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Proposed deletion of UCLA Center for the Study of Women


The article UCLA Center for the Study of Women has been proposed for deletion&#32; because of the following concern:
 * non-notable center of womens studies based exclusively on primary sources, with no significant coverage in secondary sources. Article reads like an Advertisement

While all contributions to Wikipedia are appreciated, content or articles may be deleted for any of several reasons.

You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the notice, but please explain why in your edit summary or on the article's talk page.

Please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Removing will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. The speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and articles for deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. Sadads (talk) 12:07, 25 May 2011 (UTC)

Question about the deletion of UCLA Center for the Study of Women
Thinking about the article, I can understand some of the editors concerns. Most importantly, I know realize the importance of secondary sources as opposed to primary sources in proving the note-worthyness of the topic. Because this was my first article I feel that I may have been focusing on learning the formatting instead of finding better sources. However, I still feel as if an article about an organized research unit at a large research institution is an appropriate topic. There are articles about other ORUs on various college campuses. examples of these are Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute, Center for Language and Speech Processing, [], Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies, to name only a few.

I am planning on rethinking the article and finding more varied (secondary and primary) sources in order to rewrite it and use less language inspired by their website (which is why the article may have read like an advertisement).

I am open to critique and guidance. Thank you very much.

Grandpa lemon (talk) 18:15, 12 July 2011 (UTC)

Thanks & welcome
Thanks for your recent contributions! I've enjoyed reading them, and do get in touch if you want any advice about stuff at any point. Sounds like we need a page on the National Council for Research on Women ! Also, in case you didn't know of them, you might also be interested in WikiProjects like WP:WikiProject Gender Studies and WP:WikiProject Women's History or WP:WikiProject Libraries. Welcome again, and best wishes, Dsp13 (talk) 14:44, 3 August 2012 (UTC)

You're invited to join WikiProject Women artists!
SarahStierch (talk) 21:50, 27 November 2013 (UTC)

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