Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Anarchist U

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The result was delete no evidence of meeting WP:V presented. W.marsh 18:38, 3 November 2006 (UTC)

Anarchist U

A "university" that isn't really a university. Hopelessly non-notable unaccredited anarchist collective in Toronto where anyone can teach anything he wants. Fails WP:SCHOOL. Crabapplecove 00:16, 23 October 2006 (UTC)

• This AfD nomination was incomplete. It is listed now. DumbBOT 16:51, 23 October 2006 (UTC)

Comment Frankly, this entry bugs me a lot less than the really insignificant slew of public schools that always survive AfD just because they are schools. The main problem I have with this is I can't tell whether it's a wacky alternative collective that is actually a school - which is interesting and relevant - or whether it's a wacky alternative collective that just thought it would be wacky and alternative to pretend to, like, teach stuff. Given reliable cites, I think it's a keeper. Without them, it should be removed. - Corporal Tunnel 18:10, 23 October 2006 (UTC)

• Keep but clean it up. I agree with Corporal Tunnel; this article is much more interesting than the countless articles about non-notable public schools. The very concept of this school makes it far more notable than any of the other schools that have articles which inexplicably survive AfD. -Amatulic 18:22, 23 October 2006 (UTC)
  • Comment Just because other non-notable schools are listed isn't reason enough to keep this. See "the Pokémon test".— Preceding unsigned comment added by Koweja (talk • contribs)
• Delete No evidence of having a substantial cultural/educational/political impact. Also appears to more of a few informal group meetings than a substantial institution. Part of the broader free schools movement as the article itself says, but unclear that this is a sufficiently notable manifestation for own article Bwithh 19:07, 23 October 2006 (UTC)
• Delete Looks like a bunch of friends got together to start a "school". Non-notable. EVula 19:16, 23 October 2006 (UTC)
• Delete I'm tempted to invoke WP:NFT here just for irony. Where are the reliable sources? Guy 22:39, 23 October 2006 (UTC)
• Keep quite famous organization in anarchist circles. needs references, there are plenty around. --Buridan 01:39, 24 October 2006 (UTC)
• Keep 300 non-wikipedia ghits, appears to have be considerably more noteable than many formal schools, and whether one approves of it or not, it has a rarity value which makes me inclined to consider a strong keep. --BrownHairedGirl ^{(talk) • (contribs)} 08:37, 25 October 2006 (UTC)
• Merge into Free school - create a new category under History about free schools in Canada.— Preceding unsigned comment added by Koweja (talk • contribs)
• Keep, seems notable as an organization. Deletion shouldn't be based on WP:SCHOOL, which was rejected as a proposed guideline. JamesMLane t c 08:50, 30 October 2006 (UTC)
• Weak delete I found 179 unique Ghits, and 42 of those were from its own website. Plus most of the unique hits are from blogs and forums, not independent press. I just don't see the notability, but who knows – I may just be a myopic American. ;-) KrakatoaKatie 11:21, 3 November 2006 (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.