Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Hillman College


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The result was   merge to A_Different_World_(TV_series). Black Kite 19:52, 1 November 2009 (UTC)

Hillman College

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Fictional college from The Cosby Show its spinoff. No real relevant refs. Most of the text of the article is original research and synthesis companies the fictional college to Spelman College. Blargh29 (talk) 22:18, 24 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete Too obscure to merge. Ten Pound Hammer, his otters and a clue-bat • (Many otters • One bat • One hammer) 23:29, 24 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Merge for now, with the accompanying redirect. As with Walden College, there was a real Hillman College, in Mississippi, that was long gone by the time A Different World came along.  If someone were to write about that (and there are a lot of colleges that went out of business in the 1930s), this could become a dab page. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mandsford (talk • contribs) 19:11, 30 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Merge - while not notable enough for its own stub, the citations show it is probabl;y notable enough for a mention in the main article, The Cosby Show. Bearian (talk) 15:58, 26 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep - Hillman College merits it's own page. It is a fictional place frequently referenced on a top rated television show (Cosby Show was almost ALWAYS on the top of the charts when it was airing) that had it's own spin off revolving around the institution itself. Added to that, there is an internet pressence (albeit one that Wikipedia wouldn't recognize as "notable") that indicates that people actually think that Hillman College (the college from the show) exists. I could possibly see it as a sub in Cosby Show, but I think the entry, with it's citations, is relevant and extensive enough for it's own page. Logan brennan (talk) 14:23, 28 October 2009 (UTC)


 * Merge to Cosby Show A Different World. There isn't the sourcing to establish any independent notability. -- Whpq (talk) 16:39, 29 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Nobody remembers the Cosby Show spinoff A Different World (TV series), but that's the more logical merger target, since it was the setting for the entire series. Mandsford (talk) 19:11, 30 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Good point. I agree that's a better target. -- Whpq (talk) 19:15, 30 October 2009 (UTC)
 * I remember A Different World. Redirect it there, clearing all the WP:Original Research. Abductive  (reasoning) 07:17, 1 November 2009 (UTC)


 * Merge per Whpq UltraMagnusspeak 10:47, 1 November 2009 (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.