User talk:ASUfilm

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Film and Media Studies at Arizona State University
Before you put a great deal of effort into this article, you should be aware that (like any article) it may be challenged if the subject is not considered sufficiently notable in the sense described above, and that, although there is no central authority that decides these things, and precedent is not necessarily binding, the precedent established in previous deletion debates (see WP:OUTCOMES) is that: "Departments or degree programs within a university... are not notable unless they have made significant contributions to their field (e.g., University of Chicago Department of Economics), or produced a number of notable graduates (USC School of Cinematic Arts, Oxford PPE)." You will find the links in the Welcome paragraph above useful, and you will find useful advice at WP:WikiProject Universities/Article guidelines.

Your username indicates that you have a connection with the school, which means that in writing about it you have a conflict of interest - please read that guideline carefully. A COI does not absolutely prevent you writing about the subject, but you should read, and follow the advice in User:Uncle G/On notability and WP:Amnesia test. You should realise also that an important difference between Wikipedia and a listing website is that you, and the department, will not own any article you put in - others can and will edit it.

Regards, JohnCD (talk) 21:08, 6 August 2009 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Film and Media Studies at Arizona State University


The article Film and Media Studies at Arizona State University has been proposed for deletion&#32; because of the following concern:
 * Non-notable academic department; promotional language and history of COI

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