Talk:School of the Nations (Guyana)

listing some sources…

• [1] several government articles mention it

• Private school teachers trained to handle special needs children, Minnistry of Education, Guayana, 17 May 2017
• 130 teachers benefit from overseas training, Ministry of Education, Guyana, 2 August 2017
• School of the Nations partners with Canadian Academy to promote social change, Ministry of Education, Guayana, 16 January 2018
• Nations Schools awarded $11 million USAID development grant, Ministry of Education, Guayana, 17 January 2018
• School of the Nations gearing to host major education conference, Ministry of Education, 24 March 2018
• Strategic leadership a main factor to improve education system – says Dr. O’Toole, Ministry of Education, Guayana, 5 April 2018
• Caribbean Conference on Educational Leadership opens, Ministry of Education, Guayana, 5 April 2018
• First Lady says “Our contribution matters” – at opening of Girls’ Empowerment workshop, Ministry of Education, Guayana, 14 July 2018

• Ministry of Education Statement on Security situation at School of the Nations Staff Writer Staff Writer January 29, 2019
• Caribbean Conference on Educational Leadership opens – Teachers and Headteachers urged to transform educational sector Staff Writer Staff Writer April 5, 2018
• School of the Nations excels at Cambridge IGCSE, A Level exams Sep 01, 2020 News
• School of the Nations Director expresses dissatisfaction with probe into shooting September 11, 2019
• ‘Nations’ records 98% pass rate at IGCSE exams Staff Reporter By Staff Reporter, August 23, 2020
• School of the Nations’ Girl is top 2017 NGSA performer Written by Guyana Inc Staff
• hreats to ‘shoot up’ School of the Nations…DPP recommends further investigation By Editor - March 8, 2019
• The Students of the School of the Nations visits the Guyana School of Agriculture Posted by: GSA Campus in NEWS AND UPDATES June 9, 2017
• Guyana: Student’s suicide: – School of the Nations says bullying was not a factor, October 31, 2018 by ieyenews
• Aliah Mohamed is School of the Nations top performer for Arts and Humanities SEPTEMBER 18, 2020
• Nations Inc., Who's Who in Guyana Business
• Georgetown Youth Conference Guyana | 16-18 August 2013, Baha'i News Service

Smkolins (talk) 19:11, 11 January 2021 (UTC)

Even though editing isn't prohibited during AFD discussion, I get that it can be seen as controversial or antagonistic, so just hear me out. Even if this article is Kept, it's still crap. So I tidied it and tightened the wording. I think the student body needs a ref, but I couldn't even find it on their own homepage.

Even though I'm a KEEP vote, this article set me to examine the rest of Guyana's school articles, and so far I've AFDd maybe 3 or 4? From having this broad-level (and totally unconnected) view of education in Guyana, I'd say this school is SLIGHTLY distinct from other schools for covering so many levels of education. Not a fact that incurs notability, but means there's wider potential for references. This contrasts with the spate of short-lived diploma mills that try to lure students from OUTSIDE of Guyana to get cheap (and questionable) diplomas. I also tightened Guyana's education categories to make these easier to find, and thus monitor. I've also combed the List of universities and colleges in Guyana and List of schools in Guyana. With Guyana's new oil money, I predict COI to become more problematic in Guyana's WP future, so these are worth watch-listing as well.

With my opinion on notability out of the way, I don't think Keep should protect the reputation of businesses, or serve to prop them or their non-notable founders up. I've cut the language to be dry and straight-forward. A section could be added for the shooting because it was well-publicized and there were articles about parents concerned about their kids in the school. Again, dry, factual. No point in waiting out an AFD and leaving a poor article on the main space.

Hopefully this makes sense in context of my edits, and hopefully opens the conversation before any reverts. Estheim (talk) 16:06, 16 January 2021 (UTC)

Be bold. Cuñado ☼ - Talk 17:06, 16 January 2021 (UTC)

See also sources above. Smkolins (talk) 18:59, 20 January 2021 (UTC)

Yep, there's a big long list, Smkolins. Unless you have a COI or some issue with editing, you're free to add encyclopedic, well-sourced content. Estheim (talk) 03:05, 21 January 2021 (UTC)

Just busy doing my own thing. Smkolins (talk) 03:08, 21 January 2021 (UTC)

I can't stop thinking about the spate of vandalism that happened in late 2018, when O'Toole was shot in January 2019. All the articles say it followed a bunch of angry social media posts (except for WP). I mean... that's a public IP post. Isn't that... um...? Is it worth an email to oversight? Estheim (talk) 17:51, 16 January 2021 (UTC)

Yes. Cuñado ☼ - Talk 18:24, 16 January 2021 (UTC)

Wow. Yes. Smkolins (talk) 19:00, 16 January 2021 (UTC)