Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Westbrook University


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The result was delete. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 09:40, 16 April 2020 (UTC)

Westbrook University

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"In general, all colleges and universities are de facto notable and should be included on Wikipedia."

However, this "university" isn't accredited and is not recognized by the United States Department of Education. I can't find any independent, reliable sources on it.

Amazingly, it seems as though the majority of search results for "Westbrook University" involve articles mentioning individuals with the last name of Westbrook that happen to have University as the next word.

I don't see how it meets any general requirement of notability and doesn't even seem to meet the criteria of WP:SCHOOLOUTCOMES. Jauerbackdude?/dude. 18:35, 8 April 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Schools-related deletion discussions. Jauerbackdude?/dude. 18:35, 8 April 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Education-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 18:36, 8 April 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of West Virginia-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 18:36, 8 April 2020 (UTC)


 * Delete. For quite some time I've had this on my watchlist and tried to prevent the inclusion of unsourced or badly sourced content in the article (which culminated in my getting an email containing a legal threat today) on the basis that it's better to have an article that shows that this "university" (and don't get me started on the way that Americans allow anyone to call themselves a university, debasing the word) is run by charlatans so readers can see it for what it is, but now after searching I see that there are no sources that bring it anywhere close to notability. Phil Bridger (talk) 19:03, 8 April 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete Stub. As mentioned above, unaccredited and unrecognized. Is it that notable? TuorEladar (talk) 21:32, 8 April 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete as failing WP:GNG. Articles about questionable institutions (a "university" that uses a Gmail address?) can be helpful to readers, as Phil Bridger notes, but there aren't sufficient sources here. Cordless Larry (talk) 08:50, 16 April 2020 (UTC)


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