User talk:DMembury

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Proposed deletion
At Talk:Computer Science(BSc) : Strathclyde University you wrote: Hi, I'd like to ask that this page isn't deleted quite yet. I'm part of the first year computer science team working on this page and we're doing so as part of our course, of which this represents a significant portion of the marks. We'll get the marks once the page that we've produced has been checked to be comprehensive and encyclopaedic.

I understand that Wikipedia isn't a playground for useless topics or course advertisement, but in this case such a thing has a real use; making sure that five undergraduates pass their classes this year.

It might be much to ask, but if the community would be so kind as to refrain from deletion for maybe a month from this date (I suspect that we can finish and recieve marks slightly sooner than this, but this is at the discretion of our lecturer), we would be entirely grateful for your understanding. I wouldn't be asking this if we hadn't already poured so much work into the article. It seems to be too late to change topic.

As it stands, the article does not meet the notability criteria to remain on Wikipedia. Whether or not the article exists as part of your school assignment, it must still meet the criteria. I would suggest that you copy the page to your user space (for example, here: User:DMembury/Computer Science Assignment). There you and your classmates will be free to edit and improve the page with little interference from the rest of the community until the page is ready to be published and meets the Wikipedia guidelines. As for the page serving the purpose of you and your classmates receiving a passing grade, while that may be a noble purpose, it is not the purpose of Wikipedia. An article about the Computer Science department at your school should not discuss the entry requirements and course requirements, it should discuss the history and achievements of the department; notable faculty; and any other facts that make your department notable. And all facts should be verifiable, with proper citations to reliable sources. I hope you can make something useful of this page, but until you can, it should not be published in the main article space. WikiDan61 ChatMe!ReadMe!! 17:37, 25 November 2009 (UTC)

AfD nomination of Computer Science(BSc) : Strathclyde University
An editor has nominated Computer Science(BSc) : Strathclyde University, an article which you have created or worked on, for deletion. We appreciate your contributions, but the nominator doesn't believe that the article satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion and has explained why in his/her nomination (see also "What Wikipedia is not").

Your opinions on whether the article meets inclusion criteria and what should be done with the article are welcome; please participate in the discussion by adding your comments at and please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes ( ~ ).

You may also edit the article during the discussion to address the nominator's concerns but should not remove the articles for deletion template from the top of the article; such removal will not end the deletion debate. Thank you. WikiDan61 ChatMe!ReadMe!! 12:58, 27 November 2009 (UTC)

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