Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bijanbari College


 * 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 speedy keep per WP:INDAFD. Nomination withdrawn with no outstanding delete !votes. (Non-administrator closure.) - McMatter (talk)/(contrib) 15:31, 19 October 2014 (UTC)

Bijanbari College

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This Article does not seem to meet any notability requirements WP:ORGWP:NSCHOOL or WP:GNG. It has only one reference and it is a primary source. - McMatter (talk)/(contrib) 14:16, 17 October 2014 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Education-related deletion discussions.  Jinkinson   talk to me  14:23, 17 October 2014 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of India-related deletion discussions.  Jinkinson   talk to me  14:23, 17 October 2014 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Schools-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 15:30, 17 October 2014 (UTC)

WP:INDAFD
 * Keep - Recognised degree-awarding college. We invariably keep these. Being a bad or poorly sourced article is not a valid reason for deletion (see WP:INDAFD). &#8212;  C ute st Penguin Hangout 15:59, 17 October 2014 (UTC)
 * Keep - same as reasons as above.
 *  Weak Merge Comment - I may have made an error in my interruption of WP:INDAFD but I see no where in it that this qualifies to be kept at the most it should merged into University of North Bengal but I can find 0 independent sources for it to be standing as it's own article. WP:INDAFD Doesn't actually give specific notability requirements for colleges except to meet above mentioned guidelines.- McMatter (talk)/(contrib) 18:32, 17 October 2014 (UTC)
 * Vote Striken, Mcmatter has previously voted while nominating Afd. Changed to Comment. --&#8212;  C ute st Penguin Hangout 11:05, 18 October 2014 (UTC)
 * Merging would be appropriate only if we know that it is managed by the University of North Bengal. The Colleges in India are typically managed independently from the Universities. See the category "Colleges affiliated to University of North Bengal" for a list of such colleges. Kautilya3 (talk) 23:43, 17 October 2014 (UTC)
 * I am still confused, are you saying that this college is managed independently from the University of North Bengal even though it is affiliated with them and that makes it notable enough for it's own article. Looking through some of the colleges in this category I am not seeing a lot of information that couldn't be served just as well with a table or list instead of all these stub articles with almost nothing in them.- McMatter (talk)/(contrib) 00:32, 18 October 2014 (UTC)
 * What is called "affiliation" in India is equivalent to what might be called "franchising" in the West. It is a separate organisation that educates students for degrees awarded by a University.  So, merging articles would be inappropriate.  I agree that the quality of the article is poor and it needs to be tagged appropriately.  According to WP:SCHOOLOUTCOMES, the only reason for deleteion would be if we believe that the College doesn't exist. Kautilya3 (talk) 09:35, 18 October 2014 (UTC)
 * So with the affiliation(franchising) the college is not interdependently accredited which means WP:SCHOOLOUTCOMES does apply to these colleges, Otherwise the guideline only refers to Nursery-XII schools. I do apologize if I am becoming aggravating I am trying to make sure I understand so I don't nominate any more if there is a previous consensus)- McMatter (talk)/(contrib) 12:36, 18 October 2014 (UTC)
 * "independently accredited" probably means the same as what I meant by "independently managed." An accreditation of the University of North Bengal does not automatically accredit all its "affiliated" colleges.  They need to be accredited separately. A degree college falls under a "degree-awarding institution" (as opposed to a polytechnic or a tutorial college). Kautilya3 (talk) 14:18, 18 October 2014 (UTC)
 * An example of a non-independent college is the Osmania Arts College. That page should be merged into its parent institution Osmania University. Kautilya3 (talk) 17:07, 18 October 2014 (UTC)


 * Keep This is an Recognized degree awarding college affiliated to the University of North Bengal which is a Affiliating university and not a single campus University .Pharaoh of the Wizards (talk) 22:23, 18 October 2014 (UTC)
 * Keep Per the explanation given by Pharaoh of the Wizards. --Dwaipayan (talk) 23:17, 18 October 2014 (UTC)
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