Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Cal Poly

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The result was keep. (non-admin closure) Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 11:42, 8 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Cal Poly[edit]

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There should be no confusion created if redirect page was removed and traffic sent to California_Polytechnic_State_University instead, given that there is a link at the top of the page to the other similarly named school. (i.e. WP:PTM) Ostronomer (talk) 08:57, 1 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of California-related deletion discussions. Ostronomer (talk) 08:57, 1 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Keep - there is definitely a need to disambiguate between the two and I have added the missing link. But WP:2DABS is generally invoked on the basis that one subject is the "primary" subject and the other is the secondary, thus making a redirect to one and disambig to the other okay. California Polytechnic State University is probably the "bigger" college with more money and more land, but both have a student body of about the same size and an academic staff of about the same size too. The "community" likely looking for either institution would probably be about the same size I'm guessing. This would seem to be exactly the sort of exception that guideline refers to - "If there are only two topics to which a given title might refer, but neither one is the primary topic, or if both topics are obscure, then it is appropriate to have a disambiguation page at the base name". Both have references verifying the fact that each is referred to as "Cal Poly". With regard to the nomination, you could equally argue that traffic should be sent to California State Polytechnic University, Pomona which now includes a link to the other university. Stalwart111 11:47, 1 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Schools-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 01:24, 2 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Disambiguations-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 01:24, 2 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Keep - per • Gene93k --MAG, Ch.E. (talk) 21:44, 2 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. I can see no strong basis for deeming one or the other to be the primary topic of the term. bd2412 T 17:46, 3 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Both campuses are referred to as "Cal Poly"; both are large and notable; neither is primary. It would be arbitrary to use Cal Poly as a redirect to either of them. --MelanieN (talk) 19:43, 5 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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