Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/McDonnell International Scholars Academy


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The result was merge to Washington University in St. Louis. Stifle (talk) 11:54, 2 June 2020 (UTC)

McDonnell International Scholars Academy

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academic study abroad program within a single university, It's essentially a web page for the program, and therefore fails both notability and NPOV. The refs are mere notices.

The see alsos, are links to actually notable international fellowship programs, This is not one of them.  DGG ( talk ) 09:14, 9 May 2020 (UTC)


 * DGG, this program is both a university research network and scholarship program that involves a total of 35 universities. However, I agree with you regarding the excess of "web-page-like" information provided without appropriate references and the links to other distinct fellowship programs. I suggest you take a look at the page version following its approval in Articles for creation and before the edits by User:Roumiana6 on May 6th. This version has more concise information and independent sources to back it up. I suggest a reversal of these edits to this prior version instead of page deletion. --Doc2129 (talk) 09:34, 9 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Missouri-related deletion discussions.  CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 10:51, 9 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Education-related deletion discussions.  CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 10:52, 9 May 2020 (UTC)


 * I consider it none the less as a programfor scholarships atone particularuniversity only.  DGG ( talk ) 02:34, 10 May 2020 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America1000 08:40, 16 May 2020 (UTC)  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Merge to an appropriate location in Washington University in St. Louis. How many partners a study abroad program has are not significant indicators of notability (most serious study abroad programs have multiple locations) and neither is how many institutions are the hosts (Rhodes Scholarships are "a program for scholarships at one particular university only"). The key metric is significant coverage in independent, reliable sources and the only example of that in the article is the St Louis Business Journal piece.  The remainder of the references, either before or after the edits disputed above, are either not significant, not reliable, or not independent. There is not enough good coverage for a standalone article and no indication of independent notability. 18:23, 22 May 2020 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Eggishorn (talk • contribs)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America1000 09:47, 23 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete I can’t think of any other study abroad programmes that are notable. Mccapra (talk) 18:44, 23 May 2020 (UTC)
 * "I can't think of" is not a source-based !vote. E.g., SIT Study Abroad, Budapest Semesters in Mathematics, College Year in Athens, Eton Summer Course, Math in Moscow, etc. etc. See also WP:JNN. Eggishorn (talk) (contrib) 19:09, 23 May 2020 (UTC)
 * merge to something within WUSTL. This program fails to demonstrate enough notability to merit its own page. Graywalls (talk) 00:19, 25 May 2020 (UTC)


 * Keep The page needs editing, but some Googling suggests that this is an institution that meets the notability requirement rather than a study abroad program. It seems similar to the University Alliance of the Silk Road hosted by Xi'an Jiaotong University, representing an alliance of universities with substantial research programming that extends beyond a single university. I'm editing in a couple of references to give the editors of this page an example of the types of sources needed to establish the notability needed for a Wikipedia page; I encourage the editors to rely on verifiable sources such as these to furthermore avoid NPOV issues.China is wonderful (talk) 18:32, 28 May 2020 (UTC)


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