Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/University Without Walls- UMass Amherst


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The result was   keep.  Sandstein  07:54, 24 March 2012 (UTC)

University Without Walls- UMass Amherst

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Fails WP:GNG. All Ghits are directly from UMass' website or one of their social media accounts, and the only references in the article are from UMass websites. Article might be somewhat of a noble cause as well. Jrcla2 (talk) 00:51, 6 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Schools-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 01:28, 6 March 2012 (UTC)


 * Redirect -- Redirect to University of Massachusetts Amherst. Doesn't meet WP:GNG or warrant an article, but maybe could garner a mention there. Hoppingalong (talk) 19:37, 11 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:03, 13 March 2012 (UTC)


 * Keep I've added a couple of broader references into the article. As it stands, the article is lacking encyclopaedic depth, with too much focus on this institution today rather than what it was when it started, its place in the wider University Without Walls movement, and how it has changed. However that would be a matter for normal editing improvement. The key question here is whether it is notable? In that respect, see Hendra's chapter on "The devolution of the individualized degree at the University Without Walls / University of Massachusetts - Amherst". AllyD (talk) 22:27, 13 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Keep and expand in the direction suggested by AllyD. Normally we might not keep an article on a unit like this, but it does have a distinctive history  DGG ( talk ) 04:31, 20 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Keep Adequate sourcing appears available to meet WP:GNG. --joe deckertalk to me 17:12, 23 March 2012 (UTC)
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