Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Maharaja institute of technology


 * 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   keep. I don't think there was any doubt that this institution existed and only one !voter addressed the lack of reliable sources in regards to WP:N. However, this discussion has already been open for 3 weeks so it's time to close it. I'm surprised that nobody bought up the possibility of a merge. (non-admin closure) Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:05, 15 May 2010 (UTC)

Maharaja Institute of Technology

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All components of a university are not notable and this is an unsourced, recenter organizational creation.  MBisanz  talk 18:40, 22 April 2010 (UTC)  Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks,  Sandstein   05:58, 30 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep. All university-level institutions are notable. "Affiliated with" is not the same as "part of". I added a reference that confirms that the institution exists, but doesn't provide any significant detail. Eastmain (talk • contribs) 09:32, 23 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Schools-related deletion discussions.  Eastmain (talk • contribs)  09:32, 23 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of India-related deletion discussions.  Eastmain (talk • contribs)  09:32, 23 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep - post-graduate degree-awarding institutions are notable. TerriersFan (talk) 22:51, 25 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.


 * Keep per Eastman and TerriersFan. --Lambiam 13:39, 30 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete. Where is the coverage in reliable sources? Reference number 1 (the only reference) is quite plainly self-published. If it isn't there, we can't have a verifiable article. --Mkativerata (talk) 22:26, 1 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Used the way it is here, that is considered acceptable for the purpose of verifiability; see WP:SELFPUB. Furthermore, the absence of reliable sources (which IMO does not apply here) is not by itself a ground for deletion; only when the information cannot possibly be attributed to reliable sources (see WP:DEL). --Lambiam 23:22, 1 May 2010 (UTC)
 * WP:DEL takes us to the relevant notability guidelines (WP:GNG and WP:ORG) both of which rely on coverage in reliable sources. I agree that self-published sources can be acceptable for certain purposes, but I disagree that an entire article's content can properly be supported by self-published sources. Otherwise the article becomes a vehicle for the self-publication and wikipedia should not be doing that. --Mkativerata (talk) 23:29, 1 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete . The DirectChennai reference added to the article appears to be copied from the About college section of the 'MIT' website. The distances between cities don't appear to match up, so the reference does not seem very reliable. It could be notable with respect to the guidelines, but not without any independent and reliable sources. EMBaero (talk) 01:02, 3 May 2010 (UTC)
 * The distance mentioned is correct; Arasur is about 16 km from Coimbatore. Salih  ( talk ) 16:18, 3 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Are there two Arasurs? The only one I can find in Tamil Nadu looks like it's about 350km from Coimbatore - --  Boing!   said Zebedee  11:15, 8 May 2010 (UTC)
 * The Arasur you have found is in Viluppuram district, which is about 350 km from Coimbatore. The one mentioned in the article is in Coimbatore . There could be more Arasurs! Salih  ( talk ) 12:46, 9 May 2010 (UTC)

 Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Shimeru (talk) 06:32, 8 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Looks like my location question is answered. The article now has some more reliable sources that may eventually be improved upon, so I am striking out my opinion to delete. EMBaero (talk) 23:32, 9 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.


 * Keep (I have added a ref to the institute's own site). Despite reservations about third-party sources, it seems to me that we have sufficient sources to show that the place exists and that it awards post-grad qualifications (it is also shown on a number of listings sites which, while not in-depth discussion, does lend support to the claim that it exists as described). I think showing that it exists and that it offers post-grad degrees establishes sufficient notability to avoid deletion (unless the possible discrepancy regarding distance from Coimbatore turns out to be something suspicious). -- Boing!   said Zebedee  11:15, 8 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep. We routinely keep articles on high schools that are verified to exist, so it would be perverse to delete an article on a post-graduate institute. It is easily verifiable that there is an Arasur in the outskirts of Coimbatore so any doubt about the location is a red herring. Phil Bridger (talk) 11:48, 8 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep FWIW, i am from (and reside in) Coimbatore and this college does exist. --Sodabottle (talk) 20:08, 8 May 2010 (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.