Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Columbia University Institute for Comparative Literature and Society


 * 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   delete. Spartaz Humbug! 04:17, 2 September 2010 (UTC)

Columbia University Institute for Comparative Literature and Society

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A non notable scholastic organization. Shadowjams (talk) 05:52, 26 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Schools-related deletion discussions.  —• Gene93k (talk) 16:25, 26 August 2010 (UTC)


 * Delete barring a rewrite and notable sources. The description is plagiarized from the source nearly word for word.173.8.11.157 (talk) 18:35, 26 August 2010 (UTC)


 * Delete There is nothing to suggest that this relatively young Institute should have its own article; at best it rates a sentence at the Columbia University article. --MelanieN (talk) 14:37, 1 September 2010 (UTC)

KarlMontague: This is a significant institute under Columbia University similar to all academic departments, which legitimately have their own pages under Columbia University. I perfectly accept that most of the information are borrowed from the website but I do not believe that it should be deleted. From Wikipedia on MESAAS (an article that I wrote for the Department of Middle Eastern, South Asian, and African Studies at Columbia: "This article is within the scope of WikiProject Columbia University, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of Columbia University on Wikipedia." So, if there is a project to improve the coverage of CU on Wiki, ICLS is definitely a notable institute and deserves to remain. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Karlmontague (talk • contribs) 19:09, 1 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Actually, academic departments do NOT generally have their own pages at most universities, although I see they mostly do at Columbia. Wonder how you all slid that by? It is not the case for other comparable universities, such as Yale and Stanford. See Articles for deletion/Common outcomes: "Departments or degree programs within a university, college, or school are generally not considered notable unless they have made significant contributions to their field (e.g., University of Chicago Department of Economics), or produced a number of notable graduates (USC School of Cinematic Arts, Oxford PPE)." In any case, the institute would need to demonstrate its notability through significant coverage in reliable sources, and this one doesn't come close. --MelanieN (talk) 01:13, 2 September 2010 (UTC)

If Wikipedia allows for Columbia University's Wikiproject, which appears that it does as cited above (from the entry for MESAAS) then ICLS should not be marked for deletion as one of the major institutes under Columbia. Otherwise, if there is a deletion policy for academic departments, MESAAS, Columbia University Engineering, Columbia University Department of Philosophy, and so on should be marked for deletion as well.KM (talk) 03:26, 2 September 2010 (UTC)
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