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Texas A&M University College of Liberal Arts

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Very few individual university departments are notable, and this one is not exception--it's like almost all the other ones, and at best deserves a redirect. There is no notability as proven by reliable secondary sourcing, and no reason why there should be any; please note that all the "sourcing" is actually a collection of primary links to the Texas A&M website, and the article itself, with its list of majors and programs, just a kind of directory. Drmies (talk) 23:33, 20 May 2023 (UTC)

• Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Education and Texas. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 23:35, 20 May 2023 (UTC)
• Pinging Rosguill, who earlier tagged this for notability; User:Miszatomic, who merged this a while ago; and Randykitty, who's dealt with this user before. Also pinging User:ElKevbo, who PRODded this before. Drmies (talk) 23:37, 20 May 2023 (UTC)
• Redirect to Texas A&M unless independent sourcing demonstrating that the college meets GNG independently of the rest of Texas A&M can be provided. _signed, Rosguill ^talk 00:04, 21 May 2023 (UTC)

• Keep or Merge with Texas A&M University College of Science because the new college is the College of Arts and Sciences and they were originally founded in 1924 as the School of Arts and Sciences and split in 1965.

Please explain what "Very few individual university departments are notable, and this one is not exception--it's like almost all the other ones, and at best deserves a redirect" means. As it’s written, this makes absolutely no sense whatsoever. Are you saying the departments of the college are not notable? It’s unclear as to what you mean by "…this one is not exception". What do you mean by "this one"? The college? The departments of the college? What is "it" and what are the "other ones" that you are referring to by "it's almost like all the other ones"? The other colleges of Texas A&M? The departments in the other colleges of the university? Please specify. What do you mean by "…no reason there should be any [secondary sources]"? Why? This page should absolutely not be deleted. The college is very notable, Phil Gramm, the U.S. Senator, taught economics at the college and A&M is in the top three of the largest universities of the United States. The college is approaching its 100th anniversary of its founding and was much larger than many of the colleges of A&M that also have pages currently. It never should have been deleted in the first place. How is it different from the other colleges/schools of Texas A&M that need third-party sources? How is it different from the other colleges/schools listed in the infobox? I will be adding more sources soon, and have found several secondary sources relating to the subject. I made a notable faculty section and might add a notable alumni section soon.

Pinging some editors of A&M articles for their input, Buffs, Larry Hockett, Nicolás Macri, Largoplazo, John B123, Jessicapierce, Steve Quinn, Anas1712, Purplebackpack89, and Oldag07. Aquabluetesla (talk) 02:28, 21 May 2023 (UTC)

@Aquabluetesla: Are there independent sources that indicate that this subject is notable? ElKevbo (talk) 02:40, 21 May 2023 (UTC)

For clarification, which subject mentioned are you referring to by "this subject"? The new college and old may both be notable. Aquabluetesla (talk) 04:03, 21 May 2023 (UTC)

• The sentence just above here aptly demonstrates the problem with this user: really, Aquabluetesla, you don't know which subject we're discussing here? In any case, given the absence of independent sources treating the subject in-depth: delete or redirect to Texas A&M University. I also recommend that somebody has a closer look at President of Texas A&M University. --Randykitty (talk) 07:41, 21 May 2023 (UTC)

  Thank you my dear friend, I’m honoured to receive the grandiose compliment you’ve bestowed upon my additions by recommending others view the wonderful article on this present website regarding the President of Texas A&M University. I cannot quantify the joy that I feel knowing that you think the article is without flaw and are unable to name any improvements or any criticisms that must not be coming to mind. That must reflect amazingly on the superb quality of the informative content I've contributed to the page. Although, (for the record), I will not confirm or deny that I may or may not have made some significant contributions to it. I am eternally grateful for your gratitude, sincerity, and kind words. Thank you, very much so. /sAquabluetesla (talk) 09:22, 21 May 2023 (UTC)