Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Columbia University Department of Middle Eastern, South Asian, and African Studies


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The result was delete. &spades;PMC&spades; (talk) 21:23, 20 August 2021 (UTC)

Columbia University Department of Middle Eastern, South Asian, and African Studies

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Lack of independent, significant, and in-depth coverage (like most articles of this sort) Filetime (talk) 22:36, 13 August 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Education-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 22:52, 13 August 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of New York-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 22:52, 13 August 2021 (UTC)


 * Delete - I really, really tried to find reasons not to delete this, but I failed. This department doesn't seem any more notable than other humanities departments in North America, and academic departments neither inherit the university's notability nor do they generally meet the GNG. Considering the fact that this article is over a decade old and still only sourced by the subject's web site, I think it's fair to say that extensive coverage over time hasn't been established. MezzoMezzo (talk) 10:48, 15 August 2021 (UTC)
 * Delete, any information concerning this department is really about Columbia University. Notability, budgeting, power and decision-making are all done at the University level (in the United States, at least), or by the professors. Abductive  (reasoning) 19:56, 15 August 2021 (UTC)
 * Delete I would urge merging if there were any third party sources, but there are not. Individual departments are not notable.John Pack Lambert (talk) 13:51, 17 August 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Schools-related deletion discussions. Necrothesp (talk) 08:11, 18 August 2021 (UTC)


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