Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Savannah State University College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences


 * 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 no consensus. Wizardman 02:01, 31 March 2008 (UTC)

Savannah State University College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences

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Google searches reveal little coverage of this topic. It fails to satisfy notability guidelines because it provides no reliable sources that have significant coverage of the college itself (accreditation databases are not significant coverage). It has little potential to become notable in the future.  Noetic  Sage  19:08, 23 March 2008 (UTC)


 * Note: This debate has been added to the list of university deletions. &mdash; Noetic  Sage  19:08, 23 March 2008 (UTC)


 * Keep, but improve the article by giving it an appropriate lead, reference citations, etc. This is a fork off from Savannah State University, although the article fails to mention its parentage. Notability derives from the main article. It looks to me like it was split off without bringing along the reference citations or writing a lead. I would suggest merging it back into the parent article, but Savannah State University is long enough without including this content. --Orlady (talk) 19:36, 23 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Comment: In fact, notability is not inherited from a parent article. Just because Savannah State University is notable does not mean that all of its constituent colleges are notable. Each subarticle still has to satisfy general notability guidelines on its own.— Noetic  Sage  20:28, 23 March 2008 (UTC)
 * I think the important sections are:
 * "In addition, notability of a parent entity or topic (of a parent-child "tree") does not always imply the notability of the subordinate entities." And
 * "Often, a separate article is created for formatting and display purposes. However, this does not imply an "inherited notability" per se"
 * Hobit (talk) 02:06, 24 March 2008 (UTC)


 * Delete. This is information that should be pared to fit into the parent article. Wikipedia is not a directory of every academic program within a school. The American definition of college is not sufficiently independent from the university to merit a separate article. --Dhartung | Talk 20:20, 23 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep but, wiki should have some policy on schools - clearly, every accredited Ph.D. granting institution, all landgrant colleges etc are worthy, but is there a line ? many local schools have a wiki aritcle, so I don't see why a whole college can't have one.Cinnamon colbert (talk) 23:36, 23 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Comment - This article was created because the Savannah State University article was tagged as . This article was created to retain the information in Wikipedia. As previously stated with the recommending editor I do not agree with deletion recommendation, however, I am the origianal editor. Absolon S. Kent (talk) 00:48, 24 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep Classic breakout article per WP:SIZE. Hobit (talk) 01:58, 24 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep The major divisions of a university are notable, because enough important things can be said and sourced about them. It would be notable if free-standing, and it's no less notable though it is part of a larger unit. DGG (talk) 05:02, 24 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Bundle Merge Savannah State University College of Business Administration, Savannah State University College of Sciences and Technology, and Savannah State University College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences into Savannah State University Academics. Although I agree with  Noetic   Sage  in citing WP:ITSA, merging all subsequent colleges into one article should definitely demonstrate proper notability (I mean it's the academics part of the university...:D).  Note recent move I made from List of Florida Institute of Technology Colleges and Laboratories -> Florida Institute of Technology Academics.  This has been done to other university articles as well and it's worked out quite well.  (Off-topic Side-note: we might need to bundle merge subsequent colleges belonging to University of Florida.)   - Jameson L. Tai   talk  ♦  contribs  00:03, 25 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete, this administrative division of the school is not notable. Although it has many students, faculty and buildings, it really consists of little more than a few rules and a few bureaucrats that function in the background of the university's real functions. An example of a notable administrative subunit of a university is the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business, which might have a bit too many listed profs, but has oodles of sources for its top ten rankings; in BusinessWeek, The Economist, Financial Times, Forbes, USA Today, US News & World Report, and the Wall Street Journal. AnteaterZot (talk) 17:55, 27 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Comment - These 3 Savannah State University articles proposed for deletion are not about school administration. Rather, they comprise most of Wikipedia's content about this university's academic programs. --Orlady (talk) 02:42, 28 March 2008 (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.