Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Glendower Residence

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. 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.

The result was delete. Wikipedia is not a guide or means of advertisement. WP:OTHERSTUFF also prevails. Mkdw ^talk 03:14, 15 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Glendower Residence

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Non-notable building. Wikipedia is not a university prospectus. TheLongTone (talk) 12:35, 24 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, —☮JAaron95 ^Talk 13:34, 31 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Entirely agree with nominator. This promotional and informational material is only relevant to students and staff of the university. It belongs on the university's own web site, not here.New Media Theorist (talk) 15:28, 31 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Keep This page serves as the only place on the internet that people (including current and prospective students) can learn about the Residence. There is a large number of pages about university residences on Wikipedia. This includes Smuts Hall, Morrissey Hall (University of Notre Dame), Residence halls at the University of San Francisco and Sandburg Halls only to mention a few but all these pages, in one way or another, serve the exact same purpose. We should rather discuss how pages with the issues raised could be improved. Tino1b2be (talk) 13:02, 6 September 2015 (CAT)

Reply Tino1b2be, it's odd you say it's the only page on the Internet, as I found this page on the Glendower residence in about two seconds. I also wondered what it looked like inside and outside and found it here a few seconds later. So clearly this article is not the only page on the Internet about Glendower Residence. Wikipedia is not here to promote residences to potential students (the only people who are allowed into them): that's the University's job. Notability is the important criteria, and this place is not notable.New Media Theorist (talk) 03:30, 7 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Reply New Media Theorist The examples you pointed out on the UCT pages gives no detailed information on the residence but only basic information like date of establishment and contact details. When I got accepted to the university, I had no idea what to expect at the residence I was allocated to. This is the reason why I found it necessary to create this page and create an on-line presence for the residence. It's now fairly easy to find it when you do a Google search. Not only will this page be useful for UCT students, but also visitors to the residence when it hosts events in which notable people like [[Graça Machel] and Honourable Justice Edwin Cameron are invited to attend. A residence that is visited by such high profile individuals in my opinion is notable in its own respect. According to your argument, we might as well remove all residence hall pages on Wikipedia. Tino1b2be (talk) 21:23, 7 September 2015 (CAT)

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, —☮JAaron95 ^Talk 10:36, 7 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Reply Yes it sounds like the university needs to expand its coverage! Having worked for a few universities, I know it's brutally difficult to get them to do such things. However Wikipedia is not the place for this, as the building is non-notable. Promoting its non-notable resources to future students is not the job of a global encyclopedia, it's the job of the University. Wikipedia is not a web hosting service for non-notable items like this. New Media Theorist (talk) 19:32, 7 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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.