Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Cardiff School of Physics and Astronomy


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The result was   delete & redirect to Cardiff_University. Black Kite (talk) 23:46, 21 December 2013 (UTC)

Cardiff School of Physics and Astronomy

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Individual department within a university (not a first order subdivision--it is part of the College of Physical Sciences at Cardiff University). "School" in the  sense of a constituent of a university can have various meanings, but this particular one is just the equivalent of a US academic department. Consistent results at AfD has been that very few such are considered notable  here. I might personally want to change it, and accept them, but this has not previously been the consensus; and this instance is not world-famous enough to be an exception.  DGG ( talk ) 00:49, 9 December 2013 (UTC)
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 * Weak delete. A worthy institution but, as nom says, Wikipedia usually does not have articles on constituent parts. Xxanthippe (talk) 03:14, 9 December 2013 (UTC).
 * Delete per above (and fails GNG) - looking at the sources it does cite: the first is a mention of someone who works there; the second credits "Cardiff scientists" -- the only mention of this School is a quote from the department head; the third makes no mention of this (only Cardiff); the fourth is a list; the fifth is a paper written by someone who works there; the sixth is a list; the seventh mentions someone who works there and doesn't specify this School. Clear delete. --&mdash;  Rhododendrites talk  |  22:07, 12 December 2013 (UTC)
 * Keep -- Yes this is a university department, but other "schools" of Cardiff University also have articles - Business, Law, Medicine, Music, etc. To merge it into a higher level "faculty" or "college" article is probably not useful, as the department is the basic level and the rest is higher levels of administrative structure.  Peterkingiron (talk) 16:07, 15 December 2013 (UTC)
 * Ok, but -- and I hate to line up policy links but: What about article x, WP:Other stuff exists, and It's useful are all arguments to avoid in deletion discussions. --&mdash;  Rhododendrites talk  |  16:50, 15 December 2013 (UTC)
 * Redirect to Cardiff_University. SarahStierch (talk) 00:24, 19 December 2013 (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.