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 soft delete. Based on minimal participation, this uncontroversial nomination is treated as an expired PROD (a.k.a. "soft deletion"). Editors can . Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 03:36, 26 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Loyola Yomiuri School, Bijapur (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View log | edits since nomination)

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Private school so, per WP:NSCHOOL, needs to meet organisation notability. I can't find even one source that would meet WP:ORGCRIT requirements let alone the multiple WP:SIRS needed. Appears to be a non-notable private school with no independent media coverage. I'm not even sure if the coverage is enough to warrant a redirect to List of Jesuit educational institutions or List of schools in India#Karnataka or any other possible target. For me, this looks like a clear deletion candidate. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 23:07, 9 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

• Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Education, Schools, Christianity, India, and Karnataka. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 23:08, 9 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

It seems that the name of the school changed a while back. It is now called Loyola Institutions or Loyola Pre-University College in Vijayapur. The address remains the same. The website is loyolainstitutions.org. There probably will be Kannada websites that mention the school. Cardofk (talk) 09:40, 10 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Have you found any significant coverage from independent sources under the newer name? Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 13:02, 10 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Have you? Cardofk (talk) 13:48, 10 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I had a look but wasn't able to find any WP:SIRS coverage. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 14:08, 10 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, just now, after finding that there was nothing in English, I put the name in Kannada, got ಲೊಯೊಲಾ ಸಂಸ್ಥೆಗಳು, ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ, and a few pages of results, but I have no way of knowing whether those media sites that emerged were reliable. Cardofk (talk) 19:07, 10 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Would it mess up the AfD template if I rename the article? Cardofk (talk) 19:27, 10 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

It does, unfortunately. If it is kept, then please do the renaming after the AfD concludes. If it is deleted, you may wish to rename the school at List of Jesuit educational institutions and List of schools in India#Karnataka and any other place in which it is mentioned. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 10:18, 11 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Taking Out The Trash (talk) 03:23, 17 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

• Comment - think we need to be careful before renaming. As far as I understand, Pre-university course colleges in Karnataka are not the same as schools, and this page appears to be discussing a school. Either way, it is probably doesn't make any difference - the institution(s) don't appear to have RS with significant coverage and WP:NSCHOOLS suggests that neither have implied notability. Unless someone can offer something that isn't just advertising or fluff - which is particularly important in the Indian context where there is a lot of competition in education - it is important to avoid WP being used for WP:ADVERTS JMWt (talk) 10:29, 17 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Relisting comment: Lots of comments but reading through them it's not clear what you want to happen with this article. And, yes, please do not rename an article that is being discussed at AFD, it messes up our closing/relisting tool, XFDCloser.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 06:03, 24 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete - it seems to me that the current consensus on schools is that they are not notable unless we can find very significant sources that discuss them at length. Which almost inevitably means 99% of school pages are not notable. JMWt (talk) 08:22, 24 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I agree. It doesn't help that a lot seem to be created in an unsourced or barely sourced state and created by SPAs. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 09:09, 24 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

• Comment - I am still in favour of deletion as I am unable to find any decent sources for this institution. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 17:12, 25 February 2023 (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.