG) articles must not be vehicles for advertisement
Knowledge (XXG) is not an indiscriminate collection of information
Verifiability
reliable sources
secondary sources
reliable
primary sources
verifiable
reliable sources
tertiary
secondary schools
middle schools
high schools
US
grammar schools

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