Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of universities in Iran


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The result was   keep. WP:SNOW. Nominator is reminded of WP:BEFORE, and that AfD is not for cleanup. The Bushranger One ping only 04:05, 15 June 2012 (UTC)

List of universities in Iran

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WP:NOTLINKFARM. Fails the Purposes of lists and does not add content or meaning to our encyclopedia, rather directs readers off Wikipedia. Wikipedia is Not a Link Farm to External Websites --Hu12 (talk) 15:48, 13 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Strong keep (WP:SOFIXIT) No no no. Look at the template at the bottom of the article. Many other countries' university lists are of similar quality, and it's unlikely we'll ever be able to cover these universities adequately in the English Wikipedia. In the absence of a working article on a university, a link to its official page seems harmless. But even if you are dead-set against removing the links, the list of university names has some value. Deletion here would be an awful precedent, as there are many articles with the same format. --BDD (talk) 16:04, 13 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Speedy keep via nominator withdraw? See long practice. -- →gab  24 dot  grab← 16:55, 13 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Keep and WP:SOFIXIT. As per above, this is standard topic. The solution is to improve and not delete the list. -- KTC (talk) 17:36, 13 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Speedy Keep - Obviously an encyclopedic topic. Removal of the green links in the body is an editorial matter, not a notability matter. They'd actually be fine if converted into footnotes, I think. Carrite (talk) 19:48, 13 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Keep and improve - Simply convert the links to inline citations. Northamerica1000(talk) 23:59, 13 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Schools-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 00:23, 14 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Iran-related deletion discussions.  • Gene93k (talk) 00:23, 14 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Lists-related deletion discussions.  • Gene93k (talk) 00:23, 14 June 2012 (UTC)


 * Keep Universities are usually considered notable, so a list of them is entirely valid by WP:L. I agree it needs reformatting (convert into a table, separate out links, provide wikilinks for any unis with an English WP article). --Colapeninsula (talk) 13:22, 14 June 2012 (UTC)
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