Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Batumi International University (2nd nomination)


 * 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   delete. -- Cirt (talk) 02:51, 6 June 2011 (UTC)

Batumi International University
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Normally I wouldn't request the deletion of an article about a university, because universities are pretty much inherently notable. However, in this case, I can find only the most minimal evidence that this university (located in the Republic of Georgia) exists. Of the five sources cited in this article, two are dead links and the other three don't mention this university. I can't even find evidence that this university has a web site. I do see a very small number of web sites that cause me to believe that this university does exist -- for example, they have an agreement of some sort with the University of Central Florida, and its president spoke to a class at another university -- but that's hardly enough to write an article from. And I realize that the best sources are likely to be in Georgian. However, I requested help in finding sources at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Georgia (country) and Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Universities, and no responses have been received yet. If this article could be brought up to even a minimal standard of sourcing, I could probably support keeping it. But unless that happens, I recommend deletion. Metropolitan90 (talk) 04:29, 29 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete - currently fails WP:V. I can't find any evidence of existence through google - "ბათუმი საერთაშორისო უნივერსიტეტი" (name seen on seal) gives no results on any search engine. --Anthem 11:35, 29 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Georgia (country)-related deletion discussions.  —Metropolitan90 (talk) 13:19, 29 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Education-related deletion discussions.  —Metropolitan90 (talk) 13:19, 29 May 2011 (UTC)


 * Delete as the existence of this entity can't be verified. LibStar (talk) 14:23, 29 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete per above. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Celahir Séregon (talk • contribs) 16:54, 29 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete, or possibly redirect to Shota_Rustaveli_State_University. The photo of Shota Rustaveli State University from its own website, which is also on the Shota Rustaveli Wiki page, appears in the Wiki article about the city of Batumi headed 'Batumi University'. The article nominated for deletion does appear to be claiming itself as a separate entity from Shota Rustaveli State University but there is no evidence for its existence. Is it, in effect, a faculty of Shota Rustaveli State University? Or a figment of someone's imagination? Asnac (talk) 20:27, 29 May 2011 (UTC)


 * Weak Keep - This publication I picked out from google scholar has one of the authors identified as being from Batumi International University. so it seems it does exist and needs somebody more familiar with Georgia to take on some basic expansion and sourcing. -- Whpq (talk) 14:41, 31 May 2011 (UTC)
 * That person (Ed Raupp) is the "president" of the university and the original creator of the article here. I don't think it adds any confidence that this place is somehow real.  My sense is that the whole thing was an effort that simply hasn't taken off.  Nomoskedasticity (talk) 08:13, 5 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Schools-related deletion discussions.  —• Gene93k (talk) 18:43, 31 May 2011 (UTC)


 * Delete -- it's not clear that this place actually exists; the article was created by its "president" as part of an effort at building it, but I think it hasn't gone forward in the end. If it does get going in the future, then by all means an article would be appropriate -- but as things stand there can't be an article because there's no sign of an actual university.  Nomoskedasticity (talk) 08:13, 5 June 2011 (UTC)
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