Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Durham College of San Antonio


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The result was speedy keep (non-admin closure). —  Mr. Stradivarius ♫ 13:39, 13 May 2012 (UTC)

Durham College of San Antonio

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I suspect this article is a hoax. It appears to be a copy of this revision (or thereabouts) of the Santa Fe University of Art and Design article, with a few choice headings and phrases altered. I can't find any sources about a "Durham College of San Antonio", although there does appear to have been a "Durham Business College". I also can't find any Google results for some of the key phrases in the article, such as "Seret Montez Theatre", "Brother Durham of Mary", etc. These would be very likely to bring up Google hits if this was a real school. —  Mr. Stradivarius ♫ 17:48, 12 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Schools-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 20:53, 12 May 2012 (UTC)
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 * Comment - also, the coordinates point to Texas Christian University in Fort Worth - not even the right city. —  Mr. Stradivarius ♫ 04:23, 13 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Keep then clean up. I've found a few sources, , plus other paywalled articles in the Google News archives, that lead me to believe that this school existed. (The San Antonio newspaper itself is not in the Google News archives.) The article content itself may be problematic but that's a matter for cleanup, not AfD. - Dravecky (talk) 10:23, 13 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Ah, I see you're right. I'm not so sure about the closedcollege.com site, but the newspaper mention is probably good enough for proof of existence. I also found a reference to the college in this paywalled news archive (Google search), which looks pretty convincing to me. I think I'll stub the article and keep just the basic information that we know from these few sources. —  Mr. Stradivarius ♫ 13:39, 13 May 2012 (UTC)
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