Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of vice chancellors in Nigeria


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The result was Keep (Non-administrator closure.) Pharaoh of the Wizards (talk) 13:24, 11 October 2014 (UTC)

List of vice chancellors in Nigeria

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I do not see the point of this article. (per WP:SALAT) The first University in Nigeria (UI) was founded in 1948. There are currently more than 150 universities in Nigeria. Since 1948 till 2014 there have been at least 1000 vice-chancellors in Nigeria. Wikipedia is not a directory for articles with irrelevant information. There is already an article for List of universities in Nigeria, I suggest we create a column for the current vice-chancellor on that page. If I need to know the past VC of a university then that information should be in a section of the university's wiki article and not on this page. I also searched for similar articles for other countries but found none. My fear is that this article will definitely become too large and clumsy. If the former VCs of UI (for example) are notable then the article List of University of Ibadan vice chancellors can be created but not grouping all schools together. The "Category:Vice chancellors in Nigeria" can be created as a substitute for this article. I will appreciate other opinions. Darreg (talk) 21:04, 5 October 2014 (UTC)


 * Speedy Keep: per WP:STANDALONE. Article obviously meet WP:CSC and every entry in the list also meet WP:GNG. In addition, List of universities in Nigeria and List of vice chancellors in Nigeria are two different articles, each with its basic and unique informations. The fact that the nominator searched for similar article with no result of such article for other countries (based on his claim above) here on wikipedia is not an indication and implication that such cannot occur here. That is his own assumption and not a Wikipedia policy. I guess the nominator is comparing the above article with Articles for deletion/List of Pay-TV Company in Nigeria, a Just-concluded discussion that he participated. going on for one of his recently created article . Finally, let me mention here that we have an article on List of biochemists and on Biochemist. Despite the fact that there are thousands of notable biochemist, we cannot delete Lists of Biochemists and create a section for list of biochemist under Biochemist. Perhaps the nominator of the above article will also suggest the deletion of List of Biochemist with creation of a section for list of Biochemist under Biochemist. Wikicology (talk) 23:42, 5 October 2014 (UTC)
 * I am not the creator of the article. I only commented on the Afd then added a few references/additions to it. You really need to be careful with the claims you make on Wikipedia. And even if I created it, it has nothing to do with this Afd since they are totally different kind of lists. Kindly stick to this discussion and avoid derailing, especially when it does not add any reasonable substance to this case. Darreg (talk) 00:35, 6 October 2014 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Academics and educators-related deletion discussions. Darreg (talk) 01:12, 6 October 2014 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Nigeria-related deletion discussions. Darreg (talk) 01:12, 6 October 2014 (UTC)


 * Keep An alphabetical list of this sort is potentially very useful;it has the advantage over a category that it can give names and universities. Consistent practice is that we keep both unless there's some special reason. The only thing wrong with this one is that it needs adding to. (There might also be a point of making it sortable) Certain, after a period of time, we might possibly want to divide it in some manner, possibly by century.  DGG ( talk ) 05:07, 6 October 2014 (UTC)
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 * Keep: As per DGG; This article is a very useful and relevant one. If it gets to bulky, it can be split into centuries or decades. And "List of vice chancellors" for Nigerian universities can also be created (as the nominator suggested) as "spin off articles" for those universities without the need to delete this article.--Jamie Tubers (talk) 13:12, 7 October 2014 (UTC)
 * Keep DGG explained it well above. --Jersey92 (talk) 14:31, 10 October 2014 (UTC)
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