Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Smt MMK College of Commerse & Economics


 * 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. No, and I am in agreement that the article adds nothing to Wikipedia. But hey. Black Kite (talk) 01:18, 19 April 2012 (UTC)

Smt MMK College of Commerce & Economics

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 * Delete. A bad article about a small private college with a typo in the article name. Yet another article sullying the reputation of Wikipedia. This article is in fact single-handedly dragging Wikipedia down to the level of being a free-for-all - and indeed a free advertising service for all and sundry. What next? An article on some tin pot university such as Harvard? -- Alan Liefting (talk - contribs) 04:51, 10 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Keep AfD is not necessary for improving articles. All universities with a real existence have always been considered notable. The list of notable people was a little absurd,, and has been removed, and I've fixed up the spelling error in the title.  DGG ( talk ) 06:18, 10 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Following the page move by DGG, RHaworth speedied the redirect (from the "Commerse" spelling) R3. I've corrected the links from this AFD to the page in question so that it no longer appears this article was speedied.  The AFD itself is still at the "Commerse" spelling, and the AFD notice on the page still links to that correctly! Squeamish Ossifrage (talk) 14:10, 10 April 2012 (UTC)
 * DGG, we all agree that AfDs are not for improving articles, and my comments about the quality of the articles is in itself not the reason for listing the article here. That said, AfDs can and should be used to shape the content of WP. IMO articles about private colleges is not needed in an encyclopaedia. An encyclopaedia should impart knowledge. The article in question is information. To further clarify these loosely used words: Education in India is knowledge, List of colleges in India would impart information. -- Alan Liefting (talk - contribs) 20:57, 10 April 2012 (UTC)


 * Merge. This is not a stand-alone university, but an "affiliated college" of the University of Mumbai. There are ... a lot of these.  According to the university website, 354 of them, in fact. This one can be found on the list of Banking Insurance and Account & Finance colleges, where it (under its full name Smt. Mithibai Motiram Kundnani College of Commerce & Economics) is #60. The controlling guideline suggests that these are not innately notable, although a list of them in the aggregate is warranted. That list should probably be at Colleges of the University of Mumbai (note that the existing List of colleges in Mumbai does not distinguish these from independent colleges in Mumbai and so represents something different ... and needs cleanup, badly). Squeamish Ossifrage (talk) 17:28, 10 April 2012 (UTC)
 * The guideline you quoted is for "faculties, constituent academic colleges, or academic departments". This is an affiliated college, not a constituent college, so it does not apply. The one which is relevant is this one: "In general, all colleges and universities are notable". --Muhandes (talk) 20:13, 16 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Schools-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 16:43, 11 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of India-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 16:46, 11 April 2012 (UTC)


 * Keep It is a college, the existence of which is well established. While I personally do not like it a single bit, all colleges with established existence are considered notable. I corrected the title and added just a bit and it now does not look much worse than the other 1,010 other stub articles we have in Category:India university stubs. If you want to go against the practice to consider every college notable, you'll have my support, but not by AfDing them one by one. --Muhandes (talk) 20:05, 16 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Keep - as an affiliated college to, but independent from, the University of Mumbai since experience shows that degree awarding institutions have, with sufficient research, enough sources to meet WP:ORG. As with most such Indian bodies to avoid WP:BIAS time should be given to find and research local sources. TerriersFan (talk) 03:44, 18 April 2012 (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.