Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Markham College of Commerce

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The result was no consensus. Ritchie333 ^(talk) ^(cont) 15:34, 9 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Markham College of Commerce

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The article is full of claims but hardly any citation to back it up. It's purely promotional in nature, poorly formatted, and quick Google News search doesn't yield any notable result about this institution. Infogapp1 (talk) 20:26, 5 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Education-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 20:32, 5 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Schools-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 20:32, 5 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of India-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 20:32, 5 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Delete or redirect: The article is detracted by the massive chunk of peacockery that was dropped by this WP:SPA edit. I would guess it originated from a college prospectus or website, but they no longer appear to have a functioning website. Leaving that aside (and noting the variety of commencement dates there and in the rest of the article and infobox), I did add a source that confirms this to be one of many colleges affiliated with Vinoba Bhave University. Aside from that I am finding brief mentions in police incidents ([1], [2]) and about a cricket match [3] but these fall short of establishing that this private college is notable. Redirecting to Vinoba Bhave University could be a possible alternative to deletion. AllyD (talk) 07:06, 6 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Relisting comment: Relisting to enable discussion between rediretion or deletion.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, ——Serial^# 16:36, 13 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. Appears to have been an accredited degree-awarding tertiary institution, which we invariably keep. Like many Indian articles, it is indeed full of peacockery, but that doesn't affect its notability. -- Necrothesp (talk) 10:58, 16 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 15:31, 20 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Merge encyclopedic content (to the extent that there is any) and Redirect to Vinoba Bhave University, the actual degree-granting institution. WP:SCHOOLOUTCOMES specifies independent degree-granting institutions are presumed notable. That does not appear to apply here. Eggishorn (talk) (contrib) 03:37, 2 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
- As has been pointed out many times, this is not how it works in India. Colleges are accredited by universities, but they are entirely independent institutions. They are not part of the university that accredits them. Just like the degrees of all British polytechnics were granted by the CNAA; this didn't make them part of the CNAA. -- Necrothesp (talk) 18:01, 7 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. Excessively promotional, lacks citations to coverage in reliable sources as required by WP:N. Contrary to what is asserted above, there is no guideline establishing automatic notability for any educational institution. Sandstein 09:08, 9 July 2020 (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.