Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bansal Tutorials

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The result was keep. However, I'm not sure if this can be used as a precedent for treating such centers like we do high schools. A better comparison might be to organizations like Kaplan, Inc. or The Princeton Review that specialize in test preparation. My opinion is that for the time being future AFDs on this coaching center or others like it should be considered on a case by case basis and WP:N considered. Ron Ritzman (talk) 01:17, 9 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Bansal Tutorials

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This was nominated for speedy as promotional, but it seemed purely descriptive, and I couldn't use A7, for it does indicate possible importance.

We get articles submitted on these coaching centers from time to time, from India primarily but also from other countries, and we have generally deleted them. But they are I believe important in their own countries, perhaps as important a some of the more formal parts of the educational system. The references for notability for this one are weak--just its mention in a newspaper article (there's one, not two; they're identical from different editions of the same paper.) Possibly more could be found, but most would be in sources no easily available to us. If this were a high school, we'd presumably give it the benefit of the doubt, but I think I'd like a confirmation of what we do about these. DGG ( talk ) 16:41, 25 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

delete no evidence of notability. Staszek Lem (talk) 21:22, 25 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
weak keep - having read the comments by DGG, noting that large numbers of high schools and secondary schools in US and UK are on WP, I agree that this article is factual and not promotional. --Greenmaven (talk) 23:27, 25 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of India-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 02:38, 27 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Weak Keep on the basis of the rather low standard we have set with high schools, middle schools, etc. It is a rather sad justification but does promote a more level playing field. Stormbay (talk) 00:29, 28 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Weak Keep as this article about bansal tutorials is about an institution, i think it should be kept as articles of many other coaching institutes exist,Narayana_Group_of_Institutions, FIITJEE, etc, but its importance is still under doubt, it should be kept and more citations must be added. Chitransh Gaurav 07:52, 29 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, →B music ian 01:35, 2 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Keep notable but needs cleanup. Around The Globe^{सत्यमेव जयते} 08:20, 3 May 2012 (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.