Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Department of English, Goa University


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The result was redirect to Goa University. Eddie891 Talk Work 22:40, 11 January 2021 (UTC)

Department of English, Goa University

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Article about a university program, not reliably sourced as passing our notability criteria for university programs. English is one of the most generically common university programs on earth -- virtually every single university that operates in an English speaking country, and even many that operate in countries where English is a popular second language but not the dominant language of the locals, will have an English program. So they can't all be "inherently" notable enough for their own standalone articles as separate topics from the parent institution -- making a university program in any subject notable enough for its own article requires some pretty strong evidence that it should be seen as uniquely more notable than the norm, not just documenting its existence the exact same way you could document the existence of every other university program on the planet. And for sourcing, we've got its own self-published faculty directory, the raw results of a Google Scholar search for the work of one professor, and three glancing mentions of the university's existence in news articles that aren't about the university or its English department -- which means we've got exactly zero sources that are helping to get the department over WP:GNG or WP:ORGDEPTH. Bearcat (talk) 21:14, 4 January 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Education-related deletion discussions. Bearcat (talk) 21:14, 4 January 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of India-related deletion discussions. Bearcat (talk) 21:14, 4 January 2021 (UTC)


 * Redirect to Goa University as an ATD. Mccapra (talk) 22:07, 4 January 2021 (UTC)
 * Redirect to Goa University. Individual departments are rarely notable enough to justify seperate articles.John Pack Lambert (talk) 14:05, 5 January 2021 (UTC)
 * Redirect to Goa University.Pharaoh of the Wizards (talk) 19:05, 5 January 2021 (UTC)
 * Redirect per WP:SNOW and WP:MILL. I note that this is a very small department. In total, it has 30 graduates in its PhD program, perhaps one of which is notable. Bearian (talk) 01:14, 8 January 2021 (UTC)


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