Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ghatal Rabindra Satabarsiki Mahavidyalaya


 * 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. &spades;PMC&spades; (talk) 20:52, 22 August 2022 (UTC)

Ghatal Rabindra Satabarsiki Mahavidyalaya

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No evidence of notability - seems like one of the thousands of local colleges in India which does not satisfy WP:NSCHOOL or WP:GNG. Doing WP:BEFORE I found some mentions of the college in books and catalogues (such as the 1964 New Educational Directory of the World) but no in-depth coverage. Muhandes (talk) 16:38, 15 August 2022 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Education, Schools, India,  and West Bengal. Muhandes (talk) 16:38, 15 August 2022 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom as it fails NSCHOOL. VV 08:07, 16 August 2022 (UTC)


 * Keep Here the concern is the notability of an academic institution. For an academic institution or academic scholar, the most reliable search is Google Scholar. In the Wikipedia page, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion#Before_nominating:_checks_and_alternatives, it is written that:

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Here, the search on Google Scholar shows many research articles published by the faculties of this college. Please see:

https://scholar.google.com/scholar?start=0&q=Ghatal+Rabindra+Satabarsiki+Mahavidyalaya&hl=en&as_sdt=0,22

https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?hl=en&view_op=search_authors&mauthors=Ghatal+Rabindra+Satabarsiki+Mahavidyalaya&btnG=

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Sebak-Jana/publication/314181461_Efficiency_Analysis_of_Higher_Education_Institutes_A_Study_on_Colleges_under_Vidyasagar_University_in_West_Bengal_India/links/58bb074b92851c471d531591/Efficiency-Analysis-of-Higher-Education-Institutes-A-Study-on-Colleges-under-Vidyasagar-University-in-West-Bengal-India.pdf

In summary, this college satisfies the notability criteria. User:Soumitrahazra
 * None of these sources show significant coverage of the college. --Muhandes (talk) 16:44, 17 August 2022 (UTC)


 * Delete Fails WP:GNG, and WP:NSCHOOL. NMasiha (talk) 12:35, 17 August 2022 (UTC)
 * Delete No indication of notability. Fails WP:NSCHOOL Imperfect Boy (talk) 04:54, 19 August 2022 (UTC)
 * Delete or redirect to Vidyasagar University as a WP:ATD. There's no question that sources verify it exists, but struggling to find significant independant coverage to show it's notable under WP:GNG or WP:ORG. However as it's undergraduate, I'm assuming it's degree awarding, so might be notable under WP:SCHOOLOUTCOMES#2 if there's offline sources, but it's not independant as it's part of Vidyasagar University. -Kj cheetham (talk) 16:45, 20 August 2022 (UTC)
 * "Affiliated to" is different from "part of". Phil Bridger (talk) 20:18, 22 August 2022 (UTC)


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