Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/University of Colorado Boulder student housing


 * 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 redirect to University of Colorado Boulder. There's reasonably good consensus here that this should not exist as a stand-alone article. It would be defensible to close this as delete, but WP:ATD argues for the redirect suggested herein. If anybody wants to spin this back out as a distinct article/list, I would suggest starting a discussion about that on Talk:University of Colorado Boulder and seeing if you can build consensus. -- RoySmith (talk) 00:49, 8 March 2019 (UTC)

University of Colorado Boulder student housing

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An entire article that has been around for six years regarding unextraordinary dorms at UC-Boulder; we're not talking about The Lawn here. Fails WP:GNG.  Julietdeltalima   (talk)  22:08, 12 February 2019 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Colorado-related deletion discussions. IntoThinAir (talk) 23:11, 12 February 2019 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Education-related deletion discussions. IntoThinAir (talk) 23:11, 12 February 2019 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Architecture-related deletion discussions. Coolabahapple (talk) 03:40, 13 February 2019 (UTC)


 * Delete, unremarkable buildings, almost entirely cited to the university website. Listing these facilities (especially as a standalone article) is WP:UNDUE. Fails WP;GNG. Sionk (talk) 04:09, 13 February 2019 (UTC)
 * Merge Content to University of Colorado Boulder.  M L talk 07:16, 13 February 2019 (UTC)
 * DELETE - Not notable. WP:ROTM Acnetj (talk) 08:55, 13 February 2019 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Schools-related deletion discussions. Necrothesp (talk) 14:14, 13 February 2019 (UTC)


 * Delete - Even if we assume that all buildings on a notable college's campus inherit some notability, there are almost no mentions of any unit of student housing that are in sources independent of the college itself. The only sources that are reasonably independent are routine mentions with no depth. Fails WP:GNG. Gargleafg (talk) 22:08, 13 February 2019 (UTC)


 * Keep. A simplistic reason is that Category:University of Colorado Boulder residence halls exists and has multiple articles, and by wp:CLNT it is justified to have a list-article covering the articles in the category.
 * A more reasonable reason is that having a list-article heads off creation of separate articles for the individual buildings. Short articles like current Cheyenne Arapaho Hall and Kittredge West Hall can be merged to this list-article instead.
 * However the list-article could be renamed and broadened, perhaps, to cover all list-item-notable buildings on the campus. For most U.S. universities of this size and status (e.g. as one of the top state universities in the state), there is a list-article of its buildings.  It is reasonable to split out such a list from the article about the university.  Merging to the university article would put undue coverage there.
 * See Category:University of Colorado Boulder campus and Category:University and college dormitories in the United States. I happen to prefer broader list-articles covering more types of university buildings, but there are lots of list-articles about dormitories alone, e.g. List of Harvard College freshman dormitories. --Doncram (talk) 03:49, 19 February 2019 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Comment. Note that University_of_Colorado_Boulder is a section which exists.  There is no way this article should be deleted outright;  it would be better to redirect to there, as a valid wp:ATD.  However i think it would better be kept and revised/expanded to cover other notable buildings on campus, such as others mentioned at University_of_Colorado_Boulder. --Doncram (talk) 03:52, 19 February 2019 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ad Orientem (talk) 00:07, 20 February 2019 (UTC)  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Lourdes   03:31, 28 February 2019 (UTC)
 * Delete as this is a student housing brochure. Wikipedia is not the mirror site for CU Boulder's residential housing website. If someone wants to add independently sourced information about significant structures, the university article is easily found, and if a reader can manage to type as far as "University of Colorado Boulder" then they will be able to find that article without this title as a redirect. Bakazaka (talk) 19:45, 28 February 2019 (UTC)
 * Merge to University of Colorado Boulder. It breaks my heart, but I think following WP guidelines it's the way to go until more sources can be produced. - Scarpy (talk) 19:12, 4 March 2019 (UTC)
 * Delete. WP:NOTCATALOG. --Hiwilms (talk) 10:25, 5 March 2019 (UTC)
 * Keep as a valid split article from the notable article University of Colorado Boulder to prevent its size becoming problematic, there is no need for independent notability for such a split, thanks Atlantic306 (talk) 21:12, 7 March 2019 (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.