Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of academic libraries in Nigeria


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The result was keep. 78.26 (spin me / revolutions) 21:23, 12 June 2020 (UTC)

List of academic libraries in Nigeria

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This might be useful, but nothing is linked. Fuddle (talk) 17:27, 28 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Museums and libraries-related deletion discussions. Fuddle (talk) 17:27, 28 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Lists-related deletion discussions. Fuddle (talk) 17:27, 28 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Nigeria-related deletion discussions. Fuddle (talk) 17:27, 28 May 2020 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Delete per WP:NOTDIR and WP:LISTN as these libraries are not individually notable. Ajf773 (talk) 20:16, 28 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Keep, maybe refocus scope University libraries are regularly treated as notable in every corner of Europe and North America -- i.e. University libraries in the United States and Category:University_and_college_academic_libraries_in_the_United_States -- a list is a good place to identify which ones are notable, Sadads (talk) 15:32, 5 June 2020 (UTC)
 * Also, no links is not a criteria for deleting a list, and also lack of notability of the individual institutions within the list is not a criteria for deletion either see Stand-alone_lists, Sadads (talk) 17:30, 5 June 2020 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks,  Sandstein   16:55, 5 June 2020 (UTC)
 * Comment A lot of things aren't linked but could be: Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Ahmadu Bello University, Federal University Gashua, etc. XOR&#39;easter (talk) 17:12, 5 June 2020 (UTC)
 * Keep - Most of the listed universities are quite notable and should be linked besides some citations were provided to support the claims. Kaizenify (talk) 23:37, 7 June 2020 (UTC)
 * Keep - but improve as suggested above. --Bduke (talk) 03:11, 8 June 2020 (UTC)
 * Keep But trim the whole list to only include those names that have their own page per WP:LISTN. Lorstaking 07:41, 8 June 2020 (UTC)
 * Really? So the only university libraries that exist in Nigeria are the ones that Wikipedia has covered? Thats a really extreme, extreme position -- especially when we know we have extreme systematic bias against African content -- that is not a criteria for WP:LISTN -- it explicitely says "Because the group or set is notable, the individual items in the list do not need to be independently notable" -- we should not be hiding knowledge because of our own inadequacies Sadads (talk) 17:43, 8 June 2020 (UTC)


 * I completely agree about trimming the whole list to only include those names that have their own page.Bduke (talk) 08:20, 8 June 2020 (UTC)
 * Keep- A library is an integral part of any university and in most cases, it is operated as an autonomous entity. The list is a  demonstration of an attempt to fill one of the knowledge gaps on Wikipedia and so should be embraced as a content to be included on this platform. However, the list did not show the real identity of each library rather it mentioned names of the universities where those libraries were established. Most of the University libraries has a unique name and some of them have a stand-alone article on English Wikipedia eg: Federal University of Agriculture Abeokuta (FUNAAB)'s University library is  Nimbe Adedipe Library.So, in this light, the list should be reshaped to capture the name of each library and be kept.Olaniyan Olushola (talk) 09:12, 10 June 2020 (UTC)
 * Keep needs some improvements but some of the universities mentioned are notable. Nika2020 (talk) 13:17, 10 June 2020 (UTC)
 * Keep per Sadads. Mahveotm (talk) 17:30, 11 June 2020 (UTC)
 * Keep the information will be very useful to researchers and the page is in conformity with Wikipedia Notability and general guidelines User:Omorodion1 (talk) 06.58, 11 June 2020 (UTC)


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