Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of MIT fraternities and sororities


 * 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The result was WITHDRAWN. Nationalparks 18:33, 8 January 2007 (UTC)

List of MIT fraternities and sororities

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List, see (WP:NOT &mdash;ScouterSig 15:21, 4 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Withdrawn per remarks of Nationalparks and Firedancer414. I see now. &mdash;ScouterSig 21:56, 7 January 2007 (UTC)


 * Keep. See Articles for deletion/Number Six Club and Talk:List of MIT dormitories. Nationalparks 15:43, 4 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Comment. (From WP:NOT) "Merged groups of small articles based on a core topic are certainly permitted; see List of locations in Spira for an example." Nationalparks 18:07, 7 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep. MIT's fraternities and sororities account for 40% of the undergraduate population, and form a significant portion of student life there.  At MIT, they're not just fraternities and sororities in the traditional sense.  For example, the Sigma Chi chapter was founded in 1886 (25 years after the university was founded, before it was even called "MIT" or located on its current campus), and many of the other houses have traditions lasting 100+ years.  The first dorm on the campus, Senior House, was founded around 1930, forty years later!  Many of the houses are also significant historical pieces in Boston, between Chi Phi's John F. Andrew mansion (house of the son of the Governor of Massachusetts during the Civil War), and Phi Delts, who live in the old Massachusetts Lt. Governor's house.  I think the volume of notable alumni from the FSILG system alone justifies this article.  The article needs work, agreed, but deleting it would not benefit the Wikipedia community. Firedancer414 17:37, 5 January 2007 (UTC)
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