Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Swiss School of Business Research


 * 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 delete. ✗ plicit  01:18, 13 June 2022 (UTC)

Swiss School of Business Research

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Non-accredited college, no evidence of meeting WP:NSCHOOL, WP:ORG or WP:GNG, can't find any independent coverage in reliable sources. Storchy (talk) 00:43, 6 June 2022 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Companies, Education, Schools,  and Switzerland. Storchy (talk) 00:43, 6 June 2022 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom; appears to fail WP:NSCHOOL. Also ran it through the copyvio detector and the closest match is this, which might be a bit sus. Iseult   Δx parlez moi 00:52, 6 June 2022 (UTC)


 * Hi. I put quite some time into this article as it appears to me that it was originally written by someone very close to the school. I tried my best to improve it, but some kind of low-level edit war is going on. It seems clear to me that this school exists, and that they aim to use wikipedia to promote their services.
 * Please also note already that they will claim that eduQua certification is somehow equivalent to them being accredited. This is misinformation. eduQua is not accredited.
 * The only thing I wonder about - and this may not be reasoning fit for wikipedia - whether it would be a good idea to have a wikipedia article about them state clearly that they are not accredited, and their degrees may be worthless. This might be the only place prospective students learn about that. Functionist (talk) 07:17, 6 June 2022 (UTC)
 * oh and please note there is also an ongoing conflict of interest noticeboard thing going on related to this article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Conflict_of_interest/Noticeboard#Swiss_School_of_Business_Research Functionist (talk) 07:18, 6 June 2022 (UTC)
 * Hi, thanks for the work you've put in on keeping this from turning into a brochure. I take your point about information about degree mills being useful, but see WP:ITSUSEFUL about that. Definitely worth an entry in List of unaccredited higher education institutions in Switzerland though. Storchy (talk) 09:11, 6 June 2022 (UTC)
 * yeah fine by me. I don't want to oppose deletion. Functionist (talk) 16:53, 8 June 2022 (UTC)


 * Delete Unsourced, not verifiable, fails WP:GNG and others per nom. Best Alexandermcnabb (talk) 09:15, 6 June 2022 (UTC)


 * Every single line in the description is fact. Because I checked and double-checked that before editing the description. One of your editors told me I had a conflict of interest, but I made it clear I was neither employed or connected to the school. My interest in Swiss education stems from the fact that my son wants a Master's while he is employed in Canada. That led me to SSBR, and that led me to your editor who keeps repeating that SSBR is not a university because it is not accredited by SEC. This led me back to researching their license, certification and the nature of their degrees. Your editor keeps claiming SSBR is not a university because they are not accredited by SAC, that eduQua quality label in adult education is basically worthless and therefore any degree they award is also worthless - even criminal. I find this incredibly offensive and personal. You may agree or disagree with the relative quality of education between universities and for-profit business schools, but to label a quality assurance label from the Swiss government as rubbish smacks of a personal agenda on display. As you can see yourself from the different links I included in my edits, the Swiss government, the European Union, as well as private institutes claim and qualify under the same system, but your editor refuses to even recognise that.
 * My son may or may not go to SSBR or SSM, but I am disappointed that a single individual can define any institution for better or for worse on Wikipedia. ViRajPty (talk) 19:02, 6 June 2022 (UTC)
 * I don't know what to tell you, but you fell for some misinformation (perhaps from their own website?) and misunderstood accreditation in Switzerland. I don't blame you, the issue is complex. But somehow you misunderstand the license, certification and nature of their degrees. For example, by law a Swiss institution that calls itself a university must be accredited, which is why this one isn't calling itself a university and taking care, when pressed, to say they never claimed to be accredited. you also misunderstand that eduQua is not an academic accreditation. Functionist (talk) 20:05, 6 June 2022 (UTC)


 * Delete Not notable as educational institute. lorstaking 15:23, 7 June 2022 (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.