Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Wilson House, London


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The result was merge to Imperial College Halls of Residence. Originally closed as a direct redirect but the target article is much shorter than this one so I'll properly close as merge instead. Tone 09:41, 18 September 2020 (UTC)

Wilson House, London

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Non notable halls of residence with WP:BEFORE showing no evidence of available sources Cardiffbear88 (talk) 22:52, 6 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Architecture-related deletion discussions. Cardiffbear88 (talk) 22:52, 6 September 2020 (UTC)
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 * Redirect to Imperial_College_London per WP:CHEAP. Already mentioned in a list entry there (though it's unclear if that list is really warranted). AleatoryPonderings (talk) 23:09, 6 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Comment. The previous Imperial College Halls of Residence article was merged into the Imperial College London article, some years ago, after brief discussion at Talk:Imperial College Halls of Residence and a PROD, not a proper AFD.  It is common and standard and good to have one or more list of buildings for a significant college/university, split out to prevent the main college/university article from being overwhelmed by this detail.  See Category:Halls of residence in the United Kingdom and Category:University and college dormitories in the United States which includes dozens of these, as well as articles on individual residence halls/dormitories (which might meet wp:GNG and be legitimate, or which perhaps would better be merged into university-specific list-articles).  Note, at Talk:Imperial College Halls of Residence it was noted by User:Le Deluge that "FWIW, I'd say a "List of..." approach like this article is probably the least bad approach. If you try to cram them all into the main Imperial article it starts to unbalance that article, and while the likes of Beit will certainly justify an article there's not really enough to justify an article on each individual hall. The comparison with Oxbridge colleges doesn't work, but most "posh houses in South Ken" are Grade II listed."  That comment was ignored by the PROD, which should have been opposed at the time IMO.
 * Okay, to save time and get towards what is probably the right solution, i am just now restoring that previous article, and editing the College article to coordinate with that. I am not positive this list of dormitories should be separate from any other list of buildings of the College, but certainly there should be at least one list-article; it is reasonable to split this out of the College article and there will exist a large amount of cumulative coverage about individual ones or collections of them.  Do note it has been accepted in Wikipedia to date that the list is valid material;  this is just splitting it out and allowing for expansion. --Doncram (talk) 01:31, 7 September 2020 (UTC)


 * Merge, probably to Imperial College Halls of Residence, as that has been restored, and as this one does not need to stand separately. --Doncram (talk) 01:19, 7 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Comment: The restored list-article links to Wilson House and also to similar Beit Hall article, which might also be merged to the list-article, with a note to its Talk page but without further discussion if it is agreed that Wilson House is to be merged there. Beit Hall and perhaps other individual buildings are listed buildings, but if they can reasonably be covered in one list-article they do not have to have separate articles. --Doncram (talk) 01:31, 7 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Merge to Imperial College Halls of Residence as before, as that feels like the right balance here. Le Deluge (talk) 12:40, 7 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Merge to Imperial College Halls of Residence. Not enough independent, in-depth coverage to warrant a standalone article.  Onel 5969  TT me 14:27, 7 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Keep as a listed building per WP:GEOFEAT. -- Necrothesp (talk) 15:04, 7 September 2020 (UTC)
 * 'Merge' to Imperial College Halls of Residence. Not enough independent, in-depth coverage to warrant a standalone articleAuthor Sanju (talk) 14:25, 8 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Merge, Has nothing to support a stand-alone article. Merge to Imperial College Halls of Residence Alex-h (talk) 08:06, 10 September 2020 (UTC)


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