Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of Massachusetts Institute of Technology departments and laboratories


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The result was delete. Core desat 03:25, 8 November 2007 (UTC)

List of Massachusetts Institute of Technology departments and laboratories

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Does not satisfy WP:NOTABILITY, and Wikipedia is not a directory. Specifically, the article does not (and I don't think ever would be able to) provide significant coverage using reliable secondary, independent sources.  Noetic  Sage  18:16, 3 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete - additionally, the article makes no indication to ever provide claims of notability. -- Sesame ball Talk 18:34, 3 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete - Do we really need a list of departments and labs? I doubt it. It's currently a linkfarm in some areas. We're not a directory, so delete. i (talk)  19:24, 3 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete for above reasons. Also, the MIT web site does a very good job of listing Labs and Centers, as well as Departments. The main MIT article could just link to those pages. Note, I'm an MIT alumnus, Class of 1971. Lentower 19:47, 3 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete in agreement with all comments above. If we had some special 'edge' in describing how MIT was organized, or we knew something about MIT's structure that hadn't been widely publicized, then there could be a reason for this. I don't believe that is the case. Sourcing this correctly would be very tough; it would necessarily become a lagged and often incorrect copy of the directory on one of MIT's own websites. EdJohnston 21:27, 3 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete - Not fit for WP. And, good suggestion: simply link to the directories on the MIT website, they do a very good job there with those pages (unlike many other Universities, I may add).  Turgidson 03:08, 4 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete no need to duplicate subpages of MIT's web site here. JJL 23:40, 4 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep At least the department section. That doesn't seem well described on MIT's site.  Therefore it could be of interest to people who want to understand MIT's structure.  Unless the labs can be arranged similarly, I'll support their removal Mbisanz 03:12, 5 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Comment On the MIT Depatment page, if you mouse over the name of the school, the names of the departments in the school are also highlighted, which shows the structure. If you need something more like the way it's done on the List we are considering deleting, I suggest you ask the MIT Webmasters to do it there. That helps all Internet users, not just those who look at WP. Lentower 20:01, 5 November 2007 (UTC)


 * Delete per nom, and as cruft and advertising for a university that can afford its own webspace. We already have MIT. Bearian 17:42, 5 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom. --AliceJMarkham 01:22, 6 November 2007 (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.