Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Universidad Autónoma del Estado


 * 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.  MBisanz  talk 00:39, 7 January 2017 (UTC)

Universidad Autónoma del Estado

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Normally, this is a merger to Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Hidalgo. However, other institutions have similar names — Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México and Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos in particular — and no institution is simply known as "Universidad Autónoma del Estado". There are also very few incoming links. Raymie (t • c) 23:40, 30 December 2016 (UTC)


 * Delete [was "Merge"]. It is clear that the institution covered in the article is the Hidalgo one, it says so directly.  The Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Hidalgo article was started in 2011;  this is a 2016 article.  So big deal the new article creator was not aware of the previously existing article.  This article has material not included in the Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Hidalgo article. There are merger tags on the articles.  I don't see why this is at AFD, it could be resolved by editors at the article.  After the merger, it is reasonable to consider that this should be converted to a disambiguation page, if the primary meaning of "Universidad Autonoma del Estado" is proven not to be the state of Hidalgo one (founded in 1869, a major institution) vs. the state of Mexico one (founded in 1956 or 1828, depending upon interpretation, but showing up with more Google hits sooner perhaps).  There is also a UAE of Baja California.  Is UAE a general term requiring a page describing it, as State university does for U.S. state schools?  Then change it from a disambiguation page to a broad concept article (that includes links to the several examples). -- do  ncr  am  02:28, 31 December 2016 (UTC)
 * My answer would be no. While many states have institutions known as Universidad Autónoma (Autonomous University), there are only three whose name includes Universidad Autónoma del Estado de...: Hidalgo, México and Morelos. (The Universidad Autónoma de Baja California does not use it.) Most states' comparable institutions are known by simply the state name, such as Universidad Autónoma de Campeche; a select few aren't autonomous, such as the Universidad de Colima. Raymie (t • c) 07:10, 31 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Okay, comprendo about it not being a term that is used. Whether any existed before or not, there are no incoming links from mainspace, besides from the merger proposal at Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Hidalgo, the merge target article.  There is content not in the target:  for example, it seems to me that "UAEH is a founding member since 2005 of the Consortium of Mexican Universities (CUMEX)" could reasonably be added to the target, and perhaps also that the "former rector of the UAEH, Luis Gil Borja was president of CUMEX from 2008 to 2010."  So then "Merge" the content and then request delete by a db request linking to this AFD.  This could be closed with merger instructions posted which explain that should be done. -- do  ncr  am  05:11, 6 January 2017 (UTC)
 * I've gone ahead and slapped an A10 tag on the article. What I did not know is that this article emerged from some sort of educational project at a Korean university (I'd never even seen that namespace before!). The user then went on to create a bunch of articles on Mexico topics, some of which were speedied for copyvio. The quality of the remainder is very low and all are significant fixer uppers. Raymie (t • c) 06:02, 6 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Okay, given that you have merged usable content, and there are no other opinions in this AFD, then now I agree that this should be deleted. I thought you were going to wait until the AFD closed by some other editor.  I am going to removed the Speedy Delete request at the article, because that is confusing for others who naturally ask why a speedy-delete request on an article at AFD (it is not proper to delete before a decision is made).  But now anyone should be able to close this AFD with "Delete" decision as there are no objections to the AFD, and then the article will in fact be deleted. -- do  ncr  am  20:02, 6 January 2017 (UTC)


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