Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/City University of Mogadishu


 * 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. (non-admin closure) — ☮ JAaron95  Talk  05:22, 29 August 2015 (UTC)

City University of Mogadishu

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Fails WP:GNG, is very short and completely unreferenced. TF5 (talk) 00:50, 8 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Somalia-related deletion discussions. &mdash;&thinsp;JJMC89&thinsp; (T·E·C) 04:09, 8 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Schools-related deletion discussions. &mdash;&thinsp;JJMC89&thinsp; (T·E·C) 04:09, 8 August 2015 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Delete - most likely fails WP:GNG, but is very difficult to research. Simply using "City University" as you can imagine pulls up a plethora of hits, but couldn't find any for Mogadishu.  Using the full title on a google news search simply pulls up their facebook page. However, a web search showed this, this, this, this, and this. My issue with those citations is that they may be press releases.  I do not know how to verify if the sources are WP:RS.  Onel 5969  TT me 13:17, 8 August 2015 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, — ☮ JAaron95  Talk  13:34, 15 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Keep. Articles on proper universities are always kept. Sources will exist at some point. It seems clear that this is not a hoax. -- Bduke   (Discussion)  04:32, 16 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Comment - Might I suggest you take a look at WP:ORG, particularly the section, WP:NSCHOOL.  Onel 5969  TT me 11:51, 16 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Indeed, but take a look at the outcomes. This comes up at deletion discussions on High Schools all the time. However, if a school goes to year 12, and the article is not a hoax, it will be kept. This is more so for universities. Sources are more difficult to find in Somalia,but we want to avoid bias and have the same coverage of universities in Somalia as we do in the US, Canada, Australia or Europe. -- Bduke   (Discussion)  21:17, 16 August 2015 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Keep as a degree-awarding institution per longstanding precedent and consensus. -- Necrothesp (talk) 09:47, 17 August 2015 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America1000 03:29, 22 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Keep This pushes it up into keep for me though I agree the sources are weak for various reasons. It doesn't help WP to be deleting articles with verifiable content even if the topic's notability isn't well reflected by our usual criteria. And really, we ought to be covering well-established universities – if we don't then our standards are wrong. Thincat (talk) 21:06, 22 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Keep Degree granting universities that ever functioned always have their articles kept.John Pack Lambert (talk) 04:50, 29 August 2015 (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.