Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Hathazari Degree College


 * 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 keep. (non-admin closure) CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 10:41, 26 August 2017 (UTC)

Hathazari Degree College

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Non-notable college. It doesn't even have a functioning web site, because its web site contains Lorem ipsum placeholder text. The article, at the time of nomination, consists only of an infobox that links to the dummy web site. Robert McClenon (talk) 14:23, 11 August 2017 (UTC) The following article also consists only of an infobox linking to a non-functional web site. Robert McClenon (talk) 14:36, 11 August 2017 (UTC) Also the following article whose web site is in Bengali:
 * Delete. No evidence whatever of notability. These are two of a series of articles (most of them speedily deleted) created by a single purpose editor about non-notable colleges, all or almost all of them with cloned web sites which are virtually identical and almost all of them containing "lorem ipsum" text on their home pages and empty place holder pages on the rest of their sites. Searches for further information about these colleges in most cases produce large numbers of Facebook pages and little if anything else in the way of significant coverage. The editor who uses the pseudonym "JamesBWatson" (talk) 14:34, 11 August 2017 (UTC)


 * Speedy the above article per G5. Linguist 1 1 1 18:16, 11 August 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Bangladesh-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 18:26, 11 August 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Education-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 18:27, 11 August 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Schools-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 18:27, 11 August 2017 (UTC)


 * Keep The original author was being a jerk, creating a hot mess of extra work for other wikipedians. So I sympathize with a knee-jerk desire to delete. But these are bona fide, bachelor's-degree-granting colleges, and we don't usually delete such institutions. At worst we would redirect as an alternative to deletion.
 * What and  have written above is true. These colleges are far from world-class. But bear in mind that as recently as 2008 only 0.4% of the population of Bangladesh used the Internet, and English is not the country's first language. So notable organizations don't always have websites, and it can be difficult to find sources to prove notability. I put a few hours into finding sources, and think the articles are now acceptable stubs. --Worldbruce (talk) 08:55, 17 August 2017 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Keep given the WP:V improvements in the current article, therefore the concerns are addressed; while I will say I hardly ever support keeping a banned user's contributions through evasion; but in this case, there can be enough to improve beyond that of G5 (which would need only the 1 user itself, as opposed to other uninvolved users who contributed). SwisterTwister   talk  04:56, 18 August 2017 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America1000 00:09, 19 August 2017 (UTC)
 * Weak keep – I'm not that familiar with assessing the notability of schools, as they are not my area of expertise, but Worldbruce has put forward a good argument in my opinion. Given that Robert and James voted before written prose was added to the articles, I'd like to know what they think about the articles now. Linguist 1 1 1 17:36, 22 August 2017 (UTC)
 * Keep The article has been improved a great deal by Worldbruce. They both confirm to notability guidelines and also should be kept per WP:SCHOOLOUTCOMES.Vinegarymass911 (talk) 18:25, 22 August 2017 (UTC)
 * Comment - Neutral now that articles have been expanded to include text. I will note that WP:SCHOOLOUTCOMES should not be cited in a deletion debate because it is an outcome essay, not a notability guideline.  Robert McClenon (talk) 07:40, 23 August 2017 (UTC)
 * Keep as degree-awarding institutions per longstanding precedent and consensus. -- Necrothesp (talk) 15:52, 23 August 2017 (UTC)


 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. 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.