Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/COVID-19 pandemic at the University of Notre Dame


 * 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 merge to History of the University of Notre Dame. Could also be merged elsewhere if appropriate/desired. Barkeep49 (talk) 01:26, 23 April 2021 (UTC)

COVID-19 pandemic at the University of Notre Dame

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I do not think this topic is notable enough to deserve an encyclopedic entry. Does every large instution in the world during this pandemic need a COVID-19 impact related article? The content should instead be copied and published in the local town's newspaper or this university's newsletter and this article deleted. Tom (LT) (talk) 10:16, 12 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Merge with University of Notre Dame. If anything this may deserve a subsection in the overall article, in case this institution has done anything special. If that is not the case, delete -- Microhierax (talk) 11:06, 12 April 2021 (UTC)
 * The institution has received national press coverage for the various decisions it has made during the pandemic, as well as for the effects that the pandemic has had on the institution. There was unusually detailed reporting from national outlets on the activities of the University, including reporting from The Wall Street Journal on Notre Dame's COVID-19 protocols, a comparative analysis written in the Washington Post that contrasted Notre Dame's COVID-19 approach and that of Princeton University, an in-depth piece from the Chicago Tribune on the topic of Notre Dame's early struggles, CNN covering the decision to bring students back early, and many, many more. Do you believe that the topic has not received in-depth coverage from multiple reliable sources in its own right? — Mikehawk10 (talk) 21:22, 12 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of COVID-19-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 11:37, 12 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Indiana-related deletion discussions.  Spiderone (Talk to Spider) 11:59, 12 April 2021 (UTC)


 * Keep The article's topic has in-depth coverage from multiple reliable sources, satisfying WP:GNG. The topic has been the subject of coverage in its own right from many national news sources, as evidenced by the sources present and the coverage provided therefrom. These sources include CNN, The New York Times, The Associated Press, The Chicago Tribune, ABC News, The Indianapolis Star, among other reliable sources. This article obviously meets WP:GNG in its own right.— Mikehawk10 (talk) 16:05, 12 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Delete/merge to History of the University of Notre Dame/COVID-19 pandemic in Indiana. Every university has been impacted by the virus, and so much of this is routine local news covering the goings-on like any other academic institution, for which the same can be found about the school I went to. I find it silly that it would be considered encyclopedic to include content like "Students noted that the quality of meals improved as the fall semester progressed" sourced to the student newspaper. The coverage about the president at the white house is a bit tangential and this is generally overly specific. A bit like Articles for deletion/COVID-19 pandemic in Door County, Wisconsin, we shouldn't have a separate article giving the minutiae of how they mixed in-person and online classes, something many other universities had to deal with and which were likewise covered in local and sometimes regional and national news. Reywas92Talk 18:18, 12 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Objections to specific content does not merit deletion; if you believe that the specific content is not properly sourced, then remove it. The question for deletion is whether or not the article topic is notable. The coverage of the outbreak at Notre Dame has also been the subject of peer-reviewed academic research published by the CDC, as well as coverage by national papers (for its impact on Notre Dame's academics, student life, and its athletics).— Mikehawk10 (talk) 20:51, 12 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Delete This article is way too presentist. The scope is too narrow. At most a paragraph in the article on the University of Notre Dame is merited. Not an indepdent article.John Pack Lambert (talk) 20:49, 12 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Do you believe that the topic of the article has or has not received in-depth coverage from significant reliable sources? — Mikehawk10 (talk) 21:29, 12 April 2021 (UTC)
 * That is not the consideration here. Not every thing that happens at a university that receives indepth coverage from reliable sources needs to be covered in a seperate article. Beyond this, I think all coverage of this subject per se fails the not news criteria.John Pack Lambert (talk) 13:00, 14 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Delete per . I found this article about a week ago and felt inclined to nominate it for deletion, but decided against it at the time because my initial (admittedly fleeting) reading of the article's content convinced me that the university botched the response horribly. But a closer reading of the article per Reywas92's explanation now has me convinced that the article is way too specific on a topic that would normally take one, maybe two paragraphs to explain. Any relevant content can be merged to History of the University of Notre Dame and/or COVID-19 pandemic in Indiana if it's deemed notable enough. Love of Corey (talk) 02:19, 13 April 2021 (UTC)
 *  Merge with University of Notre Dame. Unless the procedures taken are so fundamentally unique as to warrant independent notability (beyond what every other university has garnered for their standardized responses), an entire page is not needed. Deku link (talk) 03:52, 13 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Selective Merge to COVID-19 pandemic in Indiana & History of the University of Notre Dame. This is just way too detailed and full of trivial information. --Rusf10 (talk) 03:52, 15 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Delete/Selective Merge to History of the University of Notre Dame. While there is clearly abundance of sources, you do not see articles for every University dealing with the COVID-19 situation. A selective merging of the more important information to the History of the University of Notre Dame page would be a better alternative. CPCEnjoyer (talk) 16:14, 17 April 2021 (UTC)


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