Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/History of the Department of English at the University of Groningen


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The result was Delete. Although I sympathize with the "merge" argument, there doesn't seem to be a ready merge target. If anybody would like to work on this, I'm prepared to move it to their userspace. Randykitty (talk) 15:55, 30 July 2014 (UTC)

History of the Department of English at the University of Groningen

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A long text about history of a single department of a Dutch university. The university is clearly notable. It is divided into faculties, they may be notably, though there is not a single article about a faculty of the University of Groningen. The faculties in the Dutch system are divided into departments, which in some exceptional situations can be notable (for example, the one I am working at is notable). But a history of a department, in my opinion, is way over the top. Ymblanter (talk) 11:37, 20 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Netherlands-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 12:10, 20 July 2014 (UTC)
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 * delete agree with nom. Full of primary sources and of zero interest to someone outside the department. LibStar (talk) 13:24, 20 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom. --Metropolitan90 (talk) 16:30, 20 July 2014 (UTC)
 * If any department at this university is notable, then the Department of English surely is from its long history and influence in the Netherlands. However this artcile is far to long, so move it to Department of English at the University of Groningen, trim it down and widen its scope to cover aspects of the Department other than its history. In spite of what Libstar says. this material is interesting and it should not be entirely lost from Wikipedia. -- Bduke   (Discussion)  21:16, 20 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom, history of department itself not notable, could be trimmed and merged to a department or the university article. Reywas92 Talk 14:54, 30 July 2014 (UTC)
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