Talk:GEMS World Academy – Tianjin Eco City

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This article seems to have been redirected and blanked in error. It desperately needs sourcing, but sources can usually be found for secondary schools. Dahliarose (talk) 09:49, 21 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Apparently, the only place that claims that this is a secondary school is WP, and WP can't be a reference for itself. The article contains zero independent sourced references, and school website itself says that it's a primary school, so I'm reverting back to the redirect. DoriTalkContribs 21:34, 24 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
This is definitely a secondary school. I've found a source here which confirms that it is teaching through to "high school levels" though it doesn't state the ages: http://www.ameinfo.com/245821.html. This article confirms that it will teach the IB http://www.tianjineco-city.com/en/NewsContent.aspx?news_id=12315&column_id=10349. The school only seems to have opened in 2011. It seems to have attracted a surprising amount of press coverage for a new school. Here's another article: http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporebusinessnews/view/1016433/1/.html. The question is whether there are sufficient sources to write an encyclopaedic article for a newly opened school. Dahliarose (talk) 21:48, 24 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Looking at those sources, all were published between November 2009 and January 2011—long before the school opened. That is, they're just WP:CRYSTAL about future plans.
I have not been able to find any sources saying the school has ever enrolled a secondary education student. According to the school's own registration page, they're only accepting K-8 students for the 2011-2012 and 2012-2013 terms. With no references about the school since it opened, and no references saying that the school has secondary students, I think it's insufficiently notable and should stay a redirect per WP:Articles for deletion/GEMS Wellington Primary School and WP:Articles for deletion/GEMS Jumeirah Primary School. DoriTalkContribs 23:26, 24 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I think you're right. I hadn't previously realised that the school was so new. Likewise I cannot find any references since the school opened. Perhaps in a few years' time there will be sufficient sources to write an article. Dahliarose (talk) 09:15, 25 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]