Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/University of SouthCentral Los Angeles


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The result was   delete. Secret account 15:55, 10 December 2008 (UTC)

University of SouthCentral Los Angeles

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Non recognized and non notable "university". Very strange and fakey looking website. Googling returns only hits to discussions questioning the status of it and craiglist postings soliciting rental properties that were flagged for removal. Strongly suspect is a hoax/scam. Mfield (talk) 18:11, 6 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete. Even assuming it is real, this appears to be an online university which may not have started operations yet and has not yet been accredited yet. The lack of any names of faculty or administrators that I can find on the university's web site does not bode well for notability. --Metropolitan90 (talk) 18:32, 6 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete. Not even notable as an unaccredited diploma mill. For those interested in learning more, there's an interesting thread here: ·:· Will Beback  ·:· 19:07, 6 December 2008 (UTC)
 * you are missing the point. it was flagged for deletion as an 'advertisment'  yet you have not discussed how it differs to any other university website on wikipedia.  see below example which reads very similarly:
 * Harvard University (incorporated as The President and Fellows of Harvard College) is a private university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S., and a member of the Ivy League. Founded in 1636 by the colonial Massachusetts legislature,[2] Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States. It is also the first and oldest corporation in North America. [4] weg22  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Weg2 (talk • contribs) 22:27, 6 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Weg, a key difference is those little numbers after the sentences. Those mean that the assertions are cited to reliable sources. There are no reliable sources that confirm the existence of this institution. For all we know it could be a hoax. An institution that has never been written about is inherently non-notable. Please find some good, reliable sources for this topic. ·:· Will Beback  ·:· 22:33, 6 December 2008 (UTC)

Ok that is the first correct thing anyone has said on this subject. I concede on the basis that there is no reliable sources for this topic. I propose deletion. User:weg22 —Preceding unsigned comment added by Weg2 (talk • contribs) 22:47, 6 December 2008 (UTC)
 * That's what the whole discussion has been about - WP:Notability. Mfield (talk) 22:52, 6 December 2008 (UTC)

Fine. However, instead of the derogatory comments, and discussions around fake school or advertisment, it would have been easier to just say, unfortunately, there are no reliable sources on this topic, we cant have it on wikipedia yet. come back when there are some. User:weg22
 * A user did that, but you deleted the tag so we had to come here and have a more detailed inquiry. ·:· Will Beback  ·:· 23:04, 6 December 2008 (UTC)

point taken. thanks for your time. (the url he mentioned as unreferenced however was not accurate)User talk:weg22 —Preceding unsigned comment added by Weg2 (talk • contribs) 23:10, 6 December 2008 (UTC)


 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Schools-related deletion discussions.   —Cunard (talk) 01:15, 7 December 2008 (UTC)


 * Strong Delete Fails notability requirements. Furthermore, information is unverifiable without any 3rd part sources. This is a very clear case. Dgf32 (talk) 01:16, 7 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete We do cover unaccredited universities--provided they actually do hove a program, students, faculty, and tht they do award degrees. almost none of it is true in this particular case. the only thing distinctive (I hope) is their fee schedule, of $8450 for US residents and twice that for international students, to be paid in full before enrollment, not as one works towards the degree or when -- or whether-- the degree is awarded. One step below selling degrees for money.  if we were a consumer information website, we would probably cover this remarkable way of doing business. But we can not do so until it actually becomes notable as shown by outside sources.  DGG (talk) 02:05, 7 December 2008 (UTC)


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