Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/THE MINDANAO AUTONOMOUS COLLEGE


 * 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. JForget 00:00, 12 December 2009 (UTC)

THE MINDANAO AUTONOMOUS COLLEGE

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People sure do like to forget that Wikipedia is not advertising. Eight Ounce Kitten (talk) 00:09, 5 December 2009 (UTC)


 * Delete unless it can be salvaged. Eeekster (talk) 02:24, 5 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep and move to Mindanao Autonomous College to get rid of the all-caps article name. The article is a stub, not an advertisement. – Eastmain (talk) 02:52, 5 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Philippines-related deletion discussions.  —Eastmain (talk) 02:52, 5 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Schools-related deletion discussions.  —Eastmain (talk) 02:52, 5 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete, does not pass notability per WP:GNG. --RightCowLeftCoast (talk) 04:19, 5 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete for lack of verifiability (and notability). (However, I agree with Eastmain that the article is not written like an advertisement.) I have Googled unsuccessfully for third-party documentation. I searched the "CHED" database mentioned in the article (more formally the Philippines Directory of Higher Education Institutions, online at this link) and found "Mindanao Autonomous College Foundation," but not "Mindanao Autonomous College". If someone else can find some sources, I likely would change my mind on this, but at this point I don't think there's a basis for an article. --Orlady (talk) 05:16, 5 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment. Perhaps the college's legal name is "Mindanao Autonomous College Foundation". The college verifiably exists, or at least its choir does, according to this search. – Eastmain (talk) 00:31, 6 December 2009 (UTC)
 * I googled the school again, and found it mentioned in another reliably sourced news item that did not turn up earlier: a Philippine Information Agency press release indicating that the college participated in a mass planting of mangrove seedlings in 2007. --Orlady (talk) 18:00, 7 December 2009 (UTC)


 * Comment. The listing found by Orlady (under the name "Mindanao Autonomous College Foundation") is another verification. Some of the other colleges in that document include "Foundation" as part of their name. But I am puzzled as to why more information on the college isn't available. – Eastmain (talk) 03:22, 6 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Weak keep for now and move to Mindanao Autonomous College or userfy. Colleges are almost always notable.  The "foundation" part of its name may indicate its private ownership by a foundation, as opposed to "public", i.e., city or provincial ownership. Bearian (talk) 15:15, 7 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment. Colleges are almost always notable, but that presupposes that the basic information about them is supported by some sort of source. This article is still completely unsourced -- and thus unverifiable. --Orlady (talk) 17:52, 7 December 2009 (UTC)
 * public official colleges are almost always notable but not private specialist ones. LibStar (talk) 06:30, 10 December 2009 (UTC)


 * Strong delete fails WP:ORG. only 1 trivial hit in gnews . LibStar (talk) 06:30, 10 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete and consider blocking author as a spam-only account. Just deleted a NN bio for one of this place's professors.  PMDrive1061 (talk) 02:04, 11 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment: I just blocked the user.  He/she posted that NN bio yet again; all edits were on the subject of this school.  No talk page edits, nothing.  PMDrive1061 (talk) 02:11, 11 December 2009 (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.