Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Columbus University


 * 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The result was withdrawn, had no idea the article was vandalized, should have checked the page history a little closer ;) 2 says you, says two  13:10, 8 June 2010 (UTC)

Columbus University

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Unaccredited degree mill, no assertion of notability, zero references, google and gnews turn up nothing other than their website. 2 says you, says two 23:00, 7 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Schools-related deletion discussions.  —• Gene93k (talk) 23:20, 7 June 2010 (UTC)


 * Comment It's probably best to restore the article to a former version (such as this one, perhaps) which demonstrates notability with ample references and media coverage. The article has been gutted by someone's removal of all non-flattering content. Peacock (talk) 23:57, 7 June 2010 (UTC)


 * Keep. The reason there were zero references and no indication of notability at the time User:2 nominated this for deletion is that a WP:SPA had removed the references along with most of the article content, presumably because the third-party reliably sourced coverage of this institution is embarrassing to the institution. As with Articles for deletion/University of Northern Virginia, it is difficult to imagine that the article would have come to AfD if the nominator had looked at the article history for unvandalized versions of the article. WP:AfD is remarkably inefficient as a method for reverting simple vandalism. Thanks to Arxiloxos for restoring the deleted content. --Orlady (talk) 04:27, 8 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep after restoration. Out of the nom's concerns, the only one that is still valid is that it is a diploma mill, which is more of an WP:IDONTLIKEIT statement than a statement on notability. The organization appears to have been covered sufficiently to have a verifiable article.  Them  From  Space  04:43, 8 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep. A diploma mill, but evidently a notable one, with coverage over a period of years, from the 1998 Irish Times "famous diploma mills" list, to the 2003 Charles Abell controversy, to a very recent (and rather interesting) report by WWL-TV about an ongoing FBI investigation..--Arxiloxos (talk) 06:52, 8 June 2010 (UTC)


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