Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Allameh Mohaddes Noori University


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review).  No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was   keep. -- Cirt (talk) 00:09, 10 September 2010 (UTC)

Allameh Mohaddes Noori University

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two badly written unsourced articles that contradict each other Lhmn (talk) 16:55, 27 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Merge and improve rather than delete for being badly written. It seems to indeed be an Iranian university per "Universities in Iran: List of Universities in Iran". I am inclined to keep the article based on mere verification that it is an actual functioning university, so long as it is accredited by whatever council accredits universities and colleges in that country, and is not an upstart diploma mill. Input from someone able to search for sources in Farsi would be most helpful. The version titled Allameh mohades nouri university seems to be a better-translated version of some non-English source, so the merged version should correspond to the text there. The information appears to be consistent between the two article, except for years which may relate to the calendar used there, although AH 1375 would seem to be 1955 in the Gregorian calendar, while the other article says it was founded in 1996.  Someone able to read Farsi should verify that the article is not a copyright violation, and if so stub it pending improvement. Edison (talk) 17:24, 27 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep A prod had been previously placed on the article by the nominator, but removed by another editor. The nom. then placed a speedy as nonsense, which I removed; he then took it here, as appropriate for a disputed deletion.  Low quality machine translated articles are not nonsense, if there is enough information given for them to be fixed and the subject appears notable. Actually existing universities are always notable. One of the difficulties in translation especially from another alphabet is variation in name, and of course different variations get merged under what appears to be the standard form or the   form used by the person or organization. We have difficulties in covering non-anglophone countries due to the unavoidable bias from the limited language knowledge of most editors here. The way to solve it is to fix up whatever articles we do get.    DGG ( talk ) 18:15, 27 August 2010 (UTC)
 * They may not be nonsense, but they are copyright violations, unless the content is approved, just as much as if they pasted from a website in English. The right to translate works into other languages is reserved under U.S. law to the original copyright holder. The article has been purged of copyvio. --Moonriddengirl (talk) 14:31, 5 September 2010 (UTC)

 Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, JForget  14:08, 3 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Schools-related deletion discussions.  —• Gene93k (talk) 00:46, 28 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Iran-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 00:46, 28 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep - as an accredited university it is notable. Someone fluent in the language needs to clean it up and produce a combined page from the two versions. TerriersFan (talk) 18:44, 30 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.


 * Keep - Accredited universities are notable. Inniverse (talk) 16:02, 5 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep: Per DGG - Ret.Prof (talk) 01:52, 8 September 2010 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.