Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Poro College


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The result was redirect to Annie Malone.  Sandstein  11:27, 27 April 2017 (UTC)

Poro College

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This article needs more references to establish the notability of Poro College. The two links under "References" lead to a single source, which by itself is not sufficient to establish notability under the guideline "An organization is generally considered notable if it has been the subject of significant coverage in reliable, independent secondary sources." Eddie Blick (talk) 02:30, 5 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Fashion-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 14:22, 5 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Schools-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 14:22, 5 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Missouri-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 14:22, 5 April 2017 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Comment. The founder of Poro College, Annie Malone, is certainly notable, and simple searches turn up many references to her cosmetology school and business empire as a landmark institution, especially within the African-American community.   So deletion is not appropriate. The current article, however, contains little content beyond Malone's story, and the sources I've found suggest that Poro's story seems to be contained within hers (the government apparently seized most of Poro's assets for back taxes in 1951; Malone died, in much reduced circumstances, in 1957). So I'm not sure if there is enough separate content to warrant a separate article for Poro, rather than a redirect to Malone's article. --Arxiloxos (talk) 17:43, 5 April 2017 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America1000 03:05, 12 April 2017 (UTC)  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Spirit of Eagle (talk) 05:36, 19 April 2017 (UTC)
 * A redirect to the founder seems appropriate here. Not notable in the article directly due to the present lack of sources, but could be WP:SPLIT from the founder should more sources be found. --Izno (talk) 17:12, 19 April 2017 (UTC)


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