G'day George,
Just for reference, we're looking at a worst case
roughly 124,000
school stubs (
http://nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/d04/tables/dt04_085.asp
) for the US.
The problem is not, and never was, the number of schools in the USA[0].
Quoting numbers specific to the USA gives us a picture that is: a)
utterly irrelevant, and b) extremely unflattering to the painter.
How many schools are there, world-wide? How low do we go before we
decide that a particular school is not worth an article? How do we keep
these articles to a high (okay, not-completely-buggered) standard? The
non-American would add the question: why are non-American schools never
considered in these discussions?, but not wishing to be seen as
mean-spirited by his friends across the Pacific, he won't.
I understand those that disagree, but I think the
categorical include
pseudopolicy for schools makes sense. They're of immense interest to
most parents, the school system has 72 million odd Americans in it,
and categorical inclusionism here is not in any way throwing Wikipedia
into disrepute or threatening our server load or diskspace.
The schools debate is over, and we lost. I can cope with that. Further
arguing is pointless, and leads only to ill-will. If we *must* refight
the debate, however, could you at least offer relevant arguments?
(The US school system has approximately 72m Americans? If the school
system has three schools in it: A with 36m students, B with 35.9999m
students, and C with 100 students ... and what if the Canadian school
system had 144m Canadians? And the Mexican 288m?)
[0] I *have* seen people who are otherwise "school inclusionists" argue
for deletion of schools in Asia on notability grounds; such people
are known as "those without credibility" or, if I'm feeling
charitable[1], "Americans".
[1] Or particularly uncharitable!
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Mark Gallagher
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