Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of Indian University Rankings


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The result was delete.  Sandstein  11:01, 29 June 2017 (UTC)

List of Indian University Rankings

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Misleading list, which serves little purpose at its current state. Only very few institutes are listed compared to the number rated and the ratings are not kept up to date. Sources are missing and one column (QS) appears to be repeated, but for two years no one was willing to do the effort. There might also be a copyright issue with copying an entire list from a source (ETA: per WP:CIL). Muhandes (talk) 16:19, 13 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Schools-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 16:51, 13 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Lists-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 16:51, 13 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of India-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 16:51, 13 June 2017 (UTC)

COMMENT: I was going to bring this up on the Copyright board, as this does seem to run afoul of WP:CIL as it contains numerous complete lists that were based on subjective creative criteria, thus are a form of creative expression by the list compilers. Category:Rankings of universities and colleges in India contains several similar lists that were completely copied from their sources. Crow Caw  17:36, 13 June 2017 (UTC)
 * It's incomplete. I'm not sure incompleteness or need of update is a reason to delete. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 17:00, 13 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete. Useless selective list with questionable sourcing. Wikpedia is also not a university enrolment guide. Ajf773 (talk) 18:17, 13 June 2017 (UTC)

--Keep - this encyclopaedia has articles on the Ivy League and the Russell Group, so cannot it not have the same for Indian universities?Vorbee (talk) 18:45, 13 June 2017 (UTC)  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * WP:OTHERSTUFFEXISTS. Each article must be assessed on its own merits of suitability for inclusion in this encyclopedia. Ajf773 (talk) 18:57, 13 June 2017 (UTC)
 * The above states These "other stuff exists" arguments can be valid or invalid. I kinda think it is valid. Keep if, and only if, we have no better article on the pecking order of Indian Universities. Yes it is pretty crap...but it is better than nothing.  Merge  into that better article if it exists. Bosley John Bosley (talk) 19:09, 13 June 2017 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ad Orientem (talk) 03:17, 21 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete highly misleading list and misusing the credibility of Wikipedia. Light2021 (talk) 19:26, 25 June 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.